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High drama, sex, and violence
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
"Color always occupies me, but drawing preoccupies me."
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Not your average #travelspo Insta’ selfie
If smoking were good for you
NOT hakuna matata
The blood of the martyrs will water the meadows of France!
Remember when Columbus kidnapped people to show them off?
Helen of Troy or Leila of the ambiguous Near East?
Real Housewives of Algiers
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
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Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
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The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
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Don't fear the reaper
Not so Virgin Mary
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Compounding a bad situation
More weirdness from Bosch
Did not survive "Snakes on a Plane"
The circle of life
A forgotten warrior
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Who doesn't love people watching in the afternoon?
Last chance to get some before it all goes to hell!
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
Para el Cambio
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
The new gang at McDonaldland
O Holy Knight
Suspicious lack of togas
Worst kiss ever
It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Cloned but not forgotten
Aim for the heart
She's not taking a nap
“Hey, quit breathing down my neck!”
Put all your money on Death!
Reading rainbow
After 200 years we have the truth
He's wicked...wicked hot
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
Claustrophobics beware
"I like that queasy feeling"
Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School
Monument to a bromance
Not even a little bit
Singin’ in a ring
Epileptics beware
Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you
A victim of the urban housing crisis
Too school for cool
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
But especially vices
Netflix and chill...with Buddha
One depressing miscommunication
A walk on the beach
Fancy birthday presents
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Marching to the beat of her own drum
A stoner's dream
A techy tower
He barely tried
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
The artworld goes to seed
201 spheres in a big circus tent
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
So get ready!
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
