Metaverse as a New Artistic Medium Liberates Art from Physical Limits

Marco Senaldi posits that the metaverse, characterized by immersive virtual reality, represents a separate artistic form from artificial intelligence. While AI often evokes dystopian themes, VR revitalizes the essential aspects of artistic experience. The metaverse envelops participants in a distinctive spacetime. Acute Art London has created XR pieces for notable artists such as Marina Abramović, Jeff Koons, and Olafur Eliasson. Key works include the digital recreation of Hilma af Klint's The Temple and Il Tempio, as well as La nascita dell'Eidos by Vincenzo Agnetti and Paolo Scheggi (1971). The Fondazione Piero Manzoni has also reconstructed Piero Manzoni's 1960 "psychological labyrinth." Colombo's Metaverse project digitally reimagines works like Spazio Elastico. Senaldi asserts that the metaverse enables art to surpass the confines of museums, as highlighted in Gallese, Moriggi, and Rivoltella's Oltre la Tecnofobia (Cortina 2025).