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We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Black is King
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Braved insane heights to snap the perfect pic.
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Cooler than cool
Not allowed to be political
Going up?
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
James, time to clean your room...
Kim K. has nothing on Courbet
Welcome to my crib
Damn, I look good
Who needs shirts?
Painting skyscrapers before it was cool
Wearing a vest of many colors
Making fun of puritanical ideals
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a studio boat!
Thanks Courbet, but Marshall’s got it from here
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Can't get more LA than this
No days off
Just another naked lady
Witness her
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
Mi concubine es su concubine!
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
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....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
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...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
A treasure trove of sculptures
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Best collection of dead Medicis anywhere
The floor is lava
Holy Toledo, Batman!
The seat of the United States Congress
Extreme Makeover: Church Edition
Home of art's most famous orgasm
Beaucoup Bones
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
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...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
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...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
"Maybe that's what hell is: the entire rest of eternity spent in f***in' Bruges"
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
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...
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...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
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,...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
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...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
