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"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
One wild and sexy lady
To gaze or not to gaze?
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Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Under the big tent
Not your typical odalisque
The forbidden male nude
It takes a woman to give nudes true personality
Umbrella collector
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Reclining Nude by Suzanne Valadon
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Impregnated two of his models, married one of them, painted from a wheelchair
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Love or hate?
Step right up!
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Is she being coy or does he have bad breath?
He's not instilling fear in any pheasants
Don't lose your junior junior
Who’s to blame for the rococo revival?
Married the model
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
No such thing as bad publicity
Get your towels ready it's about to go down
2 dope queens
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Sisters before mistresses
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Just like barre class
A colorful feast
You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub
Dance, ballerina, dance
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
It’s all about perspective
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Paint-ception
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Jarring obsession
The circle of life
Literal food porn
Friendly neighborhood brewer
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
I'll have what she's having
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
Freaky families
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
If you take enough drugs, it really looks like a violin!
So you want to be a Cubist?
A long ride for a free meal
Praying to have faith
Falling for the same gal
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Spear me maybe?
A tale of lactose lust
Low Countries, low genre
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Reading rainbow
Back before the sh*t hit the fan
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
The art world’s very own Cruella De Vil
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
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...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
