Digital artist Beeple put his face on a $100K robot dog next to Elon Musk and Picasso – it sold first

Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, unveiled his “Regular Animals” installation at Art Basel Miami Beach, featuring $100,000 robotic dogs with hyper-realistic heads of notable figures such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and himself. These robotic dogs roam within a plexiglass enclosure, capturing images via chest-mounted cameras, which are then processed by AI and printed from their hindquarters. Among the prints, 256 include QR codes granting collectors a free NFT, humorously distributed in bags labeled “Excrement Sample.” Beeple’s inclusion of his own likeness on one of the robot dogs was described by him as “ballsy,” and notably, his self-portrait dog sold first, surprising even the artist. This project continues Beeple’s role as a central figure in the art world, following his earlier breakthrough when a digital collage sold at Christie’s for $69 million, sparking a major NFT boom. The “Regular Animals