Art in the digital era: theorizations, challenges and reflections.

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https://doi.org/10.29105/aitias5.10-116

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Contemporary Art, Artifact, Authenticity, Digital Culture, Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

The impact of digital culture and Artificial Intelligence has become a central theme in contemporary art, raising questions of such relevance as the authenticity of the artistic work, the figure of the author and authorial validation as the foundation of the piece, and the ethics of artistic creation. In addition to these, the relationships between art and the market, the representation of identity through symbolic-aesthetic elaborations, or works of art, and sociopolitical criticism and committed art are also topics of interest from the perspective of digital culture. Without intending to exhaust all these issues, this article examines the evolution of different theoretical approaches to art, from the 18th century to the present day, culminating in the conception of art as a practice that, regardless of the medium, leads to the generation of problematizing "artifacts".

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2025-07-15

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Oliva Abarca, J. E. (2025). Art in the digital era: theorizations, challenges and reflections. Aitias, Revista De Filosofía Del CEH, 5(10), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.29105/aitias5.10-116

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