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Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
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The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
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Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
"I like that queasy feeling"
The past is female
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Brand spankin' new!
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
A mystery wrapped in an enigma
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Fort Worth a trip
Former tobacco plantation
Not made of crystals
Way better than the Old Britain museum
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
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Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Back before the sh*t hit the fan
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Life in Iowa sucks
Check your home security system people
Whole Foods sold cigarettes?
Whodunnit??
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
The Latin LACMA
It says “nude,” right?
I overdid it
Don't look at me!
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Stone Age sisters doin’ it for themselves
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
An ancient dick pic
Work of hot air
Portraits of Belleville
Kim K. has nothing on Courbet
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Damn, I look good
Build like the Egyptians
Advertise your god-complex
Rich people in the '60s
Bleeding red, white, and blue
Examine your systemic racism
Real Housewives of Paris
He's a little young for fetish play
Pretty but kind of boring
*deep existential sigh*
Bringing the inside out
The only good reason to join a cult
These serpents made hiss-tory
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Gothic tipi?
Wearing a vest of many colors
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Pre-bullets in the neck
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
Shades of Black
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Baseball at Night by Morris Kantor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Obsessed with calligraphy
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Arrested as an American spy in Britain during the Revolutionary War
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
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This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
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Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii by Nam June Paik
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
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Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
