Art
Cats & Dogs
Affectionate felines and beastly hounds at the NGV
by Sebastian Moore •
Pierre Bonnard, Siesta (La Sieste) 1900 (courtesy of National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest, 1949)
Stepping into the NGV’s Cats & Dogs exhibition at Federation Square, visitors must make a decision. Before them are two arrows directing their path ahead. To the left, a path to dogs; to the right, cats. Immediately, the age-old question is invoked, typically reserved for when the conversation has dried up on first dates: are you a dog or cat person?
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