Karin Hosono has been painting cats since childhood, and her meowvelous work captures something most cat owners will immediately recognise. The Japanese oil painter approaches her subjects through years of sustained observation, aiming to render what she describes as "120% of a cat" - something more feline than a real cat itself. Her cats occupy every scene with total indifference to whatever is happening around them, whether that's a Tokyo overpass, a riverside at dusk, or a window ledge with a goldfish bowl. Rather than imposing emotion onto her subjects, Hosono studies them as they actually are, keeping enough distance to let the cats remain cats. Her 2024 solo exhibition 'Michiru -arakawa-' sold out all nine pieces, a group show in early 2025 sold out too with demand running more than ten times the available works, and she made her international debut at ART TAIPEI in October 2024. Swipe to see the paintings. Photos: @karinhosono #TatlerArts #TatlerAsia #JapaneseArt #Cats

Masayuki Oki has spent years photographing Tokyo's stray cats, capturing them at their most dramatic: mid-stretch, mid-stare-down or in the middle of a full-blown tantrum. His breakout series, 'Hisshi Sugiru Neko' ('Overeager Cats'), celebrates those perfectly timed moments and has sold more than 80,000 copies across three books. A chance encounter with a stray cat he named Busanyan inspired him to become a freelance photographer in 2015. Since then, he's spent years documenting stray cats in Tokyo and across Japan, turning their everyday antics into unforgettable portraits. Swipe through for some of his best shots. Photos: @okirakuoki #TatlerArts #TatlerAsia #Cats #Photography #Neko

Three 16-year-olds from India have become the first team from their country to win The Earth Prize, the world’s largest environmental competition for teenagers. Avyana Mehta, Ariana Agarwal and Vivaan Chhawchharia were named Global Winners at the awards ceremony in Geneva on 29 May, chosen by a public vote of 23,000 people from seven regional finalists. Their invention, Plas-Stick, is a biodegradable powder made from waste tamarind seeds that binds microplastic particles into visible clumps, which can then be lifted out of water with a handheld magnet. It was designed specifically for communities without access to filtration systems, and requires no electricity to use. According to the WHO and UNICEF, around 2.1 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water. Developed in collaboration with researchers at IIT Guwahati, Plas-Stick has already reached more than 8,000 students and teachers. The team plans to scale that to between 35,000 and 40,000 people by the end of 2026. Photos: The Earth Prize #TatlerNews #TatlerAsia #India #AsiaNews

Very few - if any - made the kind of impact Anthony Bourdain did in the way we think about travel, food, and how we interact with the world(s) around us. These are some of our favourite quotes from the late author and chef, which serve as a constant reminder to see the world with our eyes, hearts and mind wide open. #TatlerTravel #TatlerTravelInspiration #AnthonyBourdain #TonyBourdain #TravelQuotes

Terminal 2 of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, spread across 140,000 square metres in Guwahati, Assam, has just been named one of @prixversailles’ 2026 World’s Most Beautiful Airports, one of only two Indian airports on a list of seven. Built to serve as the primary aviation gateway to the Seven Sister States of Northeast India, the terminal has a capacity of 13.1 million passengers a year. At its centre, a golden winged sculpture rises above the arrival hall, greeting passengers as they step into the terminal. Architect Nuru Karim of Mumbai-based studio NUDES modelled the terminal on Assam’s Kopou phool, the foxtail orchid that is the state flower, under a concept called Bamboo Orchids. Engineered bamboo, passive daylighting and indoor gardens reduce the terminal’s dependence on mechanical cooling and artificial light. The winged installation at its heart was designed and executed by Mianzi Global, with Incubis Inc as art consultant. NUDES is a Mumbai-based practice led by Karim, working across architecture, public art and computational design, with a consistent approach of treating natural systems as structural logic rather than decoration. 📍 Terminal 2, Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati, Assam, India Architecture: @nurukarim Images sourced from @gauairport_official @narendramodi @prixversailles @mianzi_global #TatlerArchitectureAndDesign #TatlerAsia #IndianArchitecture #India