The Intersect
The Intersect examines the reciprocal influences of technology and the arts.
Already Somewhere Else
Latest issue · No. 84

Already Somewhere Else

While Christie's guesses what art tech billionaires will buy, some artists are using their technologies against them

I read a recap of Christie's latest Art + Tech Summit this week, and the whole thing was basically one long question: will the new tech billionaires eventually buy paintings? The IPO money from Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX is real, so the auction house wants to know what all those people will…

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