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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
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The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
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SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
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Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
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San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
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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...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
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Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
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With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
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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...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
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Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
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Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
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February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
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I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
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The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
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The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
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People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
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Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
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Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
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...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
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Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
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You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
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 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
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Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
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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...
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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...
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If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
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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...
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Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
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...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
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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...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
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Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
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...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
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Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
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.
