Yes, I enjoyed LA’s new AI Museum. Here’s why I still didn’t like it
Yes, I enjoyed LA’s new AI Museum. Here’s why I still didn’t like it
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Publish Date: 2026-06-18 08:00:00
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Dataland, the world’s first museum dedicated to art generated with artificial intelligence, opens Saturday. Located at the Frank Gehry designed Grand LA building in downtown, it’s positioning itself among institutions like MOCA, The Broad and the Disney Concert Hall.
The inaugural exhibit, Machine Dreams: Rainforests, is a project of museum co-founder and artist Refik Anadol and his studio’s Large Nature Model (LNM), which Anadol describes as “ethically sourced image archives transforming into real-time artworks” that span five “multi-sensory” galleries.
What does that all mean exactly? And would it all be worth the lowest ticket price of $49? I attended a recent press preview to find out.
Something you should know about me is that I love art. A lot. I want artists to thrive, and I don’t want AI to threaten that. At the same time, I believe in creative freedom. Who am I to say what is or isn’t a valid tool of an artist?
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So I went into the museum as a curious skeptic. And in the end, while it was an enjoyable experience, I didn’t like it.
Here’s why.
Machine Dreams: Rainforests is the inaugural exhibition at Dataland.
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