NewsHagia Sophia
Gli, the cat of the Hagia Sophia, has died, aged 16
The famous feline was born at the UNESCO World Heritage Site that was controversially converted into a mosque earlier this year
InterviewArtist interview
Eva and Franco Mattes: ‘Technology does not create the social problems we so often criticise’
As the lockdown forces the art world to migrate online, the Italian duo, who embraced the internet in its infancy, are moving in the opposite direction
NewsFake or Fortune?
Sculpture knocked over by cat revealed as authentic Giacometti, which sold for £500,000 at Christie's
Featured on the BBC's Fake or Fortune TV show, the sculptor's Tête qui regarde was badly repaired after it was felled by a family feline
BlogIn the frame
Has Garage Cat been abducted by aliens? Moscow museum's feline friend is missing
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Gauguin’s kitten reappears in Van Gogh’s Yellow House
Amsterdam show on the artist's Martinique trip also reveals Tate watercolour as a genuine work by Gauguin
BlogIn the frame
International Cat Day scoop: pawprints found on kitten-loving Klimt’s print
BlogIn the frame
Give a cat a home at M Woods: museum kitties looking for purr-fect parents
BlogIn the frame
Catnapped: abduction of moody moggie Begemot from Moscow museum sparks media frenzy
NewsClaude Monet
Monet’s lost cat returns home to Giverny
A “purr-fect” ending to the story of the missing pottery object found in the collection of the artist’s secret granddaughter
BlogIn the frame
Feline fine: downtown Denver gets new cat installation
NewsArt market
Object lessons: a Golden Age memento mori, a peacock-shaped censer and a jute-sack work by Ibrahim Mahama
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
BlogIn the frame
Trippy travel and friendly felines at the Aga Khan
NewsAi Weiwei
Ai Weiwei to auction cat toy sculpture for Syrian children
Proceeds from Berlin sale, which also includes works by Rosemarie Trockel and Tomás Saraceno, will benefit Kayany Foundation
PreviewExhibitions
Prehistoric Lion Man points towards earliest notions of religion in new British Museum show
Earliest surviving figurative sculpture, carved from mammoth tusk, is among 160 objects in Living with Gods
BlogIn the frame
Firefighters save the Hermitage’s beloved feline guards
A small fire on Friday at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg raised alarms about the fate of one of its greatest treasures: the beloved Hermitage cats
NewsChina
Chinese art world goes fur crazy for cats on WeChat
Feline-themed group is providing a talking point for artists, curators and administrators
NewsIn the frame
What did we do before cats on the web? The Smithsonian finds out
NewsPolitics
Iran's presidential election casts shadow over show organised by country's leading artist
Artist Parviz Tanavoli hopes Lions of Iran exhibition will still go ahead in Tehran—and travel abroad