Since 2012, Rob Hitt has been documenting domesticated cats in bodegas across the city on social media.
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How Black Cats Went From Bad Luck to Symbols of Defiance
Icons like the Black Panther Party logo, the “Sabo-Tabby,” and innumerable pieces of protest art go against the traditional Western taboo around the felines.
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Let’s All Paws to Write Letters to the Lonely Garden Cats of a Museum
The resident kitties at Tulsa’s Philbrook Museum of Art, Perilla and Cleo, are all alone — you can write them a letter while the museum is closed, and get a reply.
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Denied Entry, Cats Try to Paw Past Japanese Museum Security Guard
The cunning kitties came to Hiroshima Onomichi City Museum of Art two years ago for a feline-centric exhibition and never left, demanding free entry.
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A Cute but Clawless Documentary on Istanbul’s Street Cats
In Kedi, human Istanbulites reflect on their complex but loving relationships with the city’s feline inhabitants.
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A Utah Schoolteacher’s Exceptional Collection of Cat Art Is Meow for Sale
Patrick Eddington wrote to countless writers and artists, from Kiki Smith to Marcel Dzama to Ray Bradbury, asking them to send him cat-related works. They did.
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A Tour of Meownuments to the World’s Most Pawesome Cats
Istanbul unveiled a tribute to its local beloved feline this week, but it’s hardly the first time a cat has been immortalized in bronze.
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Meet Etti-Cat, NYC’s Feline Subway Etiquette Advisor of the 1960s
In the 1960s, New York City commuters were prodded into respectful behavior by subway posters featuring a black-and-white tuxedo cat.
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This Katty and Declawed Musical About the Kardashians Is Pawful
Katdashians! Break the Musical! began 15 minutes late. If only that were its gravest error.
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The Curious Fates of Famous Artists’ Pets
There’s a whole history of woe for the pets of famous artists, especially when the creative types decided no ordinary cat or dog would do, and brought exotic creatures into their urban lives, or chose a rather macabre tribute to their animal lives.
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Russian Museum Makes Good on Its April Fools’ Joke and Hires a Cat
The newest employee of Serpukhov’s Museum of History and Art in Russia will receive his salary in the form of fish and patties.
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Visualizing the Purrrsonal Data You Share with Your Cat Photos
For Owen Mundy, the internet’s love of cats is a gateway to recognizing the huge amounts of personal data we share publicly on social media.