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Margaret Thatcher called him "that man who paints those dreadful pictures"
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Sorry PETA
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Bacon paints meat
Christian nightmares
Epitome of feeling blue
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Meat blender
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
What filter is that?
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Sigourney Weaver's problem
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Brothel artist
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Brits can't get enough scandal, and he doesn't disappoint
Great fighter of censorship
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Midas, but different
Just couldn't make the aloha stick
Not actually a photographer
Not Picasso's muse Sylvette David
A Scot in Britain
Speaking out can have consequences
Baby won’t you light my fire
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
A true Romantic
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Nothin' but the nasty
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Ok Cupid!
Behold, the contents of your nightmares
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Stuck in the asphalt with you
Viewer discretion advised
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Magritte doesn't get mad, he gets stabby
Cubist dream
With the help of a machine
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Star-spangled liar
Slumped from stigmata
Ring around the rosie
Mining doesn’t cause death
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
David gets sassy
Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)
Making money via faith.
So about that American Dream…
Where did the time go?
“Everything means nothing if I can’t have you…”
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…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Literal love child
A Case of John Henryism
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Don’t make me summon the ancestors
Carravagio having a bad head day
Sometimes a cannonball is just a cannonball, but this splash may be naughty
New York is the real city of sin
Don't look at it...
Not for the weak-hearted or the balding
Luscious locks reveal a lot!
Even then it was all about the money
I'll pray for you
Whole Foods sold cigarettes?
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Too truisms
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
Ribbit, ribbit
What will Tim do now that he's making the big bucks?
God is somethin', for Hockney we are not sure what
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
When you just killed Goliath no one dares tell you how to dress, even if it's like this
O say can you see
A clean sweep for David Ireland
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
Please paint in my absent angry mother
Suicide mission with the fam-bam
"Puny Eunie"
She hated Frida Kahlo
Dead Lion's Society
Underneath it all
The little ship that couldn't
Click here for post-coital cuddles
Nothing Fits, But Everything Works
Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks
Daddy, buy me a tragic painting
Too much monkey business
A good swattin’
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
BFF's til the end
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?
T for Tony
A peeping Hockney's wet dream
Someone needs to call Charles Atlas
Hockney tells the future
In the middle of a hottie sandwich
Can't get more LA than this
Another unhappy ending
It's called acting
Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?
Puff, puff, pass
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Cheshire Cat?
Wandering to a theater near you
Are you in touch with your feelings?
Spear me maybe?
Rich people in the '60s
I am NOT Whistler’s mother
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Tummy ache?
Take that Uncle Sam!
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
A cute outfit can't save you
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Hey big spender
Blondes have more fun, even if they can't eat steak
Sister sister
From portraitist to executioner?
Such a punchable face
I can’t believe it’s not butter
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Gothic tipi?
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
So get ready!
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
He has a lot to say about his art and his art is all about him
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
