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Nothin' but the nasty
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Baby won’t you light my fire
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
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Stuck in the asphalt with you
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
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...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Ring around the rosie
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
So about that American Dream…
Where did the time go?
“Everything means nothing if I can’t have you…”
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Literal love child
Don’t make me summon the ancestors
Too truisms
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
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Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
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Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Madame X by John Singer Sargent
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
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
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
The ‘Evel’ Kinevel of the art scene
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Sir Shameless
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
