Art et IA, aujourd’hui : retour sur deux expériences curatoriales

Speakers: Ada Ackerman, Vincent Crapon, Françoise Poos
Moderator: Loïc Millot 
Language: French

This discussion brings together the per­spec­tives of three curators recently involved in exhibition projects dealing with artificial intelligence.

On one side, the duo formed by Françoise Poos and Vincent Crapon within the Elektron platform, curators of the exhibition Hybrid Futures: Rhizomes, Meshworks and Alter-Ecologies, presented this summer in Esch-sur-Alzette (15 May – 26 July 2025); on the other, Ada Ackerman, co-curator of the exhibition Le Monde selon l’IA at Jeu de Paume in Paris (11 April – 21 September 2025).

This con­ver­sa­tion will explore the curatorial approaches under­pin­ning these projects, as well as a selection of works that represent their respective method­olo­gies. The discussion will also touch upon the prospects of AI use in the artistic field, such as the restoration of digital artworks and fresh rein­ter­pre­ta­tions of cultural heritage.

Ada Ackerman is an art historian by training and a research fellow at the CNRS (THALIM, Paris). She also works as a curator of exhibitions, including Golem ! Avatars d’une légende d’argile (Museum of Jewish Art and History, Paris, 2017); L’Oeil extatique. Eisenstein, cinéaste à la croisée des arts (Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2019); Mirabil-IA (Centre des Arts, Enghien-les-Bains, 2024); and The World According to AI (Jeu de Paume, 2025).

Vincent Crapon is co-founder and curator of Elektron. He was Head of the Digital Arts Exhibition Programme for Esch2022, European Capital of Culture, and has also worked as curator and curatorial assistant at MUDAM Luxembourg and the Museum of Con­tem­po­rary Art in Lyon. He has col­lab­o­rat­ed with numerous museums and insti­tu­tions, including ZKM | Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, HEK Basel, Ars Electronica in Linz, Casino Luxembourg, Museum Brandhorst in Munich, and the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris.

Françoise Poos is Artistic and Scientific Director of Elektron. She holds a PhD in Visual Culture. She was Programme Director for Esch2022, European Capital of Culture, and is currently Chair of the Board of the Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster, whose mission is to foster inter­cul­tur­al dialogue and support diversity through the arts. She has also served as Chair of the Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg for con­tem­po­rary art since 2004.

Loïc Millot holds a doctorate in Arts and Humanities and works as a cultural programmer and critic.

Organised by Elektron in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Luxembourg Art Week