GETTING SMART
hannah baer, Mario Carpo, and Zoë Hitzig reflect on the uses of AI
After Warhol
The transformative impact of Warhol v. Goldsmith
Kenneth Anger (1927–2023)
J. Hoberman on Kenneth Anger (1927–2023)
IMPIETY
Lynne Cooke on the art of Rosemarie Trockel
BINARY PLASTIC LANGUAGE
Tina Rivers Ryan on “Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age”
Under the Cover
Michelle Kuo and Stuart Comer on “Signals: How Video Transformed the World”
PRINT February 1969
Men and Machines
Max Kozloff
This week, the editors revisit Max Kozloff’s “Men and Machines” from Artforum’s February 1969 issue. The critic’s reflections on art and technology are best read alongside our summer issue, which contains writings on artificial intelligence by hannah baer, Mario Carpo, and Zoë Hitzig.
“Comforting solipsisms do not forestall fear that our onetime extensions, the machines, are becoming our present competitors.” Written more than fifty years ago, Kozloff’s words ring with alarming prescience as staggering developments in generative AI portend the disruption and reorganization of human labor, knowledge,