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Prolific in art and marriage.
Portrait painter
Kabuki theater changed her life
It's taxidermatological
Savvy politician and ladies' man
Death's photographer
Provocative painter, all-around survivor
Hypebeast or hipster?
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Rich diplomat/artist, loved fleshy girls, married a 16 year old when he was 53
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Where's that dam photo?
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Mother in law
Token of a troubled bromance
Lil' Bee Bee sees right through ya
Badass portrait painter
Balling all over the world
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
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A monument to real estate developer's guilt
It’s getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes
Destroyer of dragons
Beauty is pain
How many Nefertitis is too many Nefertitis?
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
When you're the god of wine you get to drink from a huge glass
Brains and beauty
The First Date
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...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Eat first, sex later
Delete the bits about rape and incest, and this could be a story out of Harry Potter
Can "Jacked Renaissance Babies" become a thing?
Three graces are better than one
Listen to your girlfriend. Especially if she's magic.
It came back positive
Queen got your tongue?
A Rubens sandwich of babies and anti-war sentiment
Stick it to The Man
And they say snacking after dinner is sinful
Always wear your seat belt
A literal hellscape
Conveniently peaceful portrait
A little to the left, no, to the right
"You're tearing me apart!"
When men were muscley, women were soft, and there were only four continents
Snack time
And that is how we got the constellation Gemini
Cloned but not forgotten
Rubens' fighting fleshlight
Baby Herc nips the nip
When the punishment doesn't fit the crime
Just a martyr girl gang
Heyyy
Balling with Garfield
I’m riding that hippo first!
The ineffective president
The bachelor president
So this is why they call them blueprints
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Cross-Dresser Extraordinaire
Apparently there's no food chain in heaven
Accidental POTUS
Genoa's fanciest
Always the centaur of attention
Painting the patron
Paint me in too, old buddy
Twenty-seven, Balling
Stalwart no more
More like Honest Babe
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Familial murder and godly revenge
A great painter's quest away from painting
Why is there a meat cleaver in my head?
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Unfinished business
Highly disturbing
A star is born
The Earl goes bankrupt on art
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Don't call it a comeback
When Doves Cry
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
It's not witchcraft, it's pussy power!
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
She is goals
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Find out which artist she compares to Miley Cyrus, which artwork might make you...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Not bad for a kid who lived in a bubble
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
California Girl
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor 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...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Two-faced! But not how you think
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
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...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
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 fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
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...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
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...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
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...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
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”...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
(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 film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
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...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
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...
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...
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 any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
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...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
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...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
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...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
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...
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...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
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...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
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...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
