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Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The only place where all lost and destroyed art can still be seen: online
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Sadly, still relevant
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
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:...
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...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
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...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
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...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
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...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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...
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 MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
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...
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
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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...
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...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
