Ada ACKERMAN
CNRS researcher (THALIM), Co-curator of the “Le monde selon l'AI” exhibition
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About Me
Ada Ackerman works as a Permanent Researcher at THALIM/CNRS (French National Research Center). An art historian, she has published Eisenstein et Daumier, des affinités électives (2013) and The Endless Library of Sergei Eisenstein (2019), Les images à l'épreuve des machines (2025). She focuses on the relations between cinema and painting, on cultural exchanges between Soviet Union, Europe and United States and on intricacies between human and non-human agencies. She has curated several shows and edited their catalogues: Golem! Avatars of a clay legend (2017, Paris, Jewish Art and History Museum); The Ecstatic Eye: Sergei Eisenstein at the crossroads of arts ( 2019, Centre Pompidou-Metz), Mirabil-IA (2024, Centre des Arts, Enghien-les-Bains), The World through AI (2025, Jeu de Paume, Paris)
Hear My Insights
Generative AI in Art: Images of the Future or Recreation of the Past? (In French)
For the first time in the history of art, it is possible to create still and moving images from simple text instructions. Generative artificial intelligence models capable of automatically producing images, are revolutionizing creative processes and shifting the boundaries of art and photography.