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Classics

Mar

A Ginger Cat and a Red Hat

Do you know that Cardinal Richelieu was a devoted cat-lover? In 1642 he had fourteen felines! They were the only true affection of this pragmatic politician, that is why so much is known about his cats, not only their names. There was Richelieu’ favourite Soumise (mea...

Mar

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Alte Pinakothek

Dolce far niente

Every cat is a top professional in laziness, and We, the best cat in the world, are champion of it. After all this work on improving famous painting by cats We really need a good rest, of course after a good and tasty dinner. Once, while We were enjoying our postprandial time,...

Mar

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Walters Art Museum

Sappho and the Fat Cat

Today We decided to reveal the truth under the painting “Sappho and Alcaeus”. Actually, the painting is “Sappho and the Fat Cat”: Really, one cannot find historical truth at the commonly known version of the masterpiece to be seen at the Walters Art...

Mar

Caravaggio, Uffizi Gallery

Wine vs Catnip

Today We reveal the truth behind the famous masterpiece: the painting “Bacchus” by Caravaggio. If you are a human of some cat, you may notice that your master is not very happy if you occasionally drink a glass of good (in your opinion) wine. We, cats, find alcohol shocking in...

Feb

Emanuel Leutze, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An Unexpected Journey

This happened once upon a time in winter; in one really cold winter, may be almost as cold and snowy as this year winter in New England and Canada. George Washington crossed Delaware River with his army, and the great master Emanuel Leutze depicted it. Here is the true version of...

Jan

Jaques-Lois David

Don’t shoot the cartoonist!

Don’t shoot the cartoonist! If you do not like his drawings, just don’t buy his magazine. If you think he is very wrong, you even can sue him. But don’t shoot the cartoonist! Jean-Paul Marat, assasinated in 1793, was also the radical journalist. Two centuries...

Dec

Jacob Jordaens

It’s party time for cats and humans!

Yes, now it’s party time for cats and humans, and even for dogs, where everybody will be happy at their places! Now you better go and bring a lot of tastiest treaties for your cat, and put your cat at the head of the party table, and the cat will make your and everybody...

Dec

Katsushika Hokusai, Library of Congress, Rijksmuseum

Catzilla attacks!

Meanwhile in Japan: Catzilla attacks! It was seen near the Mount Fuji at the masterpiece by Hokusai: If you compare the masterpiece restored by Us to its commonly known version to be seen as prints at the Library of Congress and at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, you will notice that...

Dec

Erarta Museum, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Tiziano

Venus’ selfie

Titian is famous for his Venus portraits. One of them, “Venus with a Mirror”, has the nickname “Venus in furs”. No, it is not because of what you are thinking. It is because human memory still keeps in its subconsciousness the true look of Titian’s Venus: Come on, Zarathustra,...

Nov

National Gallery of Art, Washington, William Blake

Beware of the Laser Cat!

Do you know how to play “surprised kitty”? It’s not very difficult. You can find an OK GO tutorial for it online. But beware of playing it with the Great Red Dragon. He will always cheat! If somebody is cheating in the game, Our tolerance can end very soon. Better not to do this,...

Oct

Karel Dujardin, National Gallery of Denmark

Soap Bubbles and the Cat

How transitory the life is! How quickly it passes by! We just finished Our dinner, and We are hungry again… This feeling of brevity of Our existence is strenghened by a severe diet that We have chosen to obtain health and make Our life longer. What an irony of fortune! Yes,...

Sep

British Museum, Ancient Egypt

Walk like an Egyptian, hunt like an Egyptian Cat

Amazing discovery was recently made by British scientists: they used X-rays and found a mysterious ancient Egyptian cat fresco hidden below the the commonly known wall painting at the Tomb of Nebamun, now in British Museum: The central place at the masterpiece is reserved for Us,...