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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
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...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Whodunnit??
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Stone Age sisters doin’ it for themselves
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
An ancient dick pic
Work of hot air
Portraits of Belleville
Kim K. has nothing on Courbet
Watch now
Damn, I look good
Build like the Egyptians
Advertise your god-complex
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Real Housewives of Paris
He's a little young for fetish play
Pretty but kind of boring
*deep existential sigh*
Bringing the inside out
The only good reason to join a cult
These serpents made hiss-tory
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Wearing a vest of many colors
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The past is female
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
Shades of Black
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Loves ants
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Great beard, better art
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Still waters run deep
She's still Jenny from the Block
Museum as canvas
Critics call him “Modernism’s Evel Knievel.”
Renaissance woman
Likes to psychoanalyse viewers with his art
Italian bad boy. His shit is worth its weight in gold.
Queen of appropriation
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Making subversive art under the radar
His most famous work of art and his first CD are both nothing
From ant watcher to artist
Obsessed with calligraphy
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Died in a plane crash for the sake of his art
The art world's thesaurus
Not a feel-good kind of guy
Classic cosplay
Some think he would look good in formaldehyde...
Buried like a pharaoh, in his favorite car with some choice accessories
Put the Hello in Helvetica. Not related to Freddie.
Rock on Yves...
From begging to bed-in
Bad boy from Switzerland
The rabble-rouser herself
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Like Midas, but different
The Obamas love him
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
"Talent is cheap"
Nature collagist
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Genius from South Central
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...
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...
Crazy camel lady
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Sol for president
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Yea, that's his real name
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Loves TV, hates men.
The Rembrandt of the video age
The better to hear you with, my dear
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
You think you know, but you have no idea.
Bodhisattva of the art world
Extreme performance artist
A feast for the senses
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
The art world’s very own Cruella De Vil
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Barbed wire hula hoop dancer
Capitalizes on our compulsions...and our anxieties
Crusader for vaginas around the world
Queer of all trades
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Wonder Woman but different
A new kind of art historian
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Blue eyes...
Not of the Bad Seeds...
A guy who knows how to get the ball rolling
Built a career off an idea he had at Burning Man
You light up my life
He's a regular techno Jesus
There's no one quite like her
Exciting and scaring museums globally
Changing the world, one photo at a time
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
They go apeshit over inequality!
Exactly as cool as her name sounds
Loves a big salad
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
She is goals
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Too hot for some critics
Korean techno superstar.
Donuts for the people!
Nothing like your grandma
Works that body
Minimal man
Rising star
Not a sports guy
The VR star
Punched William Carlos Williams in the face
Not suitable for children
Left the nunnery...
Plays the polka
Soft and scary
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
The Great Deconstructor
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
A mama's girl
Married to a stone
I’m not Pop, you are.
The ‘Evel’ Kinevel of the art scene
"Fell" out of a 34th floor window during an argument
Screamer
One man's trash is this man's treasure
Obey!
The trickster
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
One of her shows got shut down by the police
Sculpted strange tableaux, and died too young.
When a fire starts to burn...she'll be there
Abracadabra!
She's a Jill of all trades
Old style, new subjects
So. Cool.
Show her your beach bod
Cute politico
Almost murderer
Like a hoarder, but with less of the mess
Of the so-called “fuck off generation” of Chinese artists
One Who Is Talented
A little dotty herself
As if the arts couldn't get any weirder
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
