AI Artwork Smashes Estimate to Fetch $432,500 at Auction
- October 25, 2018 15:24
AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high estimate — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm
Artificial intelligence, as used by Paris-based collective Obvious, made six figures at auction on Thursday. In the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an incredible $432,500, signalling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.
This field of "art" still is in its infancy, but it's one to watch.
