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One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Right across from the palace. It's good to be the king!
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If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Kitchen Scene, part 1
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
Witch’s brew
Witch orgy prep
Click here for love potion recipe
Avada Kedavra
Pool party
Manet could never
Urban anxiety aplenty
Cut him off!
Jesus is in the kitchen?!
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
A bargain at twice the price
Three guys walk into a bar...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
All it’s missing is a cup of tea
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
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...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
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...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Careful, might make you howl!
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
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...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Who says you can't marry your cousin?
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Once Punched a Skeleton
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...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
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...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Not your average #travelspo Insta’ selfie
SmoothNess, QuickNess, NessTalgia, ArlenNess
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Responsible for the most famous vagina painting in the world
“Letting people have your paintings is like letting them wear your clothes.”
Lived life to the fullest
Too cool for New Zealand
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Architect, painter, not to be messed with
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
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
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
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.
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
He loved his mommy
A favorite of mass-production calendar makers
Half of a dynamic duo
He bled red, white and blue
Had great gossip
Only different spectacles
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Disliked the outdoors for being "trop vert et mal éclairé" ("too green and badly lit")
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
All that glitters is probably something by Gustav Klimt
Prepared the decorations for Michelangelo's funeral
Came to Israel when it was Palestine and founded the first art school there
Enjoys long walks on the beach, painting for patrons, and Italian food!
Sh*t just got real
Stalin wasn't a big fan.
You say you want a revolution
The flower-breeding father of fashion photography
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...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Has a disease named after him
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
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...
Part artist, part comrade
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Caravaggio's main rival, inventor of the caricature, got depressed and quit art
Went to great lengths to avoid milking cows
Who said artists can't be good at business?
Rebel with a cause
"Greatest French artist of all time" - Louis XIV
Worked for big Henry
Better at organizing festivals than Ja Rule
Loves zoot suits
Let his friends dissuade him from an honest religious life
Where Surrealism ends, Ab-Ex begins
The Black Atlantic
