and yet, and yet… there’s some *magic* in it
aithena art magazine newsletter
The End of 2025 AI Art Debate Issue
Issue 14
December 31st, 2025
The final issue of aithena mag for 2025 centers around the August statement by @kindabloop to cease creating ai art. I chose this post in order to generate a year-end debate on the state of AI art. I hope that you will respond to me by emailing aithenaartmag@gmail.com with your thoughts and I will include them in a future issue. I am adding a mailbox page in 2026.
The original post is below. ⬇️
Another goal for the magazine in the new year is to look at AI in small, personal ways, focusing on how it shows up in culture and how it shapes the way we all create AI art. I will be asking these questions of you all going forward. To start us off, I have included a list of my favorite books, published in 2025, that comment on art and culture and the effects of AI in either direct or tangential ways.
Can we talk about Pluribus? The show credits state, “This show was made by humans,” yet Pluribus taps into the AI zeitgeist in a way that Vince Gilligan, the creator of Pluribus, never intended. Rhea Seehorn is brilliant as Carol. It’s by far my fav show of 2025.
i started this project with a question: can this technology create art?
that is, can it give birth to something that hasn’t been seen before, something that provokes thought and/or emotion, something the world is better off with than without?
after generating more than 170,000 images, assembling 3,000 posts, publication in magazines, inclusion in international shows, selling prints, and licensing two book covers, i feel the answer to that question is a qualified yes.
is it theft, yes
should the artists whose work was ingested be compensated, yes
should there be a right to opt out, yes
is the technology itself environmentally unconscionable, yes
are the titans of the technology politically awful, yes
and yet, and yet… there’s some *magic* in it
so, today, after three years, i’m putting this project down
i need to reflect. i hope my fellow creators are reflecting as well
be excellent to each other — you’ve all been so excellent to me
I choose three provocative of the many comments that were posted under his final IG post and featured those three artists in this issue —@oonaode and@gude_ai and @thelightisdarkenough .
These comments are published on their respective feature pages, entirely unedited, along with a selection of their art works. Links on their names or below in the content area.
@oonaode
@gude_ai
@thelightisdarkenough
The Year In Review – 14 Issues of aithena art mag
Thanks so much to all the artists and special thanks to the curators who helped me put these issues together.
@rin_ai_cinematic
@lawatdusk
@kwano.gen
@originalmamatangyai
@b_white_canvas
@synne_kris_art
@notitletest
and the collectives
@frmwrk.ai
@echoesmag.ai
The New Frontier of AI Video Art
Issue curated by Rin, @rin_ai_cinematic
Issue 13
October 2025
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Click here or on the image to see work by @n_evernow
Click here or on the image to see work by ai.artisin
Click here or on the image to see work by @rin_ai_cinematic
Click here or on the image to see work by dexplore.ai
Click here or on the image to see work by @yzavoku
Click here or on the image to see work by @doopiidoo
Click here or on the image to read the newsletter
Click here or on the image to see art by @mr_bingbot
Click here or on the image to see art by @dan.brnd
Click here or on the image to see art by @frnch_hllywd
Click here or on the image to see art by @lawatdusk
Click here or on the image to see art by @mellowed.mello
Click here or on the image to see art by @forevercoast
Click here or on the image to see work by @kwano-gen
Click here or on the image to see work by @thisisioland
Click here or on the image to see work by@__mindeye___
Click here or on the image to see work by @sheisinblack.art
Click here or on the image to see work by @fablebinder
Click here or on the image to see work by @denisa.durica
Our Best Selves,Glossy and Inflated
Issue curated by Eliza, @perfectagala
Issue 10
June 2025
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Click here to explore art show in London at Brooke Beningto. Polly Morgan includes the ai art of Bengt Tibert, along with other fabulous art.
Click here or on the image to see work by @floam.world
Click here or on the image to see work by@bengttibert
Click here or on the image to see work by @babka_robot
Click here or on the image to see work by @_udart_
Click here or on the image to see work by @uglyy_fruuit
Looking Closer: Skin, Body, Machine
Issue curated by Becky, @originalmamatangyai
Issue 9
May 2025
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Click here or on the image to read an interview and see work by @mamatangyai
Click here or on the image to read an interview and see work by@underadark_ai
Click here or on the image to read an interview and see work by @_tinbrain_
Click here or on the image to read an interview and see work by @marcelloisme
Click here or on the image to read an interview and see work by @neuevil
Click here or on the image to read an interview and see work by @thewildflowerfields
Meet the women behind AI Muses and Echoes Magazine
Issue curated by Eliza, @perfectagala
Issue 8
May 2025
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Click here or on the image to read an interview and see work by @insanne.dreams
Click here or on the image to read an interview and see work by@pinkwritinglife
Click here or on the image to read an interview and see work by @whatif.now
Click here or on the image to see the Minimalism On TV Collab Challenge. Art by @theklimate – Black Mirror
Click here or on the image to read this week’s newsletter
Short Shots of Musicalized Visual Art
Issue curated by Manuel Guzmán, @b_white_canvas
Issue 7
April 2025
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Click here or on the image to gallert G22 part one
art by @xidpix
G22 Slideshow with Music
Click for sound
Click here or on the image to gallert G22 part two
art by @@giddyfingers
Click here or on the image to gallert G22 part one
art by @remquire
G22 Slideshow with Music
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Click here or on the image to gallert G22 part two
art by @risugawakira
Click here or on the image to see work by @synne_kris_art
Click here or on the image to see work by @aineuroangels
Click here or on the image to see work by @digitaldollhouse_ai
Click here or on image to see work by @heks-anda
Click here or on the image to see work by @pumpkinhenhouse
Click here or on the image to see work by @tamsy-landt
FRMWRK Group – Part 1. Featuring 3 members and a collab
Issue curated by Eliza
(@perfectagala)
Issue 5
April 2025
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Click here or on the image to see work by @tuda.ai
Click here or on the image to see work by @9cons.ai
Click here or on the image to see work by @dullia.ai
Click here to see ten artists curated by @dullia.ai
Click here or on the image to see the Banana Art Collab
Click here or on the image to read our April 4th newsletter
Click here or on the image to see work by @notitletest
Click here or on the image to see work by @florigenix_ai
Click here or on the image to see work by @loubser-art
Click here to see work by @weloveyou_baobei
Click here or on the image to see work by @nothingisreal336
Click here or on the image to read our April 11th newsletter
Click here or on the image to see work by @lana_del_burton
Click here or on the image to see work by @ellie-laverne1
Click here or on the image to see work by @pixi_nook
Click here or on the image to see work by @noem4rt
Click here or on the image to see work by r.gramm.ai
Click here or on the image to see work by @ai_magic_wrld
Click here or on the image to see work by somm_bird
Click here or on the image to see work by @focusart80
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Reimagining Medieval & Early Renaissance Masters
Issue curated by Eliza, @perfectagala
Issue 2
March 2025
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