Unsupervised

Since it first lit up the Museum of Modern Art lobby in November 2022, Unsupervised has been captivating visitors with its glowing, ever-changing digital landscape. Created by Turkish-American artist Refik Anadol, this massive 'data sculpture' uses artificial intelligence to look at more than 200 years of art in a whole new way. By processing images and information from about 138,000 works in MoMA’s collection, the piece creates a non-stop flow of colorful, fluid shapes on a giant screen that never repeats itself.

Rather than simply showing you a specific painting or sculpture, Unsupervised imagines what the museum’s entire history might look like if it were a single, breathing organism. It even reacts to the world around it, shifting its movements in real-time based on the weather outside and the sounds of the lobby. As one of the most talked-about artworks of the AI era, it invites us all to wonder about the future of creativity and technology. MoMA officially added this landmark work to its permanent collection in 2024.