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Yes, it used to be a railway station
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
If you're ugly just move around faster
Banker's son, anti Semite, ended up wandering the streets of Paris blind and alone
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If anything, visit for the Isenheim Altarpiece
Works by Rodin and ... his mistress
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The walls are falling on all of us
Largest collection of Monets, DUH
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Muse has Rodin by the junk
Drawing class from hell
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
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...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
It's a hard knock life
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Yes...they "borrowed" the art
Life in the commune
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Is he raping?
Sippin' on absinthe and juice
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Their first curator added much of his own work
Those Swiss have got it all!
"Thanks, I hate it"
Window into window shopping
A tribute to a fellow artist
A very unhappy ballerina
Taken back and sliced up
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
No sh*t!
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
"Liberated" from Mr. Siemens
Degas paints puberty
Just like barre class
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
I've been seduced alright... by that great sense of humor!
All hail the original drama queen
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Germans "borrowed" it, Russians "saved" it
Dance, ballerina, dance
Bring your daughters to work day
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Not one for the Christmas card
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Fake it 'til you make it
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Yep, the silent smile says it all. Please enjoy Mona Lisa Monday #2: The Pulp-a...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Careful, might make you howl!
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
The world's most visited museum
Ancient architecture, delicious casserole and fabulous art
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Beautiful custom made rooms for Monet paintings
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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,...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Saved in times of war
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
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...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
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...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn and Woman at her...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Madame X by John Singer Sargent
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Big Red by Alexander Calder at the San Jose Museum of Art
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Leap Into the Void by Yves Klein at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
