What did we do before cats on the web? The Smithsonian finds out

Researchers in the Smithsonian Institutions Archives of American Art in Washington, DC, have been through a phase of finding cats everywherein sketches, drawings, diaries and lettersand the result is a new exhibition, Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art (until 29 October). The show comprises 60 objects featuring cats, including material by artists such as Jasper Johns, Hedda Sterne and Louise Nevelson. The exhibitions curator, Mary Savig (a self-confessed dog pe