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Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
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One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
Please paint in my absent angry mother
Suicide mission with the fam-bam
Click here for post-coital cuddles
Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks
Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?
In the middle of a hottie sandwich
Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?
Tummy ache?
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
A cute outfit can't save you
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
From portraitist to executioner?
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Outsider
Washington’s premier color-field frat
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Do what you're good at
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Brits can't get enough scandal, and he doesn't disappoint
Great fighter of censorship
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Midas, but different
Just couldn't make the aloha stick
Not actually a photographer
Not Picasso's muse Sylvette David
A Scot in Britain
Speaking out can have consequences
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
A true Romantic
Illustrated children's books to pay the rent
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
An egotistical maniac, or my new boo?
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Why the long face?
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
An orchestra of orcas?
Double rainbow all the way across the sky!
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Angel of Assassination
Just another naked lady
Witness her
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
The Sun King
David gets sassy
Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
A Case of John Henryism
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Carravagio having a bad head day
Sometimes a cannonball is just a cannonball, but this splash may be naughty
New York is the real city of sin
Don't look at it...
Not for the weak-hearted or the balding
Luscious locks reveal a lot!
Even then it was all about the money
I'll pray for you
Whole Foods sold cigarettes?
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
Gay as a moonbeam
Alexa, play “Levitating” by Dua Lipa
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Ribbit, ribbit
What will Tim do now that he's making the big bucks?
God is somethin', for Hockney we are not sure what
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
When you just killed Goliath no one dares tell you how to dress, even if it's like this
O say can you see
A clean sweep for David Ireland
"Puny Eunie"
She hated Frida Kahlo
Dead Lion's Society
Underneath it all
The little ship that couldn't
Nothing Fits, But Everything Works
Daddy, buy me a tragic painting
Too much monkey business
A good swattin’
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
A burn too sick for the ER
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
T for Tony
A peeping Hockney's wet dream
Someone needs to call Charles Atlas
Hockney tells the future
Can't get more LA than this
Another unhappy ending
It's called acting
Puff, puff, pass
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Cheshire Cat?
Wandering to a theater near you
Are you in touch with your feelings?
Spear me maybe?
Rich people in the '60s
I am NOT Whistler’s mother
The penis is v. important in this one
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Take that Uncle Sam!
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Hey big spender
Blondes have more fun, even if they can't eat steak
Sister sister
Such a punchable face
I can’t believe it’s not butter
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Gothic tipi?
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
"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...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
So get ready!
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
The Inventor of the Snapshot
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Painter of fashionable life
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
He has a lot to say about his art and his art is all about him
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...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
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...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
