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Before Jackie and Kate there was Frances
Honest Cleveland's Secrets
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Proving that hard work pays off in the end
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
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Etch a sketch
One of the wealthiest museums in America
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Stylish long before Gossip Girl
Friend of the fam
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Like characters in a Henry James novel
Mary should have her own E! True Hollywood Story
A classic conversation piece
Home (not so) sweet home
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Great Scott!
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Half a babe is still a babe in our book
Hockney tells the future
An early abstract portrait
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
A (rare) spotlight on the missus
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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Our founding mother
Stiff upper lip
Total poser
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Stuff Rich People Own
The sweetest of portraits
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Self-portrait with portrait in exchange for portrait
Not everyone's photogenic
Portrait-ception
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
The lighting isn't doing him any favors
The Pope who partied
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(German) Pronunciation: Bahk-fye-fen-geh-see-ckt
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Stolen, found, but not returned
I am talented and successful
Big-time First Lady
We love a hat moment
Mother in law
Olympia who?
You’ll never think of “drip painting” the same way again
Wiiiiild wiiilllld horsesss (and scary hyenas)
Rembrandt’s first selfie on panel
Not to be confused with N'awlins
Wrapped in red
The original King of Cool
Beyond Gauguin & evil
Portraits of Belleville
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
To the Earl goes the spoils
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Not pregnant, just well dressed
Manet's BFF
Jack of all trades
She was a trendsetter
Umbrella collector
Big henry
The twinkling lights of Paris start to show through
thump-thump thump-thump
We're suckers for a guy in a suit
This story is juicy
Sexy kinda
Monkeys are the new roses
Because screw your cultural norms
BDSM much?
The Sun King
The Mad Masker
You won’t get a glimpse of the mustache
Snoozefest
Flashing all that bling bling
Surprise face!
Rescued by sled dogs
Drama drama drama
Not accurate
That's one melancholic Madame
Want to see a pic of Marsden’s crush?
She hated Frida Kahlo
Poor unfortunate simonetta
Kahlo family Christmas card
Fine, you can paint my portrait, but you have to include my dog
Horse Girl finds her Dream Man
The face of romance
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
Destroyer of dragons
“He’s a good kid”
Anything for the king
Son of a brewer, owned by an inside man
Child super-genius
A singular achievement
Geniuses, niece and auntie
Adolescent Metalpoint Master
A mystery lady
Magic mirror on the wall
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Hatscarves rule
Lots of perks to being a vestal virgin, but also some risks
Her nickname was "la bella Simonetta"
Let it all hang out
A lot of self-reflection happens at the insane asylum
Cruella O'Keeffe
I like it when you call me big poppa
Breakups will make us do crazy things
Was it all a dream?
What filter is that?
More than just a teacher’s pet.
Boss lady
Now that's a resting bitch face
Pet Goals
It’s the circle of life and politics
Rocking the five-head
Mary's big bro
Loneliness in the city
Gives new meaning to the term "food porn"
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
Atypical portrait by an atypical artist
Neckties, pianos, and outcasts
Wholesome bro
Paint with all seven fingers
My best hat yet
LL, is that you?
Our little weakness...
Bully!
Some More Drama
No more drinkie
Goin' to the chapel, gonna get married
The spirit of Caesar
We don't know much…
First off, that is a really unfortunate name
Came with a letter of explanation
Used to patch a chicken coop
That other pandemic
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Frida showing off a menagerie, unibrow and 'stache
It all ended badly for Charles
It's good to be bad
Pretty, fat, and on the fast track
Troublemaker!
Hats keep your head warm and help you look très mystérieuse
Look Ma, no ear!
Socialism never looked this sexy
Accidental POTUS
I feel pretty, oh so pretty
That's not what he looks like
Pre-downward spiral
What’s coal got to do with it?
Actually, she likes this portrait
Wearing a vest of many colors
#MeToo circa 1600
Family portrait Kahlo-style
Who is she?
“Hey, quit breathing down my neck!”
Fangirl-ing
de Los Cachuchas
Meddlesome Millie
Selfie with a Straw Hat
More like Honest Babe
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Family portrait time!
Countess, confidante, and tester of men
It's hard to be pithy about statecraft and malaria
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
A bit creepier than a friendship bracelet
Roses really smell like...
Demons never looked so sexy
Bow down
When a portrait isn't a portrait
Poor Sun Elk
Not your average portraiture
Marilyn Morimura
If at first you don’t succeed...
A pre-Dukehood portrait
A bargain at twice the price
Amsterdam gothic
It’s a rich man’s world
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
(You Drive Me) Crazy
Study up!
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Sister sister
Highly disturbing
Sexy and I know it
“No one will even see it…”
Stank face
Hear ye, hear ye! Spotless virgin paints queen consort!
Shades of Black
Long names and titles
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Before they hated each other's guts
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Just another beheading. Yawn
Can't hide a prostitute
Not at all like Greys Anatomy
Don't call it a comeback
A burn too sick for the ER
French portrait inception
I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
A hotter mascot than the Pope
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
