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This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
#winning
Fighting babies cure bitterness
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Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Made in a cabin
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Where do I look first?
Wearing a vest of many colors
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
I'mma let you finish, but. . .
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Tom Hanks struggled with this one
Picasso was accused of stealing it, and Napoleon hung it in his bedroom
This is how you treat a side chick. Give her a Leonardo
Part two of two!
This story is juicy
Part one of two!
Unfinished as usual
“Madonna and the Bobble Head”
Even Jesus was obsessed with his plants
Where my Doges at?
That's one heavy helmet Oof
Rebirth, Re-use, Recycle
Just another naked lady
Witness her
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Turn that frown upside down
Cleaning dramaaa
Float like a butterfly, sting like Aeneas
Freud’s favorite painting
The world's newest most expensive painting
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
The sun never sets on Turner’s legacy
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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,...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
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:...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
BFF's til the end
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
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...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Yep, the silent smile says it all. Please enjoy Mona Lisa Monday #2: The Pulp-a...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Careful, might make you howl!
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
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...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
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...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
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...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
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...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
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...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
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.
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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...
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...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
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...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
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...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
It’sIn a world where I am Brad Pitt and my friends are George Clooney at the...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
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
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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...
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...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
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...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
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”...
