Image: Aargau house of art, Aarau
Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau will open 'Künstliche Kreativität' on 26 September 2026, presenting works by 14 artists in an exhibition focused on artificial intelligence and creativity. The show runs through 10 January 2027 and is framed around a current question that recurs across the museum’s own announcement materials: what does creativity mean when machines help shape it, or appear to take over creative processes altogether?
The museum describes 'Künstliche Kreativität' as a space for reflection on the relationship between human and machine, and says the exhibition explores the creative potential of AI in contemporary art. According to the institution, the artistic process in this context becomes a “dance between control and loss of control,” a formulation that points to both the technical and conceptual tensions AI introduces into artistic production. The museum also says visitors are invited to discover the possibilities and limits of AI and to see how what is technically unpredictable can generate new artistic impulses.
The project is being presented in cooperation with HEK, the Haus der Elektronischen Künste. That partnership fits the exhibition’s emphasis on technologically mediated art, though the source material does not add further details about how the collaboration is structured. Aargauer Kunsthaus itself is a public-private partnership supported by the Canton of Aargau and the Aargauischer Kunstverein, and the institution says it aims to create space for intellectual and emotional engagement with art in Switzerland through exchange with different communities.
The exhibition brings together Alfatih, Niculin Barandun, Botto, Terence Broad, Onome Ekeh, Emanuel Gollob, Tobias Gutmann, Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Hochschuh & Donovan, Esther Hunziker, Simone C Niquille, Theresa Reiwer, Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg and Robi Voigt. The museum’s website lists one work from each of the 14 participating artists or artist collaborations, underscoring the exhibition’s structure as a group presentation rather than a single-artist survey.
Among the works named on the exhibition page are Botto’s 'Utility Stream' from 2022, Monica Studer and Christoph van den Berg’s 'HALLUC' from 2024, Theresa Reiwer’s 'Lasting Generation' from 2024, Simone C Niquille’s 'the image stack: to fall for' from 2026, Hochschuh & Donovan’s 'Interconnected' from 2025, Alfatih’s 'A Way Out of Time' from 2024, and Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst & sub’s 'The Oratory' from 2024. Other listed works include Tobias Gutmann & Sai Bot’s 'Face-o-mat', Terence Broad’s '(un)stable equilibrium 1:1', Niculin Barandun’s 'Neural Fiction' and Onome Ekeh’s 'Glittering Witness'.
The museum has also announced a media preview for 24 September 2026 at 11 am, and the exhibition page includes an opening on 25 September 2026, followed by a vernissage and a children’s vernissage that evening. Public guided tours are scheduled for Saturdays at 3 pm, Sundays at 11 am, and on the last Thursday of each month at 6.30 pm. Aargauer Kunsthaus says admission is free, and its regular opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, with extended hours on Thursdays until 8 pm.
