American artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) has installed an interactive piece titled "Regular Animals" at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie, featuring robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Beeple himself. The dogs roam the gallery and "poo" printed AI-transformed images of their surroundings, with each dog's output reflecting the worldview of its human figure—for example, the Picasso dog produces Cubist-style images. The work, first shown at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025, includes QR codes on prints that grant access to free NFTs.
The exhibition matters because it critiques how tech billionaires and their algorithms shape public perception, a power Beeple argues is unchecked by democratic processes. Curator Lisa Botti emphasizes that museums are ideal spaces for society to reflect on AI's impact. The show also highlights Beeple's continued influence in the digital art world, following his record-breaking $69 million NFT sale at Christie's in 2021, which marked a historic moment for blockchain-verified digital art and cryptocurrency transactions at auction.