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Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Very gay, but not happy. His dad and the pope beat him with a stick
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
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While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
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
Virgins don't age, duh
Veni, Vidi, Vino!
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
A true Romantic
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Old faced baby Jesus
Would you like a wall to go with that ceiling?
Do you even lift bro?
Chill out, Joseph
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Matthew 19:21
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Wearing a vest of many colors
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Mammogram or mistake?
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Beware of the thieving gypsies
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
David gets sassy
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
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It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
A Case of John Henryism
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
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?
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
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’
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
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
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
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
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Tummy ache?
Take that Uncle Sam!
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
A cute outfit can't save you
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
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
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....
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Gothic tipi?
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
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...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Convicted murderer, drunk, deemed "foul and rotten", but protected by wealthy patrons
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
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...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
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...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
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...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
So get ready!
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
He has a lot to say about his art and his art is all about him
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
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...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
“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...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
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,...
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...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
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...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
