
“Artes e Tecnologia” — Andreas Wichert’s new Art&Technology exhibition at IST
Today, 26 April 2022, a new Art&Technology exhibition is inaugurated. Consisting in a collection of digital paintings authored by Andreas Wichert, INESC-ID researcher within the Artificial Intelligence for People and Society Research Area and Professor Auxiliar at Instituto Superior Técnico, “Artes e Tecnologia” (“Arts and Technology”) is open at IST’s Civil Engineering building, in the Alameda campus, until 06 May 2022.
We asked Andreas what had motivated him to create this collection of digital paintings. “Before moving to Portugal I painted in oil, however due to restrictions I could not continue to do it,” Andreas commented. “With the arrival of iPad and Apple Pencil and the corresponding software Procreate I could continue to paint,” adding that “Technology allows you to create art that without it it was not possible.” More of Andreas’ artwork can be viewed online and found on Instagram @andrzejwichert.
This exhibition will also stage a dynamic experiment in which visitors will have the chance to interact with Vizzy, a social robot, so as to improve Vizzy’s skills (work carried out by João Avelino, researcher at the Institute for Systems and Robotics, ISR).
Andreas Wichert is also the author of three books on machine learning and artificial intelligence: Machine Learning — A Journey to Deep Learning (2021), Principles of Quantum Artificial Intelligence (2020) and Intelligent Big Multimedia Databases (2015).
Upcoming Events
INESC-ID ESR Talks – February 2023

If you are a masters/PhD student or a postdoctoral fellow, come and present your work in an informal and friendly environment – and savour some tasty snacks!
Individual talks will be 10-15 minutes plus time for feedback. Enroll on your selected date by emailing pedro.ferreira[at]inesc-id.pt.
Happening on the second Wednesday of every month (4pm-5pm):
- 15 February (Alves Redol, Room 9)
- 15 March (Alves Redol, Room 9)
- 12 April (Alves Redol, Room 9)
- 10 May (Alves Redol, Room 9)
- 14 June (Alves Redol, Room 9)
- 12 July (Alves Redol, Room 9)
We hope to see you there!