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AI Tools Overview

The concept of generative AI tools is continually evolving. As one of the top comprehensive art museums in the nation, the CMA is committed to supporting artists and protecting their rights. These AI tools are intended to allow the public to engage with our artwork in playful and novel ways.

Disclaimer: AI-generated content may display inaccurate or offensive information that doesn't represent the CMA’s views.

Extend the Art 

Developed for educational purposes, this tool converts ideas into artwork, to hone prompt engineering skills. Artwork featured in Extend the Art is strictly limited to open access artworks in the public domain. If you notice something objectionable that a user generated with this AI tool, please flag that artwork by clicking “Expand View” and then “Flag This Image,” or reach out to us at WebAdmin@clevelandart.org.

User Guide

  • On the right, below the CMA artwork image click "New Artwork" to find an open access artwork from our collection that sparks your creativity. 
  • Take a moment to think about what you imagine could be beyond the frame of that artwork, and then write a prompt in the box on the left that describes your idea. The prompt can be as short or as detailed as you want! 
  • Then, our Extend the Art AI takes your prompt and extends the artwork using generative AI to match the original style. 
  • If you want to generate another image from the same prompt, press the “Regenerate” button. 
  • You can also try a new prompt or select a new artwork. 
An example of the Extend the Art AI tool

 

 

Share Your View 

Share Your View is a reverse image search tool that uses AI to match your images to artworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection.

User Guide

  • Simply upload an image from your device and watch as the AI pulls the closest matching artworks from the CMA’s collection.
  • See visual similarities between artwork from a collection that spans centuries and a photo you snapped from your window. You may be pleasantly surprised!
  • Are you excited about your results? Share your match on social media or on the CMA’s website gallery. Found an interesting artwork? You can click on the work’s title to learn more about your match in the CMA’s Collection Online. 

How It Works

Share Your View uses an AI engine trained on the CMA’s collection, to recognize the shapes, colors, and patterns in your image and then pull visually similar images from our database. It uses machine learning and the open source vector similarity engine Milvus to perform a ‘reverse image search’ of the collection. Once a photo is uploaded, visual features are extracted then represented as compactly as possible in a series of stacked layers. This approach, combined with the fast similarity search provided by Milvus’s libraries, allows Share Your View to match your photo with visually similar artworks within seconds. 

 

Extend the Art and Share Your View were created in collaboration with Design I/O.