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The annual Global Pet Expo held in Orlando, Florida, promotes itself as the world’s largest annual pet products trade show. The show is a good barometer for tracking trends in the companion animal world and marketplace. The event is sponsored by the American Pet Products Association (APPA), which claims that the nation’s spending on pets reached an all-time high of $72.56 billion in 2018 and apparently shows no signs of slowing its meteoric pace. After two days of walking the show floor covering 343,700 square feet of exhibit space, perusing 1,174 exhibitors, 3,604 booths and more than 3,000 new product launches—some trends start to become apparent. Here’s what is on the horizon for dogs and the people who care for them … Tags:  news blog from The Bark https://ift.tt/2XURYPQ

Paintings from the 17th-century “Golden Age” of Dutch art are breathtaking in their clarity, quality of light and degree of detail. During  this time, painters such Johannes Vermeer, Gerrit Dou, Pieter de Hooch, Gabriel Metsu, Gerard ter Borch and Jan Steen created a body of work that has endured for more than 300 years. Referred to by the 19th-century term “genre paintings,” they depict primarily  interiors: café and brothel scenes (always with  a moralistic tone); maids or women doing  their domestic chores; and women in beautiful gowns writing or receiving love letters, looking at themselves (or us) in the mirror, or playing  an instrument. Many of these subjects were repeated over and over again, and painters  borrowed and stole compositions, figures and ideas from one another in their quest to produce even better works of art. Tags:  art from The Bark https://ift.tt/2LD5jpe

Fans of Star Trek and those of us who love Pit Bulls are over the moon to learn about Star Trek: Picard , which had its first trailer recently previewed at Comic-Con. The latest installment of the cult-favorite franchise focuses on Captain Jean-Luc Picard, portrayed by Sir Patrick Stewart, and debuts in early 2020 on CBS All Access. In the trailer, Picard is shown enjoying his retirement in the solitude and luxurious surroundings of a vineyard estate, accompanied by his canine companion, a devoted Pit Bull. The series, described as an exploration of the “next chapter in Picard’s life,” reunites him with many of his “Next Generation” crew members for a new adventure. Check out the new SDCC trailer: Tags:  dog culture news pop culture tv from The Bark https://ift.tt/2LB4nlm