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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
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Island in the Plains
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I want to paint it black
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Flower or vagina, that is the question
Blobby woman parts galore
Everyone needs a good LBD
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Where the pier meets the ocean
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words of a griffin
They're not making chili
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Get your mind outta the gutter!
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a rocket?
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Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
young, sexy, and rich
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...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
It's not witchcraft, it's pussy power!
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
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San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
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The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
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Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
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...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
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Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
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Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Once Punched a Skeleton
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
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Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
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Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
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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...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
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Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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,...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
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Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The power girl of modern art
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
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...
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The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted 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...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
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Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
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...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
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...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
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...
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Careful, might make you howl!
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
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...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
