Sartle requires JavaScript to be enabled in order for you to enjoy its full functionality and user-experience.You can find info on how to enable JavaScript for your browser here.
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Don't fear the reaper
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Made in a cabin
Not so Virgin Mary
Wearing a vest of many colors
Compounding a bad situation
High drama, sex, and violence
More weirdness from Bosch
Did not survive "Snakes on a Plane"
The circle of life
A forgotten warrior
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Last chance to get some before it all goes to hell!
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
Para el Cambio
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
The new gang at McDonaldland
O Holy Knight
Suspicious lack of togas
Worst kiss ever
It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Cloned but not forgotten
Aim for the heart
She's not taking a nap
“Hey, quit breathing down my neck!”
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...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Put all your money on Death!
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Reading rainbow
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
He's wicked...wicked hot
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
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 we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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....
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Not your average #travelspo Insta’ selfie
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
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...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
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...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
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...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
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...
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...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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
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...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
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...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(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).
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
