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What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
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Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Rip van drinkle
Pretty princesses
Pre-downward spiral
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Made in a cabin
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Wearing a vest of many colors
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
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...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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,...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
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You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
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...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
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...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
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...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
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...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
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...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
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...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
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...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
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...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
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...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
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...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
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...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
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...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
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...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
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...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
