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These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
Brits can't get enough scandal, and he doesn't disappoint
Great fighter of censorship
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Midas, but different
Just couldn't make the aloha stick
Not actually a photographer
Not Picasso's muse Sylvette David
A Scot in Britain
Speaking out can have consequences
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
A true Romantic
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Openly gay, nasty personality, but untouchable because the Medicis loved him
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Watch now
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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
David gets sassy
Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)
Buy now on The Met Store
A Case of John Henryism
Carravagio having a bad head day
Sometimes a cannonball is just a cannonball, but this splash may be naughty
New York is the real city of sin
Don't look at it...
Not for the weak-hearted or the balding
Luscious locks reveal a lot!
Even then it was all about the money
I'll pray for you
Whole Foods sold cigarettes?
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
Ribbit, ribbit
What will Tim do now that he's making the big bucks?
God is somethin', for Hockney we are not sure what
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
When you just killed Goliath no one dares tell you how to dress, even if it's like this
O say can you see
A clean sweep for David Ireland
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
Please paint in my absent angry mother
Suicide mission with the fam-bam
"Puny Eunie"
She hated Frida Kahlo
Dead Lion's Society
Underneath it all
The little ship that couldn't
Click here for post-coital cuddles
Nothing Fits, But Everything Works
Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks
Daddy, buy me a tragic painting
Too much monkey business
A good swattin’
Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?
T for Tony
A peeping Hockney's wet dream
Someone needs to call Charles Atlas
Hockney tells the future
In the middle of a hottie sandwich
Can't get more LA than this
Another unhappy ending
It's called acting
Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?
Puff, puff, pass
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Cheshire Cat?
Wandering to a theater near you
Are you in touch with your feelings?
Spear me maybe?
Rich people in the '60s
I am NOT Whistler’s mother
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Tummy ache?
Take that Uncle Sam!
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
A cute outfit can't save you
Hey big spender
Blondes have more fun, even if they can't eat steak
Sister sister
From portraitist to executioner?
Such a punchable face
I can’t believe it’s not butter
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Gothic tipi?
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
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If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
So get ready!
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
He has a lot to say about his art and his art is all about him
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
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
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
Claustrophobics beware
"I like that queasy feeling"
Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School
Monument to a bromance
Not even a little bit
Singin’ in a ring
Epileptics beware
Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you
A victim of the urban housing crisis
Too school for cool
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
But especially vices
Netflix and chill...with Buddha
One depressing miscommunication
A walk on the beach
Fancy birthday presents
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Marching to the beat of her own drum
A stoner's dream
A techy tower
He barely tried
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
The artworld goes to seed
201 spheres in a big circus tent
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
