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Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
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Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Tie the devil to a pillow
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
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Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Second track in PBtheE's seasons album
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
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Just another naked lady
Witness her
Sorry PETA
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Hitler's jam
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Bet on black
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
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If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Act spontaneous!
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
Planting seeds
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
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This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
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Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
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Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Possible peace portrait
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
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We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
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...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
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...
Diabeetus
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
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...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
