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We don't need to know the way home
Not for the panic attack prone
Put the Hello in Helvetica. Not related to Freddie.
The fight over our genitals rages on
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
New art in the windy city
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
If you're a girl, it's ok for your apartment to be disgusting
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
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We are family
Held her own
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
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Claustrophobics beware
Not to be confused with Pegasus
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Where my girls at?
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Ghosts above the city
All booked up
Yep, the silent smile says it all. Please enjoy Mona Lisa Monday #2: The Pulp-a...
The sweetest of portraits
Monument to a bromance
Most Egg-cellent
Painting and donors both make a big splash
Let me sit on your shoulders
Not for climbing
Makes your Spidey Sense tingle...but not in a good way
Feet are kind of her thing
An abyss that would make Nietzsche jealous
An MS Paint kinda day
So many bodily fluids
Semi-Homemade paintings
This little piggy went to the market...the stock market that is
Get your hands dirty
Not your average mummy
The longer you look…
Trespassing & Tiaras
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
You're gunna get cut
Half suit of armor, half FABULOUS
Nut bags. I mean, net bags.
Skelly head
Tasty!
Mamma can you hear me?
Weems out
Debi just hit the wall
The awkward stencil
Not for the weak-hearted or the balding
Ed Gein's favorite artwork
We're not sure what's happening here
Cowboy take me away
The spiritual gunshow
What do you see?
Got milk?
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The only thing scarier than a clown is Neel’s past
When doors attack
Blobby woman parts galore
A pretty freeway
Move over, Judith!
Good alternative to stargazing
The big Untitled
From one museum to another
What are you, chicken?
If you don’t get it, then you get it
Thanks Courbet, but Marshall’s got it from here
Body is a wonderland
Fancy birthday presents
Not your average selfie
Cast yourself as a star!
OUCH
No boys allowed
Sexy Sci-Fi meets creepy cult
You da man Glenn Ligon
FIngerpainting taken to a whole new level
Rodney King's zeitgeist
words of a griffin
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Too truisms
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
So get ready!
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
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,...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
