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Someone needs a first amendment refresher
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Stockbroker's daughter who wowed Degas
Extreme performance artist
The unmentioned pre-Raphaelite sister
Girl Boss
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
A magic wardrobe of sorts...
Not suitable for children
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Searching for the trace of a trace
Sweet baby Jesus
Bad beezy
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
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Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Not so Virgin Mary
Touched for the very first time
Not my Madonna
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Getting ready to jam
Part two of two!
Part one of two!
Got milk?
Baby Jesus finally looks his age
A little old baby
Isle of Man coin
When in Rome
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
See and be seen
Clean babies are patriotic!
Pinky out for tea
Get your hair done
Lots of perks to being a vestal virgin, but also some risks
Sweet baby Jesus, it looks real
There’s no “i” in team
Woman Dressed as a Vestal Virgin by Angelica Kauffman
Barely made it through World War II with the help of some sandbags
Michael Jackson style mothering on a boat!
Creepy child stare
Mary's favorite subject
Henry VIII's first born, what a disappointment
"Thanks, I hate it"
Modernism joins the circus
Lost and found
The doctor is in
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Freud’s favorite painting
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Beauty is the brains
Saint Selfie
A psalm of blood and milk
Crack that whip
The other Mary
Get a clue
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
A mystery lady
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Buy now on Taschen
Unfinished business
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
OUCH
This woman don’t need no man
Mary's big bro
Sister, Sister: Bible Edition
Jesus is in the kitchen?!
Wait 'til you get a load of this guy
Oh my Goddesses
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Deep, dark humor
Girl crush
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
I didn't say "Let them eat cake"
Is...that how you do it?
Frenemies
Total poser
The past is female
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Before things got ugly life was very good
From portraitist to executioner?
Watch now
Mo money, mo problems
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Don't call it a comeback
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
After 200 years we have the truth
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
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...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Four feet of pure wildfire
Born into a lucky time
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Once Punched a Skeleton
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Sicker than your average grandma
Too cool for New Zealand
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
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...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Famous for wearing men's clothes, smoking cigarettes, and generally NGAF
The ultimate cool beat chick
One wild and sexy lady
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Close friend of Manet's, even though he took it upon himself to "fix up" one of her paintings
Has a disease named after him
Just as good as her hubby, if not better!
Shoplifter, electroshock therapy survivor, proverbial everywoman
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
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...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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...
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...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
