From George Condo’s Cat to Lynda Benglis’s Dachshund, Here Are 15 of the Art World’s Most Adorable Pets Keeping Us Company at Home
Perhaps the only beneficiaries of the pandemic today are pets,
who are suddenly getting around-the-clock attention while their
owners work from home. And the joys are mutual: With their fluffy
cuddles, unconditional love, and inability to talk back, pets make
great quarantine companions for people, too.
We asked art world insiders to share pictures of their whiskered
work-from-home buddies, and how they’re helping to make this
difficult time a little bit sweeter.
Maria
Maria the cat. Courtesy of George
Condo.
“Here’s a shot of Maria sitting
on my drawing paper in the dining room. We are having quite a bit
of ‘alone time’ these days. She likes to try to chase the pencil
around while it’s in my hand and I’m trying to work! It’s great to
have a pet to make art with… they are so nonjudgmental.”
—George Condo,
artist
Cleo
Cleo, Lynda Benglis’s dachshund. Photo
courtesy of Lynda Benglis.
“Cleo is the boss!”
– Lynda Benglis,
artist
Albee and Noonan
Noonan, at left, and Albee, at right,
are both Labrador retrievesr. Image courtesy of Barbara
Gladstone
“Albee and Noonan have helped me keep a rigid schedule during
this quarantine. In between meetings, we all go to a remote nature
preserve on Long Island for a long walk together. It’s been very
helpful for all of us to get outside, and they have such fun
roaming around and swimming.
Both dogs from the organization Puppies Behind
Bars, an organization that trains prison inmates to raise
service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, as well
as explosive-detection canines for law enforcement.”
—Barbara Gladstone, gallery owner
Harper
Harper Halperin-D’amico, cub
reporter.
“Harper is extremely into my personal social isolation but very
bad at social distancing.”
—Julia Halperin, executive editor, Artnet News
PEACE Pigeon
Coop
Anton van Dalen with his pigeons. Photo
courtesy of the artist.
“Pigeons first brought poetry to
me as child growing up in Holland. They became my lifelong sweet
travel companions, along on an at times rocky migratory path,
calming down my anxious mind to quiet, and again today at this time
of the extremely worrisome COVID-19 virus outbreak, they steady my
being.”
—Anton van Dalen,
artist
Bert
Bert the Pomeranian. Image courtesy of
Kathy Grayson
“Bert is a serotonin distributor, you don’t even have to pet
him; it works just by looking at him.”
—Kathy Grayson, owner The Hole
Princess
Buttercup
Princess Buttercup, self-portrait in
bed.
“Princess Buttercup is thrilled to have a captive audience
whilst her humans are social distancing.”
—Caroline Goldstein, editorial assistant, Artnet
News
Houdini “Dini”
Curtiss-King
Houdini “Dini” Curtiss-King. Photo
courtesy of Clinton King.
“This is the longest period of
time Dini and I have spent time together (just him and I). Together
we are learning how to cope without mom [artist Julie Curtiss, who
is self-isolating in France]. He’s now always on my desk for a
change. Every morning and night we have long and strenuous
conversations about behavior, eating habits, and personal space.
Dini enjoys sitting on my books and watching me struggle through
beginner yoga poses. All the while I enjoy his presence. In other
words we are making the best of it. To be honest, I couldn’t make
it without him… Just don’t let him know that.”
—Clinton King,
artist
Finnegan, Molly, and
Winston Kelly
Finnegan, Molly, and Winston Kelly, Jack
Russels and a French Bulldog. Image courtesy of Sean Kelly.
“Even the dogs are adopting social distancing measures in the
Kelly household.”
—Sean Kelly, gallery owner
Hubert
Hubert the dachshund. Image courtesy of
Andrea Schwan
“He’s the perfect isolation buddy, and makes an occasional
appearance in the endless Zoom meetings that consume the days.”
—Andrea Schwan, arts publicist
Bar
Michal Rovner’s dog Bar, which is Hebrew
for “wild.” Photo courtesy of Michal Rovner.
“At night, I see from the desert
my new wild dog, who is not aware of what the world is going
through. I’m not allowed to travel, I don’t fly, I feel like a bird
whose wings are shorter, but when I hear the birds around me, I am
one of them.”
– Michal Rovner,
artist
Olga
Olga the cat. Photo by Rachel
Corbett.
“My 18-year-old cat Olga is a frail and sensitive friend who is
wonderfully indifferent to all our troubles.”
—Rachel Corbett, deputy editor, Artnet News
Rocky
Rocky, dog of Jessica Dawson, curator of
dOGUMENTA. Photo by Jessica Dawson.
“Rocky is contemplating what the
end of butt sniffing means for networking in the art
world.”
—Jessica Dawson, art critic
and curator of dOGUMENTA
Jones
Jones Schulte Dafoe, esquire.
“Like the rest of us, Jones is doing his best. He’s adopted a
‘rules are meant to be broken’ stance toward social distancing. And
somehow he hasn’t gotten his sourdough starter to take.”
—Taylor Dafoe, news reporter, Artnet News
Merce and
Jasper
Merce, on the left, and her brother
Jasper.
“Merce and Jasper have taken their newfound extra hours to plan
their next salon wall installation.”
—Pac Pobric, managing editor, Artnet News
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