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One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
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Stolen for the nicest reasons
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Everyones favorite party monster
Veni, Vidi, Vino!
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Drunk in love
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
When you're the god of wine you get to drink from a huge glass
Island dumping is worse than ghosting
Historians love to diagnose him
Winos rejoice, the god of mom juice has arrived
Here's lookin' at you
Love is a many splendored thing
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
All you need is love
Channeling Van Wilder in 1538
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Painting with at least 18 different titles
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Not your mama's still life
Get a clue
'As she fills his dream'
Ok Cupid!
Birth of the party god
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Where have we seen this lady before?
Bringin' sexy back
Sex Reminds Her of Eating Spaghetti
Victorians complain, no one’s surprised
Late night liaisons
The land of breast milk and honey
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Teddy Roosevelt turns out to be a harsh art critic
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The monster nude at age six
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Say something deep
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Find out which artist she compares to Miley Cyrus, which artwork might make you...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
Claustrophobics beware
"I like that queasy feeling"
Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School
Monument to a bromance
Not even a little bit
Singin’ in a ring
Epileptics beware
Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you
A victim of the urban housing crisis
Too school for cool
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
But especially vices
Netflix and chill...with Buddha
One depressing miscommunication
A walk on the beach
Fancy birthday presents
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Marching to the beat of her own drum
A stoner's dream
A techy tower
He barely tried
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
The artworld goes to seed
201 spheres in a big circus tent
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
