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Too cool for New Zealand
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Outsider
Red is the coldest color
Washington’s premier color-field frat
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Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Illustrated children's books to pay the rent
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
An egotistical maniac, or my new boo?
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
It’s exactly what it sounds like
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Wearing a vest of many colors
A real O.G.
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
An orchestra of orcas?
Double rainbow all the way across the sky!
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
The Sun King
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
Please paint in my absent angry mother
Suicide mission with the fam-bam
Click here for post-coital cuddles
Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
We want the Funk
Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?
In the middle of a hottie sandwich
Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Tummy ache?
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
Gay as a moonbeam
A cute outfit can't save you
Alexa, play “Levitating” by Dua Lipa
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Pre-bullets in the neck
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
From portraitist to executioner?
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
A burn too sick for the ER
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
The penis is v. important in this one
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
The Inventor of the Snapshot
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Yep, the silent smile says it all. Please enjoy Mona Lisa Monday #2: The Pulp-a...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Illustrator extraordinaire
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
