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Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
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Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
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This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
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As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
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The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
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The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
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The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
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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...
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...
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Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
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It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
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Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
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Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
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Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
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Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
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The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
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Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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...
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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...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
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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...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
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Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
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...
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From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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...
