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Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Not one, but two giant cannons guard the lawn
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Bless your heart
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
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Brand spankin' new!
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Russian generals hated this painting and banned it
An orchestra of orcas?
Comes with complimentary Christmas song
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Confronting the past
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Made in a cabin
Fort Worth a trip
Former tobacco plantation
Not made of crystals
Way better than the Old Britain museum
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Wearing a vest of many colors
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In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
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Just another naked lady
Witness her
Life in Iowa sucks
Check your home security system people
Whole Foods sold cigarettes?
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The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
O say can you see
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
The Ambassador Quintet
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
The Latin LACMA
It says “nude,” right?
I overdid it
Don't look at me!
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Rich people in the '60s
Bleeding red, white, and blue
Examine your systemic racism
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Buy now on Art.com
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
The past is female
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
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Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
Gothic tipi?
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The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Pre-bullets in the neck
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
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Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Her middle name might as well be “First”
His assistants did most of the work
War photographer who hated war
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Baseball at Night by Morris Kantor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
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Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
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RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Arrested as an American spy in Britain during the Revolutionary War
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
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...
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...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
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...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
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Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
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...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii by Nam June Paik
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Lest we forget
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,...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
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...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
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MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
