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Three's company
Grump who liked to hump
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If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
The innocent hippopotamus
All hail the original drama queen
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Eats 100-dollar bills for breakfast
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
First successful professional African-American painter
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
A lady with an intellectual life... shocking!
Happy wife happy life!
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
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Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Matchy-matchy
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
First off, that is a really unfortunate name
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
"Maybe that's what hell is: the entire rest of eternity spent in f***in' Bruges"
Anonymous strikes again
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Big-time First Lady
Taxes too high? Naked horse ride, baby.
To the Earl goes the spoils
Getting ready to jam
Fashionista
This is how you treat a side chick. Give her a Leonardo
Sexy kinda
P-p-p-poker Face, P-p-p-poker Face
Flashing all that bling bling
yet another suicidal pre-raphaelite maiden
Has nothing to do with onions
Poor unfortunate simonetta
Quit your squawking
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Lots of perks to being a vestal virgin, but also some risks
A Full-Bodied Rise, and Fall, to Fame
Not so Plastic Pat
She's a man eater
You talkin’ to me?
Everybody's sleeping with everybody
Hey, Sista Sista
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
#MILF
Taking one for the team
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Sister sister
Mo money, mo problems
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Just another beheading. Yawn
young, sexy, and rich
Can't hide a prostitute
Like characters in a Henry James novel
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
It's not witchcraft, it's pussy power!
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
Claustrophobics beware
"I like that queasy feeling"
Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School
Monument to a bromance
Not even a little bit
Singin’ in a ring
Epileptics beware
Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you
A victim of the urban housing crisis
Too school for cool
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
But especially vices
Netflix and chill...with Buddha
One depressing miscommunication
A walk on the beach
Fancy birthday presents
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Marching to the beat of her own drum
A stoner's dream
A techy tower
He barely tried
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
The artworld goes to seed
201 spheres in a big circus tent
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn and Woman at her...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
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...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
