Turkish conglomerate Yıldız Holding has invested $1.25 million in Dataland, the artificial intelligence-powered digital art museum founded by internationally acclaimed media artist Refik Anadol and painter Efsun Erkılıç, marking one of Türkiye's first corporate investments in the emerging intersection of art, artificial intelligence and creative technology.
The investment extends the company's long-standing support for culture and the arts into digital media and AI-driven artistic production. As part of the agreement, Anadol will also create a site-specific digital artwork for Yıldız Holding's corporate art collection, expanding it beyond traditional works to include AI-generated art.
Dataland officially opened on June 20 in Los Angeles, U.S., with "Machine Dreams: Rainforest," an exhibition housed at Frank Gehry's The Grand LA. The project has been described as the world's first artificial intelligence museum dedicated to data-driven and generative media art, bringing together machine learning, environmental data and visitor participation to create artworks that continuously evolve.
(L-R) Murat Ülker, Efsun Erkılıç and Refik Anadol pose for a photo at Dataland, Los Angeles, U.S., July 27, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Yıldız Holding)
