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In this monthly column, AnOther meets notable owners and their beloved pets

  • Morrissey and Fanny, 2010

    The Pets | Fanny the Cat and Morrissey

    It's a well-known fact that unlike dogs, cats do as they please. And it's exactly this which makes the brilliant image of Morrissey with a cat on his head so uttlerly brilliant. The image, shot by Jake Walters in 2010, was originally...

  • Georgia O'Keeffe Grooms her Dogs by John Loengard, 1966

    The Pets | Georgia O'Keeffe's Chow Chows

    Georgia O'Keeffe, doyenne of American modernist painting, spent much of her working life in and around Abiquiu, New Mexico, where she was moved to paint some of her most evocative landscapes, and could often be found wandering with her...

  • Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall with their pet boxer, Harvey, at their Benedict Canyon home, CA, 1948

    The Pets | Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall's Boxers

    Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were the Hollywood love story of their era. Meeting on the set of To Have and Have Not, the 45 year old Bogart fell for the nineteen year old ingénue within weeks...

  • The Lookout, 1974

    The Pets | Patti Smith's Cats

    In the same week that “Godmother of Punk” Patti Smith released the single “April Fool” off her 11th album Banga, we reveal the legendary musician's lesser-known relationship: one with her cats...

  • Henry in a blanket

    The Pets | Sylvia Farago's Beagle

    The Pets' latest star is one close to the AnOther team's heart. Henry the tricolour Beagle belongs to Sylvia Farago who worked as the Photographic Director at Dazed & Confused for seven years...

  • Dalí and Babou at the St. Regis hotel, New York where Dalí had a suite, 1965

    The Pets | Salvador Dalí's Ocelot

    No one could accuse Salvador Dalí – master of Surrealism, who died twenty-four years ago today – of conforming to the norm; thus, it should come as little to surprise to learn that his most treasured pet was also of an unusual variety...

  • Introducing Wren

    The Pets | Introducing Wren

    It's been a special month at AnOther. As well as celebrating the arrival of fashion director Katie Shillingford's daughter, we have also welcomed a new four-legged member to the team. Wren, a miniature smooth haired daschund, owned by...

  • Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, 1977

    The Pets | Elliott Erwitt's Dogs

    A colleague of photographer Elliott Erwitt once described the Russian-American as being “half-photographer, half-dog,” owing to his almost supernatural affinity with the canine species...

  • Pluto Aged Twelve, 2000

    The Pets | Lucian Freud's Whippet

    Today marks the first anniversary of the death of celebrated British painter Lucian Freud. To celebrate his life and career, AnOther considers his great love of dogs, in particular his whippet Pluto...

  • Picasso and Lump

    The Pets | Picasso's Sausage Dog

    Renowned for his love of women, Pablo Picasso should also be remembered for his love of animals, particularly dogs; he was rarely to be found without some form of canine companion of one breed or another...

  • Self Portrait with Monkeys by Frida Kahlo, 1943

    The Pets | Frida Kahlo's Monkeys, Dogs & Birds

    The late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's biography is riddled with sadness. Unable to have children, she put her energy into painting and surrounded herself with numerous pets including hairless dogs, monkeys, a deer and birds...

  • Audrey Hepburn with Ip, 1958

    The Pets | Audrey Hepburn and her Fawn

    This week, the AnOther team are preoccupied with unusual pets. As well as the beautiful goat, cradled by Rachel Weisz on the cover of the new issue of AnOther Magazine, we are also very proud to welcome Audrey Hepburn and her adorable pet...