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Baby won’t you light my fire
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Nothin' but the nasty
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Stuck in the asphalt with you
Magritte doesn't get mad, he gets stabby
Cubist dream
With the help of a machine
Ring around the rosie
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
So about that American Dream…
Where did the time go?
“Everything means nothing if I can’t have you…”
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Literal love child
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Don’t make me summon the ancestors
Too truisms
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
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....
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
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...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Once Punched a Skeleton
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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,...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
The ‘Evel’ Kinevel of the art scene
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Sir Shameless
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
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...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
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...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
It’sIn a world where I am Brad Pitt and my friends are George Clooney at the...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
