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To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Who is she?
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Bueller? ... Bueller? ...
Fireworks or gunshots?
I'll pray for you
Wearing a vest of many colors
Seven shades of black
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Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
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Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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....
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
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...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii by Nam June Paik
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
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No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
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...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
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...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
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...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
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...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
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...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
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...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
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,...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
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...
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In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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...
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It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
[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...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
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,...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
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”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
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...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
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...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
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...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
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...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
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:...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
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...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in 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...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
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...
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
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...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
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...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
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...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
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