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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Made in a cabin
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Wearing a vest of many colors
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....
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
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...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
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...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
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...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
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...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
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...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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.
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...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
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...
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...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
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...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
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...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
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...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
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,...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
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...
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...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
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”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
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...
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).
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
…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...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
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...
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:...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
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...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
