Museum of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out

Museum of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out

On View July 11, 2025 - August 15, 2025
Film screening and reception July 26, 3:30 pm

Joan T. Boghossian Gallery, 3rd Floor
Providence Public Library
150 Empire St, Providence, RI 02903
Open during regular library hours

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Baha Men's global pop sensation, "Who Let the Dogs Out," OPEN presents Museum of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out, an archive of research materials collected by Providence-based artist Ben Sisto during the development of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out, a decade-long examination of intellectual property law and cultural production. WOOF! The exhibition will feature some 300 items including shirts, records, books, magazines, novelty toys, and other primary source materials which together, gently nudge-back against the concept of individual authorship in favor of a view that art is a collective process. A free screening of the documentary Who Let the Dogs Out (Hodgee Films, 2019) will be held on July 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM, followed by a reception in the gallery.

Ben Sisto (b. 1980, Providence, RI) is an artist who lives on the East Side. He is the world's leading expert on "Who Let the Dogs Out." "Museum of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out" is designed by OPEN, a Providence-based curatorial platform celebrating archives, books, and communities. Check out his website here.

"Museum of Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out" is made possible in part through funding support from Rhode Island Humanities, an independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. RI Humanities seeds, supports, and strengthens public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement by and for all Rhode Islanders.

bensisto.com
openforever.org/dogs
https://provlib.libcal.com/event/11679166