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Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Waiting on that free breakfast spread
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Japan's only museum for Western art and works really hard at it
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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Sorry PETA
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
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If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Act spontaneous!
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Planting seeds
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
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...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
A star is born
I want to paint it black
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
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...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Possible peace portrait
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
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Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
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Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
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French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
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...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
