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Bringing Austria and Germany to the States
At the bottom of the sea
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Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Stuck at home again
Taken by her ex-lover and life-long friend
A little help from our friends
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
It ain't easy bein' blonde
Disappearing act
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Painting skyscrapers before it was cool
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Best art deco building in San Francisco
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Concrete Jungle
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
Way better than the Old Britain museum
One and Three Chairs by Joseph Kosuth at the Museum of Modern Art
His unit comes off on when dignitaries from the Catholic Church visit
City living
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Bratwurst and museums just don't mix
Unchanged since 1918
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How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
Mad Men, S.a.a.d City
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Urban anxiety aplenty
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
The wine flowed, and so did the ideas! (Shout-out to Bronips!)What categories would...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Not allowed to be political
Wholesome
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Inhale this and you're gonna need a hail mary
Need a ride?
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Swastikas were ok at the time
Used to be a palace, v. chic
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
An innocent red dot
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Come and play with us
A tell-all title
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
She's a Jill of all trades
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Optical illusions and Kate Moss lookalikes
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
The ‘Evel’ Kinevel of the art scene
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
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...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Sir Shameless
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
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...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Once Punched a Skeleton
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Find out which artist she compares to Miley Cyrus, which artwork might make you...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
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...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
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,...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
