The autonomous robotic dogs from American artist and provocateur Beeple that took Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 by storm will be included in an exhibition later this spring at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. The works, titled Regular Animals, will be on view from April 29th through May 10th, opening over Gallery Weekend Berlin. The exhibition marks the first time that Beeple’s work will be shown in Germany.
The installation features a group of anthropomorphic figures with hyper-realistic heads modeled after contemporary figures, including Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and tech moguls Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos. Beeple (real name Mike Winkelmann) himself is also rendered in silicone and robotic form. The robots are contained in a pen-like enclosure and snap photos as they roam the space. These images are processed by AI systems and stylized according to each cultural figure’s visual language, and then printed from their rear ends for viewers to collect. The installation serves as a commentary on contemporary sociopolitical power structures.
“Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk own algorithms that control what we see and decide how we see the world,” said the artist in a press statement. “When they want to make a change, they don’t have to lobby the UN, they don’t have to go to Congress, they just make a change.”
Exhibited alongside Regular Animals at the Neue Nationalgalerie will be South Korean sculptor and installation artist Nam June Paik’s 1994 Andy Warhol Robot. Paik is considered a key preemptive video and media artist who bridged art with technology. In his work, the artist constructs a human-like sculpture from film cameras, tape reels, and television sets that is meant to reference the great Pop artist and filmmaker who made work focused on mass media and celebrity culture. Warhol’s signature Campbell soup cans and Brillo soap pad boxes are included in the piece, which is shown alongside Beeple’s work to offer a historical counterpoint.
On Tuesday, April 28th, an artist talk will take place between Beeple and curator and art historian Carolyn Christov-Bakagiev, and Lisa Botti, a curator at the Neue Nationalgalerie.
