Russo Lee Gallery presents A eye — Curated by artistic intelligence, an exhibition guest-curated by acclaimed designer, architect, and art collector John Hoke III. Hoke will also appear as the featured speaker for PADA Talk, an ongoing series of conversations at the intersection of art, design, and ideas.

A eye invites viewers to reconsider what A.I. can mean in the context of contemporary art—not as a replacement for the human hand, but as a means of sharpening a deep human point of view. Hoke’s curation is built on three guiding prompts—Artistic Inspiration, Artist Intention, and Artful Intersection—that he developed as a personal, human framework for selecting works that champion imagination, emotion, and craft. In his curatorial statement, Hoke writes: “Art keeps us human. Helping us to see, think, question and feel. This show invites us to rethink and redefine A.I. To go beyond artificiality and embrace the uniquely human experience of seeing, feeling and experiencing—human made art.”

Selected entirely from Russo Lee Gallery’s roster of artists, the artworks on view are Hoke’s own curation. The exhibition brings together artists whose work speaks to shared, universal truths of the human experience. It is a celebration of art as a vital way of staying connected to ideas, emotion, and beauty in an increasingly automated world.