For me, personally, the BitStreams exhibition at the Whitney in 2001 was especially meaningful.
Zach Lieberman, Zach Lieberman on the Resonance of Generative Art
For instance, 2000 was a big one when, at that moment, the Whitney did BitStreams and Data Dynamics and suddenly all of the institutions were commissioning net art.
Christiane Paul, Christiane Paul on Curating Cohen’s AARON