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Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
An ode to mustard ice cream
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
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Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
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Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
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Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
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Exactly as cool as her name sounds
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
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Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
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Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
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Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
The best from the heroes in a half shell
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The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
The wine flowed, and so did the ideas! (Shout-out to Bronips!)What categories would...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
Bringing Austria and Germany to the States
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
If Yo-Yo Ma and Jimi Hendrix met
Patchworked stories
Carnation confrontation
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
Way better than the Old Britain museum
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Babies babies babies babies rocking everywhere
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Bratwurst and museums just don't mix
Unchanged since 1918
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
He should have used my violin
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
They go apeshit over inequality!
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
Finally, a female gaze
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
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At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
You can't ignore it
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
A Bieber tattoo
Dammit, Brad! You had ONE job!
Is she choking her pussy?
What's for sale?
Not a gypsy
The cherry on top of a great collection
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Inhale this and you're gonna need a hail mary
Stuck at home again
Need a ride?
Taken by her ex-lover and life-long friend
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Scarlett Johansson reallllly liked getting her ear pierced
Crack that whip
The saddest nipple you'll ever see
She's so not into you
Prostitute or Prosti-Cute?
When your make-up artist at Sephora is secretly an expressionist
Serious hat envy
The cold shoulder, literally
Not a creepy guy at all…
The Realist in the game
Blue Riders on the Storm
Art as activism
A mystery lady
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Swastikas were ok at the time
Used to be a palace, v. chic
At the bottom of the sea
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
They go together like cat and eel
Major bro code violation
Sexism sucks
2 dope queens
Classic incest
Not unraveling the moral fabric, probably
A faceless painting surrounded by celebrities
Can we get some privacy, please
Three faces, almost the same life
I can paint AND take photos
Don't mess with this kid
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
X” Marks the Spot
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
It ain't easy bein' blonde
Disappearing act
Come and play with us
A tell-all title
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Cross-Dresser Extraordinaire
Secret lives of gay prostitutes
Gone are the good, old days of steamy letters
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Painting skyscrapers before it was cool
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
A long-forgotten treasure from Baroque’s leading lady
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Gorilla warfare! Wait...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
L'Origin du Monde fully dressed
How times have changed...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Find out which artist she compares to Miley Cyrus, which artwork might make you...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
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October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
A little help from our friends
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
