This week, I’m highlighting Best Self at Brooke Benington. This current exhibition is curated by the artist, Polly Morgan and closes on June 28th, featuring Juno Calypso, Mat Collishaw, Polly Morgan, Christopher Page, Boo Saville, Julia Thompson & Bengt Tibert. The show explores identity, beauty, and the performance of self in the digital age and is very cleverly curated. Best Self unpacks the illusion of perfection with wit and whimsy, examining the tropes and ideals of beauty and youth shaped by digital culture. Through sculpture, painting, AI, installation and even anti-ageing serums, the exhibition satirically explores the pressure to perform a flawless self and what is revealed when that performance slips.

By placing AI-generated works alongside traditional media, Best Self blurs the boundaries between human intention and machine interpretation. It suggests that identity is no longer solely self-made but increasingly co-produced through both organic and artificial means.

As one of the showcased artists is an ai artist, Bengt Tibet and is featured in this issue of Aithena Art Magazine, I was inspired by this show to curate an issue around the theme of “best selves” – or fractured versions of them created by the five AI artists listed below

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