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Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The King of a flattering angle
Barely made it through World War II with the help of some sandbags
“Viva la Mexico”
A crotch by any other name...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Someone needs a first amendment refresher
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Made in a cabin
Tummy ache?
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Wearing a vest of many colors
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Lambs can be kept as pets, who knew?
Souvenirs from vacation
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
When Doves Cry
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
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,...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
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,...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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....
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
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...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
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...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
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...
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...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
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...
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
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
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
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...
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...
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...
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,...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
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...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
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...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
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...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
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...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
(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,...
…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...
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...
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 (...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
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...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
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...
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...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
