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Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
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“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
Picasso was accused of stealing it, and Napoleon hung it in his bedroom
They grow up so fast
Ladies first!
What's yours is mine
You think you know, but you have no idea.
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
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Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
I like big butts and I cannot lie
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Careful, might make you howl!
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
You're gunna get cut
I’d give that cannonball a 6 out of 10
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
What makes her smile?
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Think twice before your next wax
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Wearing a vest of many colors
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...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
It’sIn a world where I am Brad Pitt and my friends are George Clooney at the...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
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:...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
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...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
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...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
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...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
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...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
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...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
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...
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...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
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...
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...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
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...
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...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
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
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...
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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...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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”...
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...
“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...
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...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
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...
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...
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...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
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...
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...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
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...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
