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Man of mystery
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We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Made in a cabin
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Founded in 1560 by Saxons who also happened to be Kings of Poland
Henry VIII's first born, what a disappointment
Lady Jane
Wearing a vest of many colors
Scott the X-man or Sir Isaac Newton?
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Instead of a pumpkin carriage, you get TB!
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
That's Master Richard to you!
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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....
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
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...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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....
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
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...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
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...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
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...
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...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
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...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
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,...
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...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
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...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
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...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
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...
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...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
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...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
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...
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...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
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...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
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...
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...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
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...
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...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
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 (...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
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...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned 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...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
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...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
