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…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Wearing a vest of many colors
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Made in a cabin
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
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Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Great Scott!
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
Just another naked lady
Witness her
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Sorry PETA
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
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Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Act spontaneous!
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
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 with portrait in exchange for portrait
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Planting seeds
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Not everyone's photogenic
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Portrait-ception
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
The lighting isn't doing him any favors
The Pope who partied
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
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Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Stolen, found, but not returned
I am talented and successful
Big-time First Lady
We love a hat moment
Mother in law
You’ll never think of “drip painting” the same way again
Wiiiiild wiiilllld horsesss (and scary hyenas)
Rembrandt’s first selfie on panel
Not to be confused with N'awlins
Wrapped in red
The original King of Cool
Beyond Gauguin & evil
Portraits of Belleville
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
To the Earl goes the spoils
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
Olympia who?
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Not pregnant, just well dressed
Manet's BFF
Jack of all trades
She was a trendsetter
Umbrella collector
Big henry
The twinkling lights of Paris start to show through
We're suckers for a guy in a suit
This story is juicy
Sexy kinda
Monkeys are the new roses
The Sun King
The Mad Masker
Snoozefest
Flashing all that bling bling
Rescued by sled dogs
Drama drama drama
That's one melancholic Madame
Want to see a pic of Marsden’s crush?
Poor unfortunate simonetta
Kahlo family Christmas card
Fine, you can paint my portrait, but you have to include my dog
Horse Girl finds her Dream Man
The face of romance
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
Destroyer of dragons
“He’s a good kid”
Anything for the king
Son of a brewer, owned by an inside man
Child super-genius
A singular achievement
Geniuses, niece and auntie
A mystery lady
Magic mirror on the wall
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
thump-thump thump-thump
Because screw your cultural norms
BDSM much?
You won’t get a glimpse of the mustache
Surprise face!
Not accurate
She hated Frida Kahlo
Adolescent Metalpoint Master
Hatscarves rule
Lots of perks to being a vestal virgin, but also some risks
Her nickname was "la bella Simonetta"
Let it all hang out
A lot of self-reflection happens at the insane asylum
I like it when you call me big poppa
Breakups will make us do crazy things
Was it all a dream?
More than just a teacher’s pet.
Boss lady
