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Amid protest by 6,000 artists, Christie’s holds successful auction of AI-generated artworks, exceeding expected sales

March 6, 2025

Christie’s first auction for all AI-generated artworks went off without a hitch, despite the protest, in the form of an open letter, of 6,492 artists who demanded Christie’s to cancel the entire auction due to the creative use of AI.

The auction had sales of the AI artworks of prominent artists, including Refik Anadol, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, Charles Csuri and Harold Cohen. The total sales amount for all works was $728,784, which exceeded Christie’s expectation.

Deeply grateful!!!! https://t.co/3tSlouuSRA
— Refik Anadol (@refikanadol) March 5, 2025

The Dissolution Waiapu, my debut work at @ChristiesInc as part of the Augmented Intelligence auction, exhibiting in NYC and open for bidding from Nov 20 – March 5th 2025.

Compute. Erode. Sculpt. pic.twitter.com/u0gHOTEfeA
— Jesse Woolston (@jessewoolston) February 26, 2025

💥24 HOURS LEFT TO BID💥

augmented intelligence closes wednesday 5 march at 10am est. reach out to me or @nicoleasales if you are interested in any of the works! https://t.co/2Ej8GeUYvW pic.twitter.com/UAKNAp33UM
— sebastian sanchez (@sebastianss527) March 4, 2025

🚨STARTING BIDS – AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE 🚨

Harold Cohen 1987 work – $9,000
Robbie Barrat Infinite Skull – $10,000
Pindar Van Arman Emerging Faces – $100,000
Sasha Stiles neon lightbox – $8,000https://t.co/9RZ4pmHv2Z pic.twitter.com/1Ro03TU7Y8
— Christie's Digital Art (@ChristiesDigArt) March 4, 2025

🚨STARTING BIDS – AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE 🚨

Charles Csuri 1966 early work – $40,000
Huemin voice-to-video piece – $24,000
Jake Elwes 2019 GAN work – $15,000
Botto Absurdism output – $20,000 pic.twitter.com/Coy7OnX9ho
— Christie's Digital Art (@ChristiesDigArt) March 4, 2025

More from Christie’s and Artnet:

💥AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE SALE RESULTS💥

🔴$728,784 sale total
🔴91% sold by value
🔴82% sold by lot (28/34 sold)
🔴244 bids
🔴101 registered clients
🔴50% of bidders were Gen Z & Millennials

Congrats to the all of the buyers, artists, and sellers!
— Christie's Digital Art (@ChristiesDigArt) March 5, 2025

Christie's closed out Augmented Intelligence, its first auction dedicated to A.I., with a haul that surpassed expectations. https://t.co/elRSlCa3Eg
— Artnet (@artnet) March 5, 2025

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