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Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Flora and Flattery
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
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It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
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Sorry PETA
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
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Act spontaneous!
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Planting seeds
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
A star is born
I want to paint it black
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
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"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
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Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
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Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Possible peace portrait
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
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If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
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We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
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French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
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Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
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By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
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Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
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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...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
