Don Vito Corleone’s tabby cat sitting on his lap in his office in the iconic film The Godfather was a stray cat found by the director Francis Ford Coppola on the studio lot. The film script did not call for … Continue reading →
The all-white cat gazing out of the balcony doors to the exterior, in David Hockney’s painting Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy, is sitting on Mr Clark’s lap in a peculiar and uncomfortable way. The cat is meant to be … Continue reading →
This is a little bit of cat trivia. Is not going to change the world but it is quite interesting nonetheless to people who like cats. Édouard Manet, a French modernist painter of the 19th century, was ‘a pivotal figure … Continue reading →
Benedict Cumberbatch is playing the lead role in a film about Louis Wain, the eponymous and cat-loving English artist who is famous for his drawings of anthropomorphized cats and kittens. Mr Cumberbatch is playing opposite Claire Foy who plays Emily … Continue reading →
This is the art of Kamwei Fong. He is a smart guy and he lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Below I have embedded two images and two videos from his Instagram account.
Continue reading →Uhmmm…this is beautiful. The music combined with the projections of cats onto walls and other constructions in Rome are delighting the children and the adults. I’d just soak it up and enjoy. The video has a delightful, joyous quality because … Continue reading →
A high school in the Chiba Prefecture of Japan created a large picture (sculpture?) of the head of a white cat using 22,000 toothpicks. It was a large undertaking which took 5 months of work and a scientific and well … Continue reading →
It’d be interesting if someone could try and untangle the interpretation of this 16th century religious painting by Barocci containing a domestic cat. It is called ‘The Madonna of the Cat’ (La Madonna del Gatto). Please click on the image … Continue reading →
Trixie was her name; quite a modern name for cat who kept her owner company in the Tower of London from 1601-1603. Trixie belonged to the Third Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley. Queen Elizabeth I imprisoned him we are told. … Continue reading →
This is another arresting cat picture. It certainly caught my eye. It looks cool and plausible – just. However it’s art and they are not real. Artist Kelly Monico installed the cats between 14th and 15th streets west of Larimer … Continue reading →
