Sartle requires JavaScript to be enabled in order for you to enjoy its full functionality and user-experience.You can find info on how to enable JavaScript for your browser here.
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Founded in 1880 by the 7th Duke of Argyle (after whose family's lands argyle socks are named)
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Buy now on Amazon
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Buy now on The Met Store
Made in a cabin
The blood of the martyrs will water the meadows of France!
Rock the vote
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Examine your systemic racism
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
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...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
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...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
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...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
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...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
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
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
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...
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...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
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...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
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...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
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...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
