On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin, the Neue Nationalgalerie presents from 29 April to 10 May 2026 the exhibition “Regular Animals”, an interactive installation by the artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann). The work marks a new phase in Beeple’s work, expanding his engagement with artificial intelligence and digital art into a fully immersive physical-digital environment. Using animal figures with the heads of well-known personalities, Beeple creates a socio-political allegory of contemporary power structures. With this presentation, Beeple’s work will be shown in Germany for the first time.
Image above: Beeple, Regular Animals, © Beeple Studios
“Regular Animals” consists of autonomous robotic dogs that move freely within a defined area. Each robot figure is equipped with a hyper-realistic silicone head modeled after world-famous personalities, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and Beeple himself. As the robots roam the room, they capture images of their surroundings via integrated cameras. These images are processed by AI systems that reinterpret the data according to the cultural, artistic or ideological “style” of each character.
The robots produce physically printed images – which are expelled from their rear end – and turn algorithmic interpretation into tangible results. The prints will be distributed free of charge to visitors.
Through this deliberately literal system of observation, digestion, and output, Beeple provides a trenchant commentary on how contemporary perception is shaped by algorithms and technology platforms. As the artist himself says: “Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have algorithms that control what we see and decide how we perceive the world. And if they want to make a change, they don’t have to lobby the UN or go to Congress – they simply make a transformation.”
Regular Animals” examines how meaning, authorship and cultural value are increasingly mediated through invisible technological infrastructures. The work was first shown at ArtBaselMiamiBeach 2025 and is now on view as part of Gallery Weekend Berlin at the Neue Nationalgalerie, where the work is embedded in an institutional context.
WHEN?
Opening: Tuesday, 28. April 2026, 7 pm
Exhibition dates: Wednesday, 29. April – Sunday, 10. May 2026
Artist talk: Beeple in conversation with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Lisa Botti, Tuesday, 28. April 2026, 6 pm
WHERE?
Neue Nationalgalerie
Potsdamer Straße 50
10785 Berlin
