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Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Horse on a treadmill
Ceramic sex toys are a thing with her
Surprise, sexism in the Victorian era
A burn too sick for the ER
Ex-nun, harassed for painting without a license, official painter of Marie Antoinette
Lange is holding a camera! Really!
Escaped the guillotine, unlike her friend Marie
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
An obvious wrong
Waiting for the white angel
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
An egotistical maniac, or my new boo?
Hungry
That sass though
Made in a cabin
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Wearing a vest of many colors
Ain't that a kick?
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
A fun new series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Taxes too high? Naked horse ride, baby.
Lil' Bee Bee sees right through ya
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Goin' to the chapel, gonna get married
Are you sure that’s all you’re selling?
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Only men can see this one
She used a good filter
Queen of masques unmasked
Who is she?
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Now that's a resting bitch face
There’s no “i” in team
When you look good, we look good (and we get paid)
I didn't say "Let them eat cake"
Live easels
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Before things got ugly life was very good
Voted most popular, class of 1795
Long names and titles
Nightmares of Rococo
Freud’s favorite painting
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Before they hated each other's guts
French portrait inception
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Gay as a moonbeam
Taking one for the team
We want the Funk
Alexa, play “Levitating” by Dua Lipa
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
From portraitist to executioner?
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Marie Antoinette's best friend....possibly with benefits
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
The penis is v. important in this one
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
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...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
There's no one quite like her
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
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...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Born into a lucky time
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Careful, might make you howl!
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
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, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Say my name, say my name
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
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....
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...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
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...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
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,...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
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
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
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...
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...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
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...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
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).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
