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I'm blue, da-ba-dee-da-ba-da
Black and White
Painted princesses
Likes to psychoanalyse viewers with his art
A tad temperamental
The man, the myth, the legend
Meme-tastic
STELLLLAAAA!!
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Jewish camouflage expert
"Of Derby" is not an acceptable last name.
Ambitious and driven or greedy?
Not just a one trick pony
All Aboard?
My little pony
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Who needs friends when you have horses?
Behind every great guy...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Mountain man
Who's a good boy?
Wearing a vest of many colors
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
A better title: "widow and orphan"
Neither fleeing nor hanging from a dog's mouth with a broken neck
He really, really likes rabbits ok?
Suit up!
All about the Benjamins, baby
god of the theatre
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Snoozefest
New York state of mind
He's seen some stuff
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Think like Socrates, groom beard like Dostoyevsky
Women and children first
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Bad dude in a tranquil moment
Sexy and I know it
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Not a good day to be a bird
Build a bridge and get over it
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Can’t touch this
It's gonna blow!
America’s playground
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
One and Three Chairs by Joseph Kosuth at the Museum of Modern Art
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
An innocent red dot
The end of the "holy" Roman empire
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
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...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
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...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Born to watch paint dry
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Not a nature guy
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.
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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....
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
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...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
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...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Painter of fashionable life
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
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.
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
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...
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...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
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...
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...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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...
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...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
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...
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...
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...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
“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...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
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...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
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...
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...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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...
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...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
