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The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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Proust's frenemy
Made in a cabin
Gatsby eat your heart out
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Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Beheadings in the Pacific
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Classic Hirst
No one will stand still!
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Do the Antwerp art scavenger hunt until this building re-opens in 2017
Once a good boy, always a good boy
Just breathe
Wearing a vest of many colors
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Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
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:...
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Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
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If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
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....
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
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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...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Photographer who thinks photography is stupid
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
As of 5:30 PM BST on Wednesday September 9, 2015 (that’s 9:30 am for us Yanks on...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
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Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
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Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
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Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
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Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
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Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
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Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
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This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
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One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
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Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
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Sir Shameless
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Robert likes Ken
It's naht a tu-mah! It's his bicep!
Exes and nudie pics were a problem even before the internet
A crotch by any other name...
Think twice before your next wax
Waiting for the white angel
Hungry
“We’re born naked, and the rest is drag.” –RuPaul
Looking for Love
Ominous Silhouettes
Stuff Rich People Own
Tiny vulvas not tiny Volvos
Tattoo you
Nothing but net
Begging for bad karma
Upsetting
Colonel underpants
A little help from our friends
Olympia who?
The night is dark and full of terrors
Danger is her middle name
Naked children provoke strong reactions
Named after a muscle in the scrotum
Demons never looked so sexy
The bigger the hoops...
Best mom jeans
The weirdest kiss in art history
Legendary photo shoot
Not your average selfie
New art in the windy city
Cast yourself as a star!
It ain't easy bein' blonde
Bridezilla
Portrait of a penis?
Because screw your cultural norms
OUCH
Nature is awesome
BDSM much?
Who wouldn't look awkward?
Picture day
Sad and censored
Adam, Eve, and Molly
Brains and beauty
What makes her smile?
Photography, reality, and (polar) bears..oh my!
No boys allowed
Telekinesis never sounded so good
It's gonna be a full moon
Sexy Sci-Fi meets creepy cult
Mamma can you hear me?
Valentine's Day in the X-Ray Machine
The Milky (chocolate) Way
Baller Jesus
Not so Plastic Pat
Bad girl kiki
Weems out
Middle fingers all around
You won’t get a glimpse of the mustache
Get up, stand up. stand up for your right
Frida, the drag edition
Debi just hit the wall
That sass though
More like Louise LOLer
Too truisms
Standing guard
The Bowery, before it had a Whole Foods.
The Last Sitting
Bad dude in a tranquil moment
So about that American Dream…
Going up?
A man of mystery.
Not so great for shopping
The forgotten war
Should've left it under your mattress
When doors attack
Braved insane heights to snap the perfect pic.
The title says it all
Before Twiggy, there was Dovima
The big Untitled
Cowboy take me away
Known as "the Little Magician"
Another unhappy ending
