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Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Once Punched a Skeleton
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Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
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With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
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Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
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We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
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Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
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PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See 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,...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
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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...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
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...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
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...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
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...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
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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...
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...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
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“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
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Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
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Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
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...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
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The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
I had a hearty laugh watching Toy Story some 20 years later and finally getting...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
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Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Careful, might make you howl!
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
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...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
