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Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Ceramic sex toys are a thing with her
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
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Topsy turvy
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Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Togas descending a staircase
Damaged goods
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
The innocent hippopotamus
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Falsely accused
More accurate title: mistress begs husband to leave horrid wife
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
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It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to
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Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Only men can see this one
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...
They grow up so fast
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
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Sorry PETA
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Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
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Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Hitler's jam
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Bet on black
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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Act spontaneous!
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Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Planting seeds
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Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
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Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
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You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
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We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
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Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
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How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
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Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
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This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
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The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Possible peace portrait
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
