


The RobotArt competition, founded in 2016 by Stanford graduate Andrew Conru, attracts a mixture of artists, mechanics and computer scientists interested in advancing the field of robotic art. With priceless artworks subject to collateral damage or vandalism, and prominent artists recently making bold statements about our attitude towards ‘priceless’ art, could computer-generated paintings change how we think about art and its value?

Whichever side you are on, artistic AI is gaining traction, with artists adopting it in many different ways just as they would use any other tool to create original work or recreate the world’s most valuable pieces.
