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Art Galleries Are Quietly Embracing A.I. But Most Have No Guardrails in Place

A new report reveals that A.I. adoption among gallery professionals is widespread, ungoverned and accelerating.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into business operations across industries, the fact that galleries are incorporating it in their operations, officially or not, has become impossible to ignore. Marc Spiegler’s Art Business Academy even created an entire course around the subject, “A.I. & the Art Market,” designed and moderated by Spiegler alongside four top experts—Alan Lau, Aimée Scala, Tim Schneider and Ty Ahmad-Taylor. And First Thursday’s 2026 A.I. in Galleries Report confirms what many already suspected: A.I. adoption among galleries is widespread, ungoverned and accelerating.

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Of the 103 gallery professionals surveyed, 84 percent are using A.I., and four in ten report using it regularly. Yet 63 percent of respondents further stated they have received no guidance or guardrails from management, and only 8 percent of galleries have introduced internal policies related to artificial intelligence use—policies already standard in many other corporate environments. More concerning is the fact that 80 percent of those surveyed are accessing these tools using personal accounts, which suggests that they may be inadvertently sharing sensitive information—including pricing and client data—without the gallery’s knowledge.

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