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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
"Let no stranger to the Muses enter"
Posher than Posh and Becks
Buy now on The Met Store
Likes to botch restoration projects and spend a lot of money
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
A gift to the Nation
Aye laddy...
Come and say g'day
Two museums in one
Named after a beer maker
Founded in 1880 by the 7th Duke of Argyle (after whose family's lands argyle socks are named)
They're keeping the name
In the Athens of Australia
Purchased a Rembrandt for £20
This museum is worth A-GO
The most picturesque corner of Venice
Danish, anyone?
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
Made in a cabin
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Great Scott!
2 rich guys, a museum, and a wing place
Hippest place in Brighton
Happy wife happy life!
Started by a navy man
The first of its kind
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Was the Medici's office building
Wearing a vest of many colors
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
Giant robot threatens cafe-goers. Dine at your own risk!
The first permanent art gallery in New Zealand!
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Hosts art shows and chess tournaments
Get elevated
Does Renaissance art give you the hots?
Saved by a princess
Buy now on Amazon
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Founded in 1560 by Saxons who also happened to be Kings of Poland
Modern Indian masters
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
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...
Used to be a palace, v. chic
The perils of flirting on a boat
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
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...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Hey big spender
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
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...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Fancy birthday presents
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
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...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
