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The seat of the United States Congress
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
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What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
If nobody is around to view art, does it disappear?
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The floor is lava
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Can you spot the fakes?
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
A treasure trove of gold
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii by Nam June Paik
Hosts art shows and chess tournaments
Its collections were nationalized whether the owners wanted to or not
Russian Ark
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
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...
The land of breast milk and honey
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Based on personal observation
Secretary of Badassery
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
New medium, who dis?
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
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...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Island in the Plains
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
Created by Sister Suffragette
Embrace your inner underdog and recreate Rocky Balboa's run to the top!
Get Smart! See art!
It's THE Met
MOMA knows everything goes better with Bacon!
Quality, not quantity
Motor city
Good wine and interesting art
Two museums in one
One of the wealthiest museums in America
Only place that call the Dutch Masters the "North Dutch school"
Named after a beer maker
Will somebody please think of the children??
Put a bird on it
A taste of Asia in the Tenderloin
Sweet Home Alabama
Cooler than an Orange Julius
In the Athens of Australia
It's free, not cheap
I would walk 500 miles...
It's hammer time
Yee-haw
Probably the first museum to use guns as performance art
This museum is worth A-GO
Just keeps getting bigger
Joe Biden likes to come here (probably)
New Jersey gem
A capital collection in the capital of Ohio
It's pronounced Woo-stah
It's all about that space
Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
Get High on art here
Lots of art in the heartland
Awesome, free, big-city museum
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
A gift to the Nation
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
USA's very first art school and museum
Created as part of the New Deal
Enjoy art in an architectural iceburg
One of the oldest public art museums in America
Has a cool grand staircase
Who run the world? Girls!
Brand spankin' new!
Don't get dizzy walking around this circular museum
Has a lot of money to throw around
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
Figure out the way to San Jose...ASAP!
Throw another cutting edge exhibit on the barbie...?
2 rich guys, a museum, and a wing place
Happy wife happy life!
Great art in the windy city
Started by a navy man
Everything's bigger in Texas
Possibly haunted
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Fits 423 hospital beds
Art on the walls and in the toilets
The first of its kind
Largest collection of British art outside the UK
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Free museums for the win
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
You'll need a bicycle to get around the entire place
Hippest place in Brighton
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Not to be confused with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
Saved in times of war
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The only place where all lost and destroyed art can still be seen: online
Crazy architecture and a rocking view
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
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