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Would rather throw spitballs than study
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
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Everybody dance now
Stalin hated it!
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Sibling rivalry
Savage fashion
Those have got to be implants
Grab a mai-tai
Teacher of artists
No bra days are the best days
Playing dress up
It’s, like, a metaphor, man
Make it green! Make it blue! Make it red!
Praying to have faith
Heavenly view
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
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He married a rich model
A good man in a messed up world
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Save the horses!
Copying can be a legitimate career choice sometimes
Sgt. of Art
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A wandering painter
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Briggsy
Click here to find God!
Where's that dam photo?
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I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Has a disease named after him
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
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(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
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(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
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Loved the countryside, and died of lyme disease contracted in the countryside
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We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
Drawn to the dark side
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Before Freddy Krueger there were still things that went bump in the night
Neato nature
Guy about to invent writing: oh, you haven't heard?
There's no such thing as bad publicity
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Shapes that make sculpture out of thin air
Guggenheim hooked it UP
Do the thing! Win the sports!
Don’t be so naive
God save the Queen!
Float like a butterfly, threads like an OG
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
When you're unhappy and you know it don't clap your hands
Big henry
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
Not balloon animals
A tender moment
“You’re blocking my light”
Iconic... apparently
Little pig's tail
Rock the casbah!
Squares are people too
It's almost like you're there
Rebel in pantaloons
Now you see me...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Nothing like a ten-some to tempt a saint
Green ladies are always the nicest
Not from a fat chicken, just a big boned one
Before Facebook event pages, you had to get creative
Didn't turn out great, as you might guess
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy
Harsher on racists than Trump
A political pain in the ass
Taking the sun-spot in a lions’ den
Lit by divinity
So this is why they call them blueprints
The right to bear arms?
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Secret lives of gay prostitutes
1,2,3 Kick!
Mr. Cool always gets invited to the party
Daddy's little girl grows up
Yvette herself thought it a "monstrosity"
Once a good boy, always a good boy
Babe, I’m sorry I’m late
Œdipus starts some drama
Just some good ol’ fashioned Milton fanfiction
When will my reflection show who I am inside
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
This woman has attitude, an appetite, and boy can she dance!
Health care for sex workers
Skating on thick ice
Those who can't do, paint
A quiet day at the brothel
Smart girls don't buy sight unseen
Imitation is the sincerest form of brown-nosing
Rip van drinkle
Sacred moment made earthly and intimate
A bargain at twice the price
I’ll never understand humans
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Explosive high kicks
Sexy stocking stuffers
Spot all the artist’s besties
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Don't call it a comeback
All it’s missing is a cup of tea
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Even firecrackers run out of energy eventually
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Artist and friend of Van Gogh and Gauguin
Puppy painter extraordinaire
Once Punched a Skeleton
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
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...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Not a nature guy
Could paint a grain elevator and make it pretty
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
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...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
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...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
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...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Cross dressing revolutionary
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
Señor Sticky Fingers
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
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...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
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...
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Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
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...
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This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
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...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
