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Bringin' sexy back
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Before Google Maps, there was Vermeer
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One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Stolen for the nicest reasons
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Mmmm...peacock
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Love is a many splendored thing
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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
The plural of sphinx is sphinges
Little Miss Cat Pic
Act spontaneous!
Old McCubism had a farm
All you need is love
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Heels were a bad choice
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
Dance, ballerina, dance
More than a circus act
Painting with at least 18 different titles
Not your mama's still life
Get a clue
'As she fills his dream'
Ok Cupid!
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Where have we seen this lady before?
Sex Reminds Her of Eating Spaghetti
Victorians complain, no one’s surprised
Late night liaisons
The land of breast milk and honey
Teddy Roosevelt turns out to be a harsh art critic
The Ambassador Quintet
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Say something deep
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
Claustrophobics beware
"I like that queasy feeling"
Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School
Monument to a bromance
Not even a little bit
Singin’ in a ring
Epileptics beware
Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you
A victim of the urban housing crisis
Too school for cool
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
But especially vices
Netflix and chill...with Buddha
One depressing miscommunication
A walk on the beach
Fancy birthday presents
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Marching to the beat of her own drum
A stoner's dream
A techy tower
He barely tried
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
The artworld goes to seed
201 spheres in a big circus tent
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
