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Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Ceramic sex toys are a thing with her
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Topsy turvy
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Togas descending a staircase
Damaged goods
The innocent hippopotamus
Made in a cabin
Falsely accused
More accurate title: mistress begs husband to leave horrid wife
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Wearing a vest of many colors
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Only men can see this one
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
They grow up so fast
Just another naked lady
Witness her
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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Sorry PETA
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
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Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Act spontaneous!
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Planting seeds
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
A star is born
I want to paint it black
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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....
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Possible peace portrait
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
