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Big Daddy of it all
That's one melancholic Madame
Cezanne's bad boy phase
See you at poker night
Swim anyone?
How you like them apples?
Paul was a bit of a horndog
Art thieves caught red handed
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Buy now on Amazon
It’s all about perspective
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Cézanne's remix
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Just another naked lady
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
His poop took down a power line in Berne
Wore a spiky helmet, just like Bismarck
Not a sports guy
Britain's most hated artist
Wanderlust for Western Canada
Boho Chic
On the dot
Rich diplomat/artist, loved fleshy girls, married a 16 year old when he was 53
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Drama, drama, drama
Rub elbows with Hollywood's elite
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Wearing a vest of many colors
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Do what you're good at
Witness her
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Between the sheets
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
When you're the god of wine you get to drink from a huge glass
Have a holly jolly Christmas
Bluebird singing
To catch a predator
Phew, that was close.
Whoops He Pinned it Again
Weird science
Modern dance mama
Let's Get Ready to Rumble!
Beyond Gauguin & evil
Jesus got jaundice
Penny for her thoughts
Cavorting with prostitutes in Arles
Beheadings in the Pacific
The First Date
A carnival for the kids
"Fish are friends, not food"
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Eat first, sex later
Delete the bits about rape and incest, and this could be a story out of Harry Potter
Can "Jacked Renaissance Babies" become a thing?
Three graces are better than one
Listen to your girlfriend. Especially if she's magic.
It came back positive
Teaching aide
Queen got your tongue?
A Rubens sandwich of babies and anti-war sentiment
Waity Katie no more!
Stick it to The Man
And they say snacking after dinner is sinful
Always wear your seat belt
Talent out the wazoo
A literal hellscape
Conveniently peaceful portrait
A little to the left, no, to the right
"You're tearing me apart!"
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
When men were muscley, women were soft, and there were only four continents
Snack time
And that is how we got the constellation Gemini
Swastikas were ok at the time
Angel of Assassination
Two women who don't want to talk to you
Because, Hitler
Baller Jesus
Rubens' fighting fleshlight
Baby Herc nips the nip
When the punishment doesn't fit the crime
Note: the actual event was a bit less serene
Just a martyr girl gang
Heyyy
I’m riding that hippo first!
Footloose in French Polynesia
Falling for the same gal
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Apparently there's no food chain in heaven
He's bad
Genoa's fanciest
Always the centaur of attention
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Portrait-ception
Painting the patron
Paint me in too, old buddy
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
A bit creepier than a friendship bracelet
Familial murder and godly revenge
A great painter's quest away from painting
Cultural appropriation at its finest
A bargain at twice the price
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
The Earl goes bankrupt on art
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Don't call it a comeback
When Doves Cry
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
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...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
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,...
COTTON EYED JOE
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Speaking out can have consequences
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Synesthetic symphony
Step right up!
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Drank himself to artist martyrdom
Illustrator extraordinaire
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
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...
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...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
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.
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
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...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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...
