Look Longer: Matthew Olivier's Codex Algorithm at Woodmere

Matthew Olivier (b. 1991) is a Canadian visual artist and conceptual artist with major practices in painting and writing, based in Toronto. His writing and video practice constitutes Codex Algorithm, the major conceptual artwork of his career, which claims the algorithmic feed as an artistic medium and reaches hundreds of millions of viewers per year. The work stands in the conceptual lineage of Marcel Duchamp — the readymade’s gesture of selection and reframing, extended into the algorithmic feed, which Olivier claims as an artistic medium. His commissions and collaborations include the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Government of Flanders, M+ Hong Kong, the Munch Museum, MSK Gent, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Avant Arte, Palazzo Maffei, Dior, and the independent game studio thatgamecompany (Sky: Children of the Light) — alongside a private commission from a Trustee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. His first book, The Art of Reading Art, publishes with Smith Street Books in October 2026.

In collaboration with Woodmere, Olivier has added 5 works on view in our galleries to Codex Algorithm, the major conceptual artwork of his career. Find the works on view in the galleries, and explore the items on view below. Stay tuned to watch the works online!