A recent Artsy survey of more than 300 gallery professionals underscores a widening gap between operational adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and cultural acceptance of AI as an artistic medium. Though galleries are integrating AI into back-office functions, artists, collectors and market professionals remain cautious of AI in the art industry.
Works that blend human and machine inputs continue to complicate authorship, ownership and valuation analyses. There is also concern that AI models may favor certain styles or artists, raising questions about market distortion, fairness and copyright infringement. Platforms with access to large datasets may gain disproportionate influence over market visibility. For stakeholders across the art ecosystem, these findings raise intellectual property (IP), privacy and governance considerations.
