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"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
To gaze or not to gaze?
One wild and sexy lady
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Under the big tent
Not your typical odalisque
The forbidden male nude
It takes a woman to give nudes true personality
Umbrella collector
Reclining Nude by Suzanne Valadon
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
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Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
A colorful feast
Made in a cabin
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
It’s all about perspective
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Paint-ception
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Jarring obsession
The circle of life
Literal food porn
Friendly neighborhood brewer
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
I'll have what she's having
Freaky families
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
If you take enough drugs, it really looks like a violin!
So you want to be a Cubist?
A long ride for a free meal
Praying to have faith
Falling for the same gal
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Spear me maybe?
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
A tale of lactose lust
Low Countries, low genre
Reading rainbow
Back before the sh*t hit the fan
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
The art world’s very own Cruella De Vil
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
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...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
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...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
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...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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...
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...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
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...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
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...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
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...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
