AI art history is more than a sequence of image-model releases. This reading path brings theory, artists’ practices, exhibition institutions and technical tools together to ask who sets the rules, who participates in making a work, and how that work is exhibited and interpreted.
Why begin in 1943? ↗
1943 is an intellectual-context marker selected by the research master, not a claim that AI art began in that year. Early neural computation, cybernetics, computer art and later machine learning are not interchangeable. Their differences matter; this genealogy does not treat them as a single, inevitable progression toward present-day generative AI.
How can you use these 222 nodes? ↗
Start with a period, then compare original titles, people and institutions, research accounts and source links. A theoretical paper can document a proposed method; an exhibition record can document display and circulation. Neither alone establishes a technology’s influence on all artistic practice. Each entry retains date precision, source limitations and verification status. The timeline and card catalogue scroll together. Use Read or double-click a card to open its dedicated page with the full account, sources and citation.
An archive research guide. Chinese and English text may include AI-assisted translation and awaits independent human review. Check historical claims against each node’s original sources.
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Why begin in 1943? ↗How can you use these 222 nodes? ↗Return to the art-history catalogue ↗Cite this page
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. AI art history: historical threads, 1943–2026. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/guides/overview
Include your access date. For historical claims, also cite the relevant node and original source.