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Another line drawn
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Now you see it, now you don't
Chase the rainbow
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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
The Ottoman take on the Eastern-style dragon
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Made in a cabin
Drawing class from hell
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
They're not making chili
Saint Selfie
It’s electric!
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
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...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
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...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Neither fleeing nor hanging from a dog's mouth with a broken neck
If the Rocky Horror Picture Show had full frontal nudity
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
Not as peaceful as it seems
Champion for equality in scholarship
What you didn't learn about him in grade school
Feet are kind of her thing
A Full-Bodied Rise, and Fall, to Fame
Hello, Darkness my old friend
It’s getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes
When you play the game of chairs you win or you die
Just some student work
Vive La Revolution!
Quit your squawking
View from inside
P-town Love
Who is she?
Blackening exercise
He is a she
Stairway to heaven
Brancusi stands out
Stairway to the future
Thunderbird meets Bear
That's one heavy helmet Oof
Rebirth, Re-use, Recycle
Coming to a tattoo near you
Haunted horse
Adolescent Metalpoint Master
Old woman, old school
Study up!
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
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...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
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...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
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...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for commercialism
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
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...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
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...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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,...
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...
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
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
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...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
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...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
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 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”...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
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...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
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...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
(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 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...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
…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...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
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...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
