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Too cool for New Zealand
Red is the coldest color
Buy now on Amazon
Half of a dynamic duo
Disaster art or disaster artist?
Could paint a grain elevator and make it pretty
A man of many media
The less popular American Impressionist
"Greatest French artist of all time" - Louis XIV
He bled red, white and blue
Hawaiian love story
The Obnoxious Renaissance Man
The cowboy artist
Fountains of life
Zebulon's son
Late bloomer
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
It’s exactly what it sounds like
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
A real O.G.
Wearing a vest of many colors
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Chop, chop, chop
The American dream lives on
Mixing mediums
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If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Be seated
Crackpot
Topsy turvy
The King of a flattering angle
Farm like an Egyptian
Brancusi stands out
Like the Parthenon, but with pollution
What do you see?
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
We want the Funk
People should pay more attention to their walls
Rollin' outta battle looking fly
Inhale this and you're gonna need a hail mary
“I am so down to earth”
"Revolution 9" b-side
Bringing the inside out
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
What'd your boyfriend ever give you?
What’s more alarming: an avalanche or climate change?
P-town Love
Go ahead and take a peek
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Pre-bullets in the neck
It all ended badly for Charles
Lookin' good for 140 years old
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Little known American heroine
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
The Ambassador Quintet
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
I can’t believe it’s not Peale
Blackening exercise
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
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....
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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,...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Dollar dollar bill y'all
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 week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
He got very Close
The ‘Evel’ Kinevel of the art scene
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Yep, the silent smile says it all. Please enjoy Mona Lisa Monday #2: The Pulp-a...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Buried his book of poetry with his wife, then exhumed the book for publication
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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...
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...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
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...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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,...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
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
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
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...
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...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
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...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
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...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
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...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
“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...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(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).
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
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...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
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...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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...
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...
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...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
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 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...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
