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Jan

The Cat Chef Recommends

For the tasty breakfast at the beginning of the New Year, the Cat chef recommends a crab! With this wise advice We, Zarathustra the Cat begin a new column dedicated to the Arrrt of Still Life and to the Arrrt of cooking, as French people call them in a very cat’s manner, la...

Dec

Rijksmuseum, Jan Steen

Happy New Year for the Merry Family!

We, Zarathustra the Cat, kindly wish to all famillies to have such a great New Year party as the merry family had at the masterpiece of Jan Steen in 1668: And remember: the source of happiness in every house is a cat in it! Thus speaks Zarathustra the Cat BUY THIS ARTWORK...

Dec

charity, Rosso Fiorentino

Why We are so merry…

Because of the success of the currency exchange action for cats sake led by Us, Zarathustra the Cat and Our beloved brother Hank the Cat who run for Senate! Today We brought 953 dollars collected in this action to Rzevka animal shelter in St.Petersburg, Russia! Now comes time of...

Dec

Katsushika Hokusai

Happy End of the World Day!

…for all of you, and as to Us, the Cats, We shall feel Ourselves in compete comfort even in the conditions of the tsunami. So We, Cats shall take care about you, humans, don’t worry: How the end of the world in general and in particular the tsunami is uncomfortable...

Dec

National London Gallery, Paolo Veronese

Even more respect!

When Snoop Dogg noticed Our efforts to restore African roots of Paolo Veronese’s masterpiece, he decided to change his name to Snoop Lion! Now he is with Us, cats! In return, We made more restoration works to discover more respect from Paolo Veronese: Snoop Lion in person:...

Dec

Annibale Carracci

Tinfoil hat and the Fat Cat

Romans predicted: Only that one who has a tinfoil hat and the Fat Cat will win at the End of the World Day: One can see a version without restoration works

Oct

National London Gallery, Paolo Veronese

Respect!

We, Zarathustra the Cat, by the will of gods spent a plesant 2 months at the city streets, CAtagging walls We like. Now We are so kind to share Our experience: classic culture should respect contemporary art, and vice versa, contemporary culture should respect classics, otherwise...

Aug

Lucas Cranach The Elder, National Gallery of Denmark

To share or to save?

We had a symbolic incident when We left Our Penates to spread good news in Our city as last year we did. We have kindly decided to promote street-art, essential meaning of which is to be a generous gift from the artists to people, regardless of their will. We have settled down...

Jun

Jan Vermeer, Rijksmuseum

Finding Our Milky Way

At this nice and warm Friday evening we choose to go milky way: If you make a comparison of this original version of Vermeer’s masterpiece and

Jun

James Whistler, Musee d’Orsay

Whistler’s Mother and the Cat

Speaking about America, we decided to reveal to the public the original version of the most famous Whistler’s painting: Whistler originally envisioned painting the model standing up, but

Jun

John Trumbull

The original Declaration of Independence revealed!

Breathtaking discovery! My dear friends, We are happy to reveal to the world the original version of the John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” that was found by gracious efforts of Us and Our beloved brother Hank. This painting depicts the moment on June...

Jun

Fernand Khnopff

Art or the Caresses of the Sphynx

We proudly present the result of recent restauration works over the original version of Fernand Khnopff’s “Art or the Caresses of the Sphynx”. The image of renewed marsterpiece took it’s place at the header of Our blog: One can trace the...