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Let him blow ya mind
No one knows just how deep it goes
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Museum as canvas
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Painted fairies from psychiatric prisons
Steel mill is his studio
Copycat extraordinaire
Dainty art
Cuz he’s all about that place
Nature collagist
Photog to the stars
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
That plane of sober and truthful treatment
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
The one that got away
Made in a cabin
How many Nefertitis is too many Nefertitis?
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
The Revolution will have shapes
Wearing a vest of many colors
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Hogarth was all about that pug life
Move over, Judith!
He left the cat for last
Tread on me
Around you go
Think boats, think water, think Seattle
Over Blotchy Land and Abstract Sea
I like my sugar with coffee and cream
Goddess of Pop
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Up in flames
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
“I don’t think it is the function of art to be pleasing.”
Not as peaceful as it seems
Neither sand nor tree, discuss
Cowboy take me away
"I am not a crook."
Peekaboo, I see you
The San Francisco blur area
Geology Rocks!
The surface is all you've got
It ain't her, but it's beautiful work
Titania sleeping, Oberon creeping
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Hats keep your head warm and help you look très mystérieuse
Girl crush
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Egyptians walk, not fly!
The evolution of infatuation
Real nurses wear Crocs
Instead of a pumpkin carriage, you get TB!
California dreamin'
It's called acting
Some More Drama
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
It ain't easy bein' blonde
Spear me maybe?
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Careful not to look crazy!
Stiff upper lip
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
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...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Before Twiggy, there was Dovima
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Poor snek
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Art Thief in Training
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? 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...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
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,...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
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...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
