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Muse has Rodin by the junk
Too much monkey business
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
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....
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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 thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
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....
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
"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...
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...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
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,...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
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...
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...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
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...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
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...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
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...
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...
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...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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...
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
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
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...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
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...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
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...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
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 San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
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...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
“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...
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).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
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...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned 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...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Openly gay, nasty personality, but untouchable because the Medicis loved him
Loves a tragic love story
Beware of the giant creepy people
Cali style, brah
It's taxidermatological
Wonky welder
A monumental talent
Sometimes being a latchkey kid pays off
International man of mysterious abstractions
Troublemaking brothers with a flair for shocking art
Stirs up controversy
Man of mystery
Save the horses!
No happy endings here
Sculptor, mother, housekeeper, and all around badass
Dreamed of a large Lincoln
Four feet of pure wildfire
Makes ordinary people fiberglass heroes
core-chalk jewel-cuff-ski
The marble-willed woman
Ten-Cent Drama
The woman who made Abe
Speaks through her art
Sculpting Empire
Will make sculpture out of food
Watch your step
A true pioneer
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Psychedelic sculptor
Maker of monuments, sculptures, houses, earthworks, parks, and environmental art.
Kept a personal burn book of the patrons and artists she liked
Believes sleep is a waste of time
Ceramic sex toys are a thing with her
He left us no clues about his sexuality
Loved latex, but it might have killed her in the end.
Won his first set of crayons in a contest
Lived life to the fullest
Horsing Around with Mud and Sticks
Escaped an asylum, sailed for New York, and settled in Mexico City
Surprise, sexism in the Victorian era
An artist so uncontroversial, even his portrait is in black and white.
Brothel artist
Age ain't nothing but a number
Say that name five times fast.
Managed to get exiled from France
Chewed socks and ate spiders
Confrontational to say the least
Just another Brooklyn artist/rumored gay icon
The art world's nomad
Out in the Renaissance while still in the closet
X Marx the spot
Not yet halo-worthy
Disturbing public opinion
Mad dog
Plaster king
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Showed one of his female students how the male pelvis works
Gay, kinky, happy to stir controversy, brilliant, died of AIDS
Wanna get...Drrrty!
The ultimate cool beat chick
"I am the century"
Proved you actually can polish a turd
A whole lot of lovin'
Not bad for a kid who lived in a bubble
From billboards to pop art was an easy transition...
The war made him sculpt noodle people
Sculpted strange tableaux, and died too young.
Nigerian born artist whose steel sculptures are equal parts politics and fashion
Just ask her out!
Speed, beauty, rhythm
Waited on that paycheck
When a fire starts to burn...she'll be there
Abracadabra!
He bled red, white and blue
Proving that hard work pays off in the end
You can do it, Otto!
Alcoholic womanizer who came to the US on a freight ship
Paints with all the colors of the wind
Economist turned artistic rabble rouser
Fierce!!
Sam the Draper
Almost murderer
Buckeye Buck
The cowboy artist
Painter and archaeologist
Who needs an American hero?
CA girls, they’re unforgettable
Of the so-called “fuck off generation” of Chinese artists
Not one but many selves
A perverted, morbid, horse loving adventurer. Fell off his horse and died
Famous for wearing men's clothes, smoking cigarettes, and generally NGAF
Fountain Lady
Over sexed murderer. Wrote a tell all autobiography that gets four and a half stars on Amazon.
More than Rodin's mistress
From children's books to the brothels of Jaffa
The uncanny valley of kitsch
