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Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
Way better than the Old Britain museum
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Unchanged since 1918
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Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
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Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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You can't ignore it
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If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
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What lucky intern got to assemble these?
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
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Swastikas were ok at the time
Used to be a palace, v. chic
At the bottom of the sea
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Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
X” Marks the Spot
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It ain't easy bein' blonde
Disappearing act
Come and play with us
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Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
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Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
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Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
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Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
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This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
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Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
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Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
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One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
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The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
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With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
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Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Optical illusions and Kate Moss lookalikes
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You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
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The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
One and Three Chairs by Joseph Kosuth at the Museum of Modern Art
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
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...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Our Sartle glasses came! We were so excited to try them on but the puggies got to...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
