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Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
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This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
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The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
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In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
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Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
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No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
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This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
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...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
