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Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
Illustrated children's books to pay the rent
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Refused to kill Christians but slayed in that outfit
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...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Outsider
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Washington’s premier color-field frat
The Sun King
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
Beyond Gauguin & evil
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Portrait-ception
That's one melancholic Madame
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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Rich diplomat/artist, loved fleshy girls, married a 16 year old when he was 53
Big Daddy of it all
His poop took down a power line in Berne
Wore a spiky helmet, just like Bismarck
Not a sports guy
Britain's most hated artist
Wanderlust for Western Canada
Boho Chic
On the dot
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You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Rub elbows with Hollywood's elite
An egotistical maniac, or my new boo?
Drama, drama, drama
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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A burn too sick for the ER
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
A bit creepier than a friendship bracelet
A bargain at twice the price
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Great Scott!
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
An orchestra of orcas?
Double rainbow all the way across the sky!
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Don't call it a comeback
Do what you're good at
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
Please paint in my absent angry mother
Suicide mission with the fam-bam
Click here for post-coital cuddles
Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
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Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?
In the middle of a hottie sandwich
Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Cezanne's bad boy phase
Between the sheets
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The sweetest of portraits
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Self-portrait with portrait in exchange for portrait
Tummy ache?
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Gay as a moonbeam
A cute outfit can't save you
Alexa, play “Levitating” by Dua Lipa
Not everyone's photogenic
When you're the god of wine you get to drink from a huge glass
See you at poker night
Have a holly jolly Christmas
Swim anyone?
Bluebird singing
To catch a predator
Phew, that was close.
Whoops He Pinned it Again
How you like them apples?
Weird science
Modern dance mama
Let's Get Ready to Rumble!
Jesus got jaundice
Penny for her thoughts
Cavorting with prostitutes in Arles
Beheadings in the Pacific
The First Date
A carnival for the kids
"Fish are friends, not food"
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
From portraitist to executioner?
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Synesthetic symphony
Eat first, sex later
Delete the bits about rape and incest, and this could be a story out of Harry Potter
Can "Jacked Renaissance Babies" become a thing?
Three graces are better than one
Paul was a bit of a horndog
Listen to your girlfriend. Especially if she's magic.
Art thieves caught red handed
It came back positive
Teaching aide
Queen got your tongue?
A Rubens sandwich of babies and anti-war sentiment
Waity Katie no more!
Stick it to The Man
And they say snacking after dinner is sinful
Always wear your seat belt
Talent out the wazoo
A literal hellscape
Conveniently peaceful portrait
A little to the left, no, to the right
"You're tearing me apart!"
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
The lighting isn't doing him any favors
The Pope who partied
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Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
When men were muscley, women were soft, and there were only four continents
Snack time
And that is how we got the constellation Gemini
Swastikas were ok at the time
Angel of Assassination
Two women who don't want to talk to you
Because, Hitler
Baller Jesus
Rubens' fighting fleshlight
Baby Herc nips the nip
When the punishment doesn't fit the crime
Note: the actual event was a bit less serene
Just a martyr girl gang
Heyyy
I’m riding that hippo first!
It’s all about perspective
Footloose in French Polynesia
Falling for the same gal
Stolen, found, but not returned
I am talented and successful
Big-time First Lady
We love a hat moment
Mother in law
Olympia who?
You’ll never think of “drip painting” the same way again
Wiiiiild wiiilllld horsesss (and scary hyenas)
Rembrandt’s first selfie on panel
Not to be confused with N'awlins
Wrapped in red
The original King of Cool
Portraits of Belleville
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
To the Earl goes the spoils
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Apparently there's no food chain in heaven
He's bad
Genoa's fanciest
Always the centaur of attention
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Painting the patron
Paint me in too, old buddy
Cézanne's remix
The penis is v. important in this one
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Illustrator extraordinaire
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Not pregnant, just well dressed
Manet's BFF
Jack of all trades
She was a trendsetter
Umbrella collector
Big henry
The twinkling lights of Paris start to show through
thump-thump thump-thump
We're suckers for a guy in a suit
This story is juicy
Sexy kinda
Monkeys are the new roses
Because screw your cultural norms
BDSM much?
The Mad Masker
You won’t get a glimpse of the mustache
Snoozefest
Flashing all that bling bling
Surprise face!
Rescued by sled dogs
Drama drama drama
Not accurate
Want to see a pic of Marsden’s crush?
She hated Frida Kahlo
Poor unfortunate simonetta
Kahlo family Christmas card
Fine, you can paint my portrait, but you have to include my dog
Horse Girl finds her Dream Man
The face of romance
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
Destroyer of dragons
“He’s a good kid”
Anything for the king
Son of a brewer, owned by an inside man
Child super-genius
A singular achievement
Geniuses, niece and auntie
Adolescent Metalpoint Master
A mystery lady
Magic mirror on the wall
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
Familial murder and godly revenge
A great painter's quest away from painting
Cultural appropriation at its finest
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Hatscarves rule
Lots of perks to being a vestal virgin, but also some risks
Her nickname was "la bella Simonetta"
Let it all hang out
A lot of self-reflection happens at the insane asylum
Cruella O'Keeffe
I like it when you call me big poppa
Breakups will make us do crazy things
Was it all a dream?
What filter is that?
More than just a teacher’s pet.
Boss lady
Now that's a resting bitch face
Pet Goals
It’s the circle of life and politics
Rocking the five-head
Mary's big bro
Loneliness in the city
Gives new meaning to the term "food porn"
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
Atypical portrait by an atypical artist
Neckties, pianos, and outcasts
Wholesome bro
Paint with all seven fingers
My best hat yet
LL, is that you?
Our little weakness...
Bully!
Some More Drama
No more drinkie
Goin' to the chapel, gonna get married
The spirit of Caesar
We don't know much…
First off, that is a really unfortunate name
Came with a letter of explanation
