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MoMA records the opening of Unsupervised on November 19,2022; its account describes collection-data machine learning and environmentally responsive moving imagery and sound.
The start date is only the earliest event collected in this batch; it does not assert that the controversy began that day.
Case chronology
Unsupervised opens at MoMA
MoMA records the opening of Unsupervised on November 19,2022; its account describes collection-data machine learning and environmentally responsive moving imagery and sound.
MoMA announces Unsupervised acquisition
MoMA’s October 10,2023 release announces the acquisition of Anadol’s three-part digital work and credits its donors.
Research question
AI Art History: museum collections become generative material, and a real-time installation enters museum exhibition and acquisition systems. This is the archive’s research framing, not a claim of priority or universal acceptance.
Related documents
DOC-0666Refik Anadol: UnsupervisedDOC-0667Refik Anadol. Unsupervised — Machine Hallucinations — MoMA. 2021–2023DOC-0668MoMA Announces Groundbreaking New Digital Art Acquisitions, Exhibitions, and Artist CollaborationsSources
The Museum of Modern Art · EN · Date unknown
The Museum of Modern Art · EN · 2023-10-10
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. “AI Art History — Refik Anadol / MoMA: Unsupervised exhibition and acquisition.” case-0245. Include this page’s URL and your access date when citing.

