Technology is unearthing hidden art in the Tate's collection - Microsoft News Centre UK

People will get the chance to see rarely-viewed art from the Tate's collection in a new exhibition that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to match historic paintings with modern photos. The display at Tate Britain will use cutting-edge technology to study the latest pictures from global news agency Reuters and compare them with one of 50,000 pieces in the gallery's archives based on their colours and themes. The creators of Recognition, which will run 24 hours a day online as well as in the Tate, hope the digital project will not only unearth some pieces of art that people rarely see, but also create a virtual gallery of its own. "The Tate archive is very difficult to explore, and this makes it easy," said Isaac Joseph Vellentin, 22, one of the creators of Recognition. "In our digital age, there is so much content. We are juxtaposing these images to get more out of them. We are taking two things that are close but far apart in their time frame. But we are also looking at human life. It's more what people take away for themselves."