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“Madonna and the Bobble Head”
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
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If you take enough drugs, it really looks like a violin!
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This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
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Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
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Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
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Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
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Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
