Artists and sculptors have always sought to draw inspiration from beauty. And what, after all, could be more beautiful than cats? Okay, one of the most beautiful things on this Earth. Now, I think ...

The fact that we love cats is, of course, nothing new. But the art world’s embrace of felines does seem to be at a perceptible high. Was this inevitable, only a matter of time? Is there some new ...

“The smallest feline is a masterpiece,” wrote Leonardo da Vinci, whose drawing Study of Cat Movements and Positions testifies to his admiration for the animal’s flexibility; Thomas Gainsborough‘s and ...

Artists have long obsessed over cats. The furry felines have adorned everything from cave walls to canvases, thought to symbolize deities, but also laziness, aloofness, and even stupidity. In the ...

Meow Met showing John Kay’s “The Favourite Cat and De La-Tour Painter” (1813) (all screenshots by the author for Hyperallergic) One of the most common and eternal struggles of being a heavy internet ...

Since 2014, a recurring art show dedicated to cats has captured common feline actions (commandeering a pet parent’s lap, unflinchingly staring down an onlooker, shredding upholstered furniture and ...

Ji Yufu Annex" (officially Shoki Myoshu Head Temple NyanNyan-Ji Yufu Annex) in Yufuin, Oita Prefecture, scheduled for Wednesday, August 12. Located near Lake Kinrin, this new museum and shop is ...