Amanda Wasielewski
@amandawasielewski.com
Art/media/urban histories | critical AI/DH
New Book: Digital Photography After AI: Continuity & Rupture in the Age of Automated Images (MIT, dec26)
Recent: Computational Formalism: Art History & Machine Learning (2023), Critical Digital Art History (2024)
New Book: Digital Photography After AI: Continuity & Rupture in the Age of Automated Images (MIT, dec26)
Recent: Computational Formalism: Art History & Machine Learning (2023), Critical Digital Art History (2024)
Ah nytimes is at it again… and this is the only voice representing a humanities perspective 🫠
February 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Ah nytimes is at it again… and this is the only voice representing a humanities perspective 🫠
One of the major funding bodies in Sweden is using AI-generated images as thumbnails for the research projects they've funded and... the absolute absurdity of the "The Best ways to improve reading skills" project thumbnail
January 30, 2026 at 7:44 AM
One of the major funding bodies in Sweden is using AI-generated images as thumbnails for the research projects they've funded and... the absolute absurdity of the "The Best ways to improve reading skills" project thumbnail
Mephistopheles Navidad my own little Rosemary’s baby turns 6 today
December 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Mephistopheles Navidad my own little Rosemary’s baby turns 6 today
Sometimes the internet still impresses me with its weirdness
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Sometimes the internet still impresses me with its weirdness
Here are two others in the sequence on the AP website:
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Here are two others in the sequence on the AP website:
Your daily image fact check. This lovely AP photo is being spread around social media as an image of the French detective in charge of investigating the Louvre robbery. It's not AI but there's absolutely no indication I can see that it's anything other than a dapper passerby
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Your daily image fact check. This lovely AP photo is being spread around social media as an image of the French detective in charge of investigating the Louvre robbery. It's not AI but there's absolutely no indication I can see that it's anything other than a dapper passerby
My contribution with Matti La Mela (@matti-lamela.bsky.social) — ”What is Digital Humanities and what’s it doing in the department of ALM (Archives, Libraries, and Museums)”
September 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
My contribution with Matti La Mela (@matti-lamela.bsky.social) — ”What is Digital Humanities and what’s it doing in the department of ALM (Archives, Libraries, and Museums)”
Soon to be released (Oct 9): this gorgeous pink anthology
September 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Soon to be released (Oct 9): this gorgeous pink anthology
ohhh kay. I see how it is.
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
ohhh kay. I see how it is.
Just finished reading Karen Hao’s Empire of AI — and wow so good!
July 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Just finished reading Karen Hao’s Empire of AI — and wow so good!
I hate this so much... just let me read the damn book. Why is this the default? So many students are going to miss out.
June 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I hate this so much... just let me read the damn book. Why is this the default? So many students are going to miss out.
...or when this kind of mistake could make it to print without being noticed (2008)
June 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
...or when this kind of mistake could make it to print without being noticed (2008)
I love reading old tech literature. ...when terminology had not yet settled (2009)
June 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I love reading old tech literature. ...when terminology had not yet settled (2009)
Two pages that have aged pretty badly
May 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Two pages that have aged pretty badly
The rate of wtf articles appearing in the nytimes seems to be accelerating 🫠
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The rate of wtf articles appearing in the nytimes seems to be accelerating 🫠
Happy May Day! Thinking of those who fought and died—and still fight and die—for the rights of workers around the world.
May 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Happy May Day! Thinking of those who fought and died—and still fight and die—for the rights of workers around the world.
Great visit to Doha - so interesting to hear perspectives on AI/art history here in Qatar. Thanks to the welcoming art history department at VCUarts
April 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Great visit to Doha - so interesting to hear perspectives on AI/art history here in Qatar. Thanks to the welcoming art history department at VCUarts
Not particularly looking forward to the weather though 🥵
April 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Not particularly looking forward to the weather though 🥵
This photo is so Scandinavian coded
January 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This photo is so Scandinavian coded
Just learned that letters to the editor in Art Journal in 1967 were the listserv/social media post of the time
January 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Just learned that letters to the editor in Art Journal in 1967 were the listserv/social media post of the time
As Alexei Shulgin once said “Who would search for grains of gold in all this shit?”
November 25, 2024 at 6:19 PM
As Alexei Shulgin once said “Who would search for grains of gold in all this shit?”
Me showing Reviewer 2 the edits I made to my article based on their citation suggestions
November 16, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Me showing Reviewer 2 the edits I made to my article based on their citation suggestions
Critical Digital Art History, edited by myself and Anna Näslund, is out now from Intellect (available Open Access!)
www.intellectbooks.com/critical-dig...
#arthistory #dh #openaccess
www.intellectbooks.com/critical-dig...
#arthistory #dh #openaccess
November 9, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Critical Digital Art History, edited by myself and Anna Näslund, is out now from Intellect (available Open Access!)
www.intellectbooks.com/critical-dig...
#arthistory #dh #openaccess
www.intellectbooks.com/critical-dig...
#arthistory #dh #openaccess