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You've got a friend in me
Marry rich and work for fun
Paint me like one of your classmates
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Teacher of artists
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Gay, kinky, happy to stir controversy, brilliant, died of AIDS
A whole lot of lovin'
Master of Flémalle, expert at the oils, expatriated for sleeping with girls
Died in a plane crash for the sake of his art
Volcanoes, pirates and cannibals, oh my!
Minimal man
OG Abstract Expressionist
Loved columns
The sink guy, but not a plumber
Had a good head on his shoulder named Sonia
Making a statement
The Inventor of the Snapshot
Voice of an angel
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
University of California professor who died of cancer, possibly caused by chemicals used in his art
A monumental talent
First internationally acclaimed African American artist
It starts with a single line
“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Buy now on Amazon
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
“Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.”
War photographer who hated war
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Buy now on Taschen
If you don't have a canvas, use your bed
Ruffled feathers
Dumpster diving goes upscale
All you need is love
He's a brick house
Semi-Homemade paintings
All About the Combines Baby
Across the Universe on paper
Bay Area uptown funk
Pregnancy test from On High
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Robert likes Ken
It's naht a tu-mah! It's his bicep!
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
All is not what it seems in this trippy triptych
POOF it's gone
All hail the king
Portrait of a penis?
It’s bigger in person, I swear!
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
Shipping included
Cruel prank on vain people
The calm before the storm... Or eruption
Good, but not great...
Stairway to the future
Don't panic, it's organic
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Big Alma celebrates a "win" (Filipinos may see it differently)
Hubba hubba
A healthy dose of Catholic guilt
A walk on the beach
The man who made "dance 'till you drop" into an art form
Taste the rainbow
What are you, chicken?
Rebel in pantaloons
Need a ride?
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Now you see it, now you don't
A crotch by any other name...
Do not jump in this leaf pile
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
This one’s for all the haters.
Lovely ladies
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm It craves...
Skating on thick ice
Sister wife
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Robert Smithson
Drunk on victory
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
He's wicked...wicked hot
Pre-bullets in the neck
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Gone too soon
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
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...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
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...
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...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
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...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
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...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
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...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Cross dressing revolutionary
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
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...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
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...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
