As robots become increasingly capable of working alongside humans, delivering services and potentially providing companionship, a new art exhibition in Louisville, Kentucky, asks a less technical question: Should we really be welcoming them into our lives?
Robots Y’all!, a solo exhibition by visual artist Erin McGee Ferrell, explores the contradictory emotions surrounding intelligent machines, from enthusiasm about their usefulness to anxiety over their growing presence in workplaces, homes and personal relationships.
Running from November 6 to December 13, 2026, at Garner Narrative in Louisville, the exhibition uses brightly colored, toy-like robots to examine the increasingly complicated relationship between people and technology. [Read more…] about Robots as friends or foes? New art exhibition explores our uneasy relationship with intelligent machines