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1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
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Just another naked lady
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
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Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
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Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
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Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
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Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
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One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
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Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
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Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
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Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
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...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
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Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
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(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
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Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
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Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
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Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
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The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
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…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
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Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
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Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
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Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
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Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
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Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
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Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
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Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
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Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
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“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
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As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
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Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
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Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
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Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
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Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
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*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
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Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
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