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Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Big Alma's pride and joy
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Mary should have her own E! True Hollywood Story
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Fancy birthday presents
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Some say it ruins the view
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
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....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
The official residence of POTUS
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
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...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
So get ready!
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
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...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
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...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
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...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
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,...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
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...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
No more fake news!
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
