Last month, I visited an art exhibition at the MASP in São Paulo, featuring works from all over the world. Moving from piece to piece—somewhere between a Monet and a Picasso—I found myself captivated by the presence of pets in historical images  displayed throughout the gallery. It struck me as the perfect starting point to talk about the history of dogs in art. They’ve been by our side since prehistoric times, appearing in records from about 6,000 years ago. You read that ri