According to Modern Express, some members of the public recently reported that a work titled “Putting Summer into a Schoolbag” in Exhibition Halls B4 and B5 of the Shandong Art Museum’s “Childlike Hearts Paint Dreams: The China Artists Association’s First Children’s Picture Book Exhibition” was highly suspected of being AI-generated.
According to IT Home’s review of related reports, the disputed work “Putting Summer into a Schoolbag” was created by an artist identified as Chen from Hubei Province. The work consists of a series of images, with multiple details that violate common knowledge of human anatomy, including children’s distorted fingers, what appear to be six fingers, and three hands appearing in the same image.
In response, a staff member of the Shandong Art Museum’s office told Modern Express that the work in question “has already been removed.” A staff member of the China Artists Association’s Office for Professional Conduct and Rights Protection responded that, after verification, the work was indeed AI-generated and its exhibition eligibility had been revoked.