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Mar

Good Shepherds

We, Zarathustra the Cat, couldn’t roam so freely at the world wide web without the help of good shepherds, there are manades of Us in the internet. The good shepherds tell Us stories of culture from all over the world, bring us recent news from the places We never was,...

Mar

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Tower of Babel Diptych, part 1

Dear friends and cat lovers from all over the world, We, Zarathustra the Cat graciousely decided to make humanity happier offline. Diptych by Pieter Bruegel “Tower of Babel” to be seen at Rotterdam Museum Night 9th March. Here goes the first part of it, the rest will...

Feb

Lucas Cranach The Elder, National Gallery of Denmark

Venus and the Cat Hunting Birds

They say that We, Cats are natural-born killers. But don’t forget that humans introduced cats in their society because of cats hunting abilities, and now humans themselves took the mission of rats genocide by means of chemical weapon that is much more efficient than noble...

Jan

Rijksmuseum, Evert Collier

The Cat and the CATalogue

They say that cats are very egocentric beings and thus they are subject to vanity. The truth is far from it: it is not vanity; it is just right self-esteem. And of course we, cats like when others also estimate us rightly. We, Zarathustra the Cat were pleased to receive a...

Jan

Adriaen van Utrecht, Rijksmuseum

And where is Russian salad?

Dutch Still Life of the Golden XVII century is a realm of opulence where you seem to find everything you want. It works better if you add a cat to it: Adriaen van Utrecht, Still Life improved by the Cat, 1644 Look how the Cat’s noble presence ameliorates the colors of...

Jan

Willem Claesz Heda

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...