Overview
- At the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Beeple is exhibiting roaming robot dogs fitted with hyperreal silicone heads of figures like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso.
- The robots film the galleries with onboard cameras, generate images influenced by the persona of each head and sometimes print those pictures on the floor in a gag that reads as defecation.
- Beeple says the work critiques the way tech platforms now set what people notice and value, replacing the role artists once had in shaping public vision.
- Exhibition curator Lisa Botti says the museum setting invites people to weigh how artificial intelligence changes daily life and culture.
- The project debuted at Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2025, and Finestre sull’Arte, cited by Ámbito, reported five of six dog sculptures sold for about $100,000 each, while the Bezos piece was not offered, with some on-site prints linking to free NFTs via QR codes.