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Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
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1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
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French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
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Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
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Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
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The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Once Punched a Skeleton
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By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
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With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
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The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
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...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
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(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
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...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
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We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
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Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
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Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
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This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
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This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
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Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
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Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
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When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
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The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
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A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
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Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
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(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
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If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
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“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
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President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
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Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
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The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
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Yep, the silent smile says it all. Please enjoy Mona Lisa Monday #2: The Pulp-a...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
