MoMA's Latest Acquisition Reshapes the AI art narrative

MoMA has acquired Refik Anadol's AI-based animation Unsupervised – Machine Hallucinations, which is now part of its permanent collection. The piece was originally exhibited at FeralFile and donated by Ryan Zurrer and the RFC Collection, led by Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile and Desiree Casoni. It remains on display at the MoMA main entrance until October 29, after being extended multiple times. Kaloh suggests that MoMA's traffic of about 4 million physical and 55 million online visitors per year, along with its Fall 2023–Winter 2024 acquisitions slate, points to a long-term vision rather than an isolated event.