The World Through AI

Until September 20
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The major summer exhibition presents artworks from the past ten years that engage with the cognitive, political, and environmental dimensions of AI. A series of time capsules—small cabinets of curiosities—connect the present with the past.
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  • Discover around 40 works, including video installations, prints, sculptures and photographs

  • Around 30 international artists are featured

  • This comprehensive themed exhibition spans both exhibition spaces at the SCHIRN
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  • Angel with yellow braids and green clothing, sad and busy with a phone, in an impressionistic style.
    Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, 2024–2025, made of images generated by a custom AI model, prompter, and interactive video
    © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst
  • Two people are viewing a large, interactive display with many images in a dark room.
    The World Through AI, 2026, installation view, Meta Office “Behind the Screens of Amazon Mechanical Turks” (2021-2025)
    © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, photo: Norbert Miguletz
  • Close-up of a mineral rock featuring green and blue hues with many small holes and uneven surfaces.
    Julian Charrière, Metamorphism LI, 2016, Installations, artificial lava, molten computer waste (motherboards, CPUs, RAMs, hard drives, cables), Corian base, steel, white glass, 170 × 25 × 25 cm
    © Julian Charrière / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Two people are looking at an installation with projections in a modern exhibition space.
    The World Through AI, 2026, installation view, Grégory Chatonsky “The Fourth Memory” (2025)
    © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, photo: Norbert Miguletz
  • Black-and-white depiction of a stylized plant with butterfly wings and flowers in a minimalist composition.
    Joan Fontcuberta, Typha Volans, from the series eHerbarium, 2024–2025, inkjet prints of images generated by Stable Diffusion, 32 × 27 cm each
    © Joan Fontcuberta / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • The World Through AI, 2026, installation view, Hito Steyerl “Mechanical Kurds” (2025)
    © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, photo: Norbert Miguletz
  • A person looks at an interactive display with many images and information about an economist.
    The World Through AI, 2026, installation view, Trevor Paglen “Faces of the ImageNet” (2022)
    © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, photo: Norbert Miguletz
  • A person with long orange braids sits on a rock while a shimmering green figure hovers in the light.
    Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, xhairymutantx, 2024–2025, made of images generated by a custom AI model, prompter, and interactive video
    © Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst
  • A man looks at an exhibition of images and books in a lit nook.
    The World Through AI, 2026, installation view
    © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, photo: Norbert Miguletz
  • Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler, Anatomy of an AI System: An Anatomical Case Study of the Amazon Echo as an Artificial Intelligence System Made of Labor, 2018, print on paper
    © Courtesy of the artists
  • Visitors in an exhibition view artworks and digital displays in a dimmable room.
    The World Through AI, 2026, installation view, Taller Estampa “Ekphrasis” (2025)
    © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, photo: Norbert Miguletz
  • Abstract scene with a burning frame in a scorched landscape, surrounded by smoky tree stumps.
    Grégory Chatonsky, The Fourth Memory, 2025, installation, generative film, 3D prints, digital prints, robot, aluminum, stones
    © Grégory Chatonsky
  • A woman examines a large, colorful artwork with organic shapes and textures in a gallery.
    The World Through AI, 2026, installation view, Agnieszka Kurant
    ©SCHIRN, Photo: Norbert Miguletz
  • A man in a room looks at illuminated backgrounds with blurred light spots and a messy floor.
    Erik Bullot, Cinéma vivant, 2024, digital print
    © Erik Bullot

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  • Supported by

    SCHIRN FREUNDE
    City of Frankfurt am Main

  • Additional support by

    Aventis Foundation
    fiber to the people

  • Media partner

    Monopol