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One of the most morbid painters ever, and one of the best
Mental health facilities in the 1800's bore an uncanny resemblance to dungeons
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Add medals when necessary
Infamous pubes
Creepy kids play creepy game and sing creepy song
A tale of two Majas
Leading, ailing, never failing
A “botched job” that gave us giant robots
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Napoleon's Spanish henchmen stopping a revolt did not go down well with Goya
The corner baker in the foreground, incest in the background
Marry museum director, place portrait in museum = success
Not my king
Someone call Matthew Hopkins
Superstition ain't the way
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
No more drinkie
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
This one hung in Goya's dining room. Yum!
His madre must have done something right
A pre-Dukehood portrait
Doesn't like blood
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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Lovers on the lawn
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Portrait of the tortured artist before he became a cliché
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
Angelica takes a stab at combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Illuminati confirmed
Crazy architecture and a rocking view
Best art deco building in San Francisco
Go away Apple!
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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Expanded in 2016!
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
A sweet moment between a mother and child
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Where the 99% meets the 1%
La Indigenista
Realistic, but not bloody
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Should've paid the ransom!
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Whodunnit??
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
That sass though
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
More than just delicious desserts
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Stone Age sisters doin’ it for themselves
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
An ancient dick pic
Work of hot air
Portraits of Belleville
Kim K. has nothing on Courbet
Damn, I look good
Build like the Egyptians
Advertise your god-complex
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Real Housewives of Paris
He's a little young for fetish play
Pretty but kind of boring
*deep existential sigh*
Bringing the inside out
The only good reason to join a cult
These serpents made hiss-tory
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Wearing a vest of many colors
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The past is female
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Shades of Black
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
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SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
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...
In addition to briefing Sandi on our progress, we discussed weighty matters of art...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Often wrong, but never in doubt
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Obsessed with calligraphy
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
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Jeff Koons’ Pink Panther at the MOMA is clearly a maleBut at Sochi he is now...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Loves ants
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
