{"id":2086018,"date":"2026-08-06T15:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2086018"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:12:11","slug":"eli-scheinman-on-beeple-human-machine-collaboration-and-barbarians-at-the-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2086018","title":{"rendered":"Eli Scheinman on Beeple, Human-Machine Collaboration and &#8220;Barbarians at the Gates&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F28%2Feli-scheinman-state-of-the-art-spotlight-tw.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-post-body col\">\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Art\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             458<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Keith Estiler<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div 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class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"credit \">Art Basel Zero 10<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             458<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<section class=\"post-summary\" aria-labelledby=\"post-summary-heading\">\n<header class=\"post-summary__header\">\n<h2 id=\"post-summary-heading\" class=\"post-summary__title\">Summary<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"post-summary__body\">\n<p><em>State of Art<\/em> is a new HypeArt series inviting artists, curators, collectors and other leading voices to weigh in on the ideas, debates and cultural shifts shaping contemporary art. Through intimate questions and personal recommendations, the series offers a closer look at what is exciting the art world, what needs to change and where things may be heading next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>For the first spotlight, we spoke with Eli Scheinman, a curator and digital art strategist working across art, technology and collecting. Scheinman was the inaugural curator of Art Basel\u2019s ZERO 10, the fair\u2019s platform dedicated to art of the digital era, where he helps shape programming and brings together artists, galleries and interdisciplinary practices exploring how technology is changing the way art is created, experienced and collected.<\/p>\n<p>Below, Scheinman reflects on Beeple\u2019s kinetic sculptures, Sougwen Chung\u2019s collaborative performances with robots and the art world\u2019s continued reliance on tired digital formats. He also looks ahead to Trevor Paglen\u2019s latest work in Venice, calls for more unexpected collisions across art and culture and explains why the current moment feels like \u201cbarbarians at the gates.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-slider before-booted full-screen-enabled light\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"slide\" data-slideshow data-loop data-slideshowspeed=\"7000\" data-group-cells=\"1\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F28%2Feli-scheinman-state-of-the-art-spotlight-2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Node<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the one show from the first half of this year that you can\u2019t stop thinking about?<\/strong><br \/>\nBeeple\u2019s mid-career retrospective, <em>Infinite Loop<\/em>, at NODE in Palo Alto. For me, Beeple is one of the most incisive and important contemporary artists working today, and most people don\u2019t realize it yet.\n<\/p>\n<p>This was the first time his kinetic sculptures were exhibited together and the debut of a new work, \u201cMachine Memory.\u201d The show was chaotic, compelling and beautiful.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did any artwork actually make you feel something real this year, or has everything felt a little flat? What was the work, and what was your first encounter with it like?<\/strong><br \/>\nSougwen Chung\u2019s <em>Recursions<\/em>, shown at Art Basel Hong Kong in ZERO 10. It was one of my favorite individual works of the year. Her intimate performances, where she joins her robots in the coordinated gestural painting of a monumental ancient scroll, expose the critical tensions within human-machine collaboration. Very special.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the one upcoming show you have marked on your calendar for the rest of the year, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Strange Rules<\/em> in Venice. I missed it during the opening but heard great reports. I need to see Trevor Paglen\u2019s new work in person. I\u2019m also a massive fan of co-curators Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst.\n<\/p>\n<p><q>\u201cPlease, no more PDF catalogues. Find new ways to show work in digital environments\u201d<br \/>\n<\/q><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you had to give the 2026 art world a report card grade right now, what would it be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B. I\u2019m seeing small openings for emergent scenes and new ideas, but as usual, there\u2019s still a lot of entrenched dogma throttling creativity in the art world that needs to be sanded away.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one trend in the art scene you want to see disappear, and what\u2019s one you want to see more of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fewer galleries presenting work in tired, predictable online formats. Please, no more PDF catalogues. Find new ways to show work in digital environments. It\u2019s okay to have a point of view. I want to see more unexpected juxtapositions and collisions of work, ideas and experiences. Lo\u00efc Gouzer\u2019s <em>Fair Warning<\/em> auction platform and New York events come to mind.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could sum up the art world right now in exactly three words, what would they be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I need four: \u201cBarbarians at the gates.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could grab a drink or meal with any artist tonight, living or dead, who would it be, and what\u2019s the first thing you would ask them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My grandfather. He had the mind of an artist, even if he didn\u2019t think of himself as one. He was a sociologist by training. I\u2019d ask him what he thinks about creative work being externalized from the mind to models and machines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6765226\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Dallas Cowboys and Fear of God Essentials Launch Training Camp Collection\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6764282\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>teamLab Transforms Osaka&#8217;s Sunflowers Into an Interactive Ecosystem\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6765454\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>RANSHOU Reopens Tokyo\u2019s Closed National Theatre for \u2018FUTURE HISTORY\u2019 Exhibition\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Keith Estiler<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    HypeArtEli ScheinmanState of Art\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"post__body__author_info\">\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__inner\">\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__body\">\n<p>                    Keith Estiler<\/p>\n<p>                                    <span class=\"post__body__author_info__title\">Managing Editor, Hypeart<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__bio_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"post__body__author_info__bio\">Keith Estiler is a New York-born curator, writer, and the Managing Editor of Hypeart, the contemporary art arm of Hypebeast. Based in NYC, Keith heads up editorial strategy at the intersection of contemporary art and culture, capturing the icons and outliers of both the local and international scenes. He has curated exhibitions worldwide, dedicated to championing the emerging voices and subcultures currently redefining contemporary visual culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-footer\" class=\"post-footer row\">\n<div class=\"col-shopping-break\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-comments\">\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"post-comments none \">\n<header>\n<div class=\"heading\"><span class=\"comment-count\">0<\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-dropdown-tooltip\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Art\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             458<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Keith Estiler<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div class=\"post-gallery-container 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Through intimate questions and personal recommendations, the series offers a closer look at what is exciting the art world, what needs to change and where things may be heading next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>For the first spotlight, we spoke with Eli Scheinman, a curator and digital art strategist working across art, technology and collecting. Scheinman was the inaugural curator of Art Basel\u2019s ZERO 10, the fair\u2019s platform dedicated to art of the digital era, where he helps shape programming and brings together artists, galleries and interdisciplinary practices exploring how technology is changing the way art is created, experienced and collected.<\/p>\n<p>Below, Scheinman reflects on Beeple\u2019s kinetic sculptures, Sougwen Chung\u2019s collaborative performances with robots and the art world\u2019s continued reliance on tired digital formats. He also looks ahead to Trevor Paglen\u2019s latest work in Venice, calls for more unexpected collisions across art and culture and explains why the current moment feels like \u201cbarbarians at the gates.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-slider before-booted full-screen-enabled light\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"slide\" data-slideshow data-loop data-slideshowspeed=\"7000\" data-group-cells=\"1\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F28%2Feli-scheinman-state-of-the-art-spotlight-2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Node<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the one show from the first half of this year that you can\u2019t stop thinking about?<\/strong><br \/>\nBeeple\u2019s mid-career retrospective, <em>Infinite Loop<\/em>, at NODE in Palo Alto. For me, Beeple is one of the most incisive and important contemporary artists working today, and most people don\u2019t realize it yet.\n<\/p>\n<p>This was the first time his kinetic sculptures were exhibited together and the debut of a new work, \u201cMachine Memory.\u201d The show was chaotic, compelling and beautiful.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did any artwork actually make you feel something real this year, or has everything felt a little flat? What was the work, and what was your first encounter with it like?<\/strong><br \/>\nSougwen Chung\u2019s <em>Recursions<\/em>, shown at Art Basel Hong Kong in ZERO 10. It was one of my favorite individual works of the year. Her intimate performances, where she joins her robots in the coordinated gestural painting of a monumental ancient scroll, expose the critical tensions within human-machine collaboration. Very special.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the one upcoming show you have marked on your calendar for the rest of the year, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Strange Rules<\/em> in Venice. I missed it during the opening but heard great reports. I need to see Trevor Paglen\u2019s new work in person. I\u2019m also a massive fan of co-curators Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst.\n<\/p>\n<p><q>\u201cPlease, no more PDF catalogues. Find new ways to show work in digital environments\u201d<br \/>\n<\/q><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you had to give the 2026 art world a report card grade right now, what would it be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B. I\u2019m seeing small openings for emergent scenes and new ideas, but as usual, there\u2019s still a lot of entrenched dogma throttling creativity in the art world that needs to be sanded away.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one trend in the art scene you want to see disappear, and what\u2019s one you want to see more of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fewer galleries presenting work in tired, predictable online formats. Please, no more PDF catalogues. Find new ways to show work in digital environments. It\u2019s okay to have a point of view. I want to see more unexpected juxtapositions and collisions of work, ideas and experiences. Lo\u00efc Gouzer\u2019s <em>Fair Warning<\/em> auction platform and New York events come to mind.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could sum up the art world right now in exactly three words, what would they be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I need four: \u201cBarbarians at the gates.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could grab a drink or meal with any artist tonight, living or dead, who would it be, and what\u2019s the first thing you would ask them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My grandfather. He had the mind of an artist, even if he didn\u2019t think of himself as one. He was a sociologist by training. I\u2019d ask him what he thinks about creative work being externalized from the mind to models and machines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6765226\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Dallas Cowboys and Fear of God Essentials Launch Training Camp Collection\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6764282\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>teamLab Transforms Osaka&#8217;s Sunflowers Into an Interactive Ecosystem\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6765454\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>RANSHOU Reopens Tokyo\u2019s Closed National Theatre for \u2018FUTURE HISTORY\u2019 Exhibition\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Keith Estiler<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    HypeArtEli ScheinmanState of Art\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"post__body__author_info\">\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__inner\">\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__body\">\n<p>                    Keith Estiler<\/p>\n<p>                                    <span class=\"post__body__author_info__title\">Managing Editor, Hypeart<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__bio_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"post__body__author_info__bio\">Keith Estiler is a New York-born curator, writer, and the Managing Editor of Hypeart, the contemporary art arm of Hypebeast. Based in NYC, Keith heads up editorial strategy at the intersection of contemporary art and culture, capturing the icons and outliers of both the local and international scenes. He has curated exhibitions worldwide, dedicated to championing the emerging voices and subcultures currently redefining contemporary visual culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Art\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             458<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" 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Through intimate questions and personal recommendations, the series offers a closer look at what is exciting the art world, what needs to change and where things may be heading next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>For the first spotlight, we spoke with Eli Scheinman, a curator and digital art strategist working across art, technology and collecting. Scheinman was the inaugural curator of Art Basel\u2019s ZERO 10, the fair\u2019s platform dedicated to art of the digital era, where he helps shape programming and brings together artists, galleries and interdisciplinary practices exploring how technology is changing the way art is created, experienced and collected.<\/p>\n<p>Below, Scheinman reflects on Beeple\u2019s kinetic sculptures, Sougwen Chung\u2019s collaborative performances with robots and the art world\u2019s continued reliance on tired digital formats. He also looks ahead to Trevor Paglen\u2019s latest work in Venice, calls for more unexpected collisions across art and culture and explains why the current moment feels like \u201cbarbarians at the gates.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-slider before-booted full-screen-enabled light\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"slide\" data-slideshow data-loop data-slideshowspeed=\"7000\" data-group-cells=\"1\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F28%2Feli-scheinman-state-of-the-art-spotlight-2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Node<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the one show from the first half of this year that you can\u2019t stop thinking about?<\/strong><br \/>\nBeeple\u2019s mid-career retrospective, <em>Infinite Loop<\/em>, at NODE in Palo Alto. For me, Beeple is one of the most incisive and important contemporary artists working today, and most people don\u2019t realize it yet.\n<\/p>\n<p>This was the first time his kinetic sculptures were exhibited together and the debut of a new work, \u201cMachine Memory.\u201d The show was chaotic, compelling and beautiful.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did any artwork actually make you feel something real this year, or has everything felt a little flat? What was the work, and what was your first encounter with it like?<\/strong><br \/>\nSougwen Chung\u2019s <em>Recursions<\/em>, shown at Art Basel Hong Kong in ZERO 10. It was one of my favorite individual works of the year. Her intimate performances, where she joins her robots in the coordinated gestural painting of a monumental ancient scroll, expose the critical tensions within human-machine collaboration. Very special.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the one upcoming show you have marked on your calendar for the rest of the year, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Strange Rules<\/em> in Venice. I missed it during the opening but heard great reports. I need to see Trevor Paglen\u2019s new work in person. I\u2019m also a massive fan of co-curators Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst.\n<\/p>\n<p><q>\u201cPlease, no more PDF catalogues. Find new ways to show work in digital environments\u201d<br \/>\n<\/q><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you had to give the 2026 art world a report card grade right now, what would it be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B. I\u2019m seeing small openings for emergent scenes and new ideas, but as usual, there\u2019s still a lot of entrenched dogma throttling creativity in the art world that needs to be sanded away.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one trend in the art scene you want to see disappear, and what\u2019s one you want to see more of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fewer galleries presenting work in tired, predictable online formats. Please, no more PDF catalogues. Find new ways to show work in digital environments. It\u2019s okay to have a point of view. I want to see more unexpected juxtapositions and collisions of work, ideas and experiences. Lo\u00efc Gouzer\u2019s <em>Fair Warning<\/em> auction platform and New York events come to mind.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could sum up the art world right now in exactly three words, what would they be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I need four: \u201cBarbarians at the gates.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could grab a drink or meal with any artist tonight, living or dead, who would it be, and what\u2019s the first thing you would ask them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My grandfather. He had the mind of an artist, even if he didn\u2019t think of himself as one. He was a sociologist by training. I\u2019d ask him what he thinks about creative work being externalized from the mind to models and machines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6765226\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Dallas Cowboys and Fear of God Essentials Launch Training Camp Collection\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6764282\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>teamLab Transforms Osaka&#8217;s Sunflowers Into an Interactive Ecosystem\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6765454\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>RANSHOU Reopens Tokyo\u2019s Closed National Theatre for \u2018FUTURE HISTORY\u2019 Exhibition\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. 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Based in NYC, Keith heads up editorial strategy at the intersection of contemporary art and culture, capturing the icons and outliers of both the local and international scenes. He has curated exhibitions worldwide, dedicated to championing the emerging voices and subcultures currently redefining contemporary visual culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             458<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             458<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<section class=\"post-summary\" aria-labelledby=\"post-summary-heading\">\n<header class=\"post-summary__header\">\n<h2 id=\"post-summary-heading\" class=\"post-summary__title\">Summary<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"post-summary__body\">\n<p><em>State of Art<\/em> is a new HypeArt series inviting artists, curators, collectors and other leading voices to weigh in on the ideas, debates and cultural shifts shaping contemporary art. Through intimate questions and personal recommendations, the series offers a closer look at what is exciting the art world, what needs to change and where things may be heading next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>For the first spotlight, we spoke with Eli Scheinman, a curator and digital art strategist working across art, technology and collecting. Scheinman was the inaugural curator of Art Basel\u2019s ZERO 10, the fair\u2019s platform dedicated to art of the digital era, where he helps shape programming and brings together artists, galleries and interdisciplinary practices exploring how technology is changing the way art is created, experienced and collected.<\/p>\n<p>Below, Scheinman reflects on Beeple\u2019s kinetic sculptures, Sougwen Chung\u2019s collaborative performances with robots and the art world\u2019s continued reliance on tired digital formats. He also looks ahead to Trevor Paglen\u2019s latest work in Venice, calls for more unexpected collisions across art and culture and explains why the current moment feels like \u201cbarbarians at the gates.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-slider before-booted full-screen-enabled light\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"slide\" data-slideshow data-loop data-slideshowspeed=\"7000\" data-group-cells=\"1\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F28%2Feli-scheinman-state-of-the-art-spotlight-2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Node<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the one show from the first half of this year that you can\u2019t stop thinking about?<\/strong><br \/>\nBeeple\u2019s mid-career retrospective, <em>Infinite Loop<\/em>, at NODE in Palo Alto. For me, Beeple is one of the most incisive and important contemporary artists working today, and most people don\u2019t realize it yet.\n<\/p>\n<p>This was the first time his kinetic sculptures were exhibited together and the debut of a new work, \u201cMachine Memory.\u201d The show was chaotic, compelling and beautiful.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did any artwork actually make you feel something real this year, or has everything felt a little flat? What was the work, and what was your first encounter with it like?<\/strong><br \/>\nSougwen Chung\u2019s <em>Recursions<\/em>, shown at Art Basel Hong Kong in ZERO 10. It was one of my favorite individual works of the year. Her intimate performances, where she joins her robots in the coordinated gestural painting of a monumental ancient scroll, expose the critical tensions within human-machine collaboration. Very special.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the one upcoming show you have marked on your calendar for the rest of the year, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Strange Rules<\/em> in Venice. I missed it during the opening but heard great reports. I need to see Trevor Paglen\u2019s new work in person. I\u2019m also a massive fan of co-curators Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst.\n<\/p>\n<p><q>\u201cPlease, no more PDF catalogues. Find new ways to show work in digital environments\u201d<br \/>\n<\/q><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you had to give the 2026 art world a report card grade right now, what would it be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B. I\u2019m seeing small openings for emergent scenes and new ideas, but as usual, there\u2019s still a lot of entrenched dogma throttling creativity in the art world that needs to be sanded away.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one trend in the art scene you want to see disappear, and what\u2019s one you want to see more of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fewer galleries presenting work in tired, predictable online formats. Please, no more PDF catalogues. Find new ways to show work in digital environments. It\u2019s okay to have a point of view. I want to see more unexpected juxtapositions and collisions of work, ideas and experiences. Lo\u00efc Gouzer\u2019s <em>Fair Warning<\/em> auction platform and New York events come to mind.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could sum up the art world right now in exactly three words, what would they be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I need four: \u201cBarbarians at the gates.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could grab a drink or meal with any artist tonight, living or dead, who would it be, and what\u2019s the first thing you would ask them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My grandfather. He had the mind of an artist, even if he didn\u2019t think of himself as one. He was a sociologist by training. 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