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Two great minds meet
Superfan, partner, sole heir, biographer
Didn't want to live in America anyway
The patriarchy loves what it cannot have
At-ten-tion!
Painted maidens, cherubs, and lion carcasses
These women rock
Buy now on Amazon
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…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Freaky Faces
Still I rise
Sister sister
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
As of 5:30 PM BST on Wednesday September 9, 2015 (that’s 9:30 am for us Yanks on...
Royally good propaganda
"Femme aux Fagots" in French
Playing dress up
The cold shoulder, literally
Dead Lion's Society
Real recognize real
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Problematic, but in a nice way
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Botany babe
Victorian-era badass
There is a dead guy in this picture
The soul-destroying Victorian Era strikes again
Bow down
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Mo money, mo problems
When Doves Cry
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Watch now
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
It's not witchcraft, it's pussy power!
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
I’m blue, da ba dee da ba di
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Exactly the white kind of person
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Victorians complain, no one’s surprised
Workin’ 9 to 5
TGIF
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
Little known American heroine
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Voted most popular, class of 1795
Long names and titles
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
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...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
She's a Jill of all trades
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Optical illusions and Kate Moss lookalikes
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Sicker than your average grandma
Horse on a treadmill
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Pie is a breakfast food
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Swiss Miss
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
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
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
So get ready!
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
