Overview
- The work, titled Regular Animals, appears in Art Basel’s new Zero 10 digital section with robotic canines bearing the faces of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Beeple, using hyper‑realistic heads by mask‑maker Landon Meier.
- The robots continuously photograph the fair and periodically output prints in styles tied to each persona, turning live capture into collectible artifacts.
- The run totals 1,028 printed outputs, with 256 featuring scan‑to‑claim barcodes that register the works as NFTs on blockchain.
- Art Basel confirmed every robot edition sold during the VIP preview for $100,000 apiece.
- Beeple says the robots’ primary recording and blockchain‑storage function will cease after three years, underscoring built‑in obsolescence.