Why Are There So Many Great Women Artists in the Age of AI?
Anika Meie, hosted by Catherine Mason

Summary

Hosted by Catherine Mason for the Computer Arts Society, this talk by writer and curator Anika Meier rephrases Linda Nochlin's famous 1971 essay to ask why so many women artists are flourishing in the age of AI. Meier argues that new technologies, social media, NFTs and AI tools have lowered barriers to visibility and allowed women and non-binary artists to bypass traditional gatekeepers. Yet she also shows that the art market remains stubbornly unequal, citing auction records, top NFT sales and Art Basel's 010 sector as evidence of continued male dominance. Through artists such as Lynn Hershman Leeson, Claudia Hart, Jess Tucker, Sarah Friend, Ada and Sasha Stiles, she explores how women turn AI and networked media towards questions of surveillance, deepfakes, censorship, bodily autonomy and image control. The talk insists that being a woman online carries distinct risks, and that the most urgent AI art often emerges from lived stakes rather than mere technical experimentation.

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