Who would have thought Pigcasso, destined for slaughter in 2016, would end up hogging the limelight with her own art gallery, in the same district as the world-famous Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

A first-of-its-kind gallery to showcase the work of a non-human artist, Oink opened in the city last Friday. For now, the gallery is a two-month pop-up.

It has created a huge stir among Dutch art lovers and the curious, and propelled the painting porcine from Franschhoek onto a world stage...