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Tom Hanks struggled with this one
Not your mama’s last supper
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This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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Harlequin Head by Pablo Picasso
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Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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The Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
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Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
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Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
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Faulty Landscape (Paysage Fautif) by Marcel Duchamp at the Museum of Modern Art...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
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Back Seat Dodge ‘38 by Edward Kienholz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
I'mma let you finish, but. . .
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Picasso was accused of stealing it, and Napoleon hung it in his bedroom
This is how you treat a side chick. Give her a Leonardo
Part two of two!
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Part one of two!
Unfinished as usual
“Madonna and the Bobble Head”
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Rebirth, Re-use, Recycle
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
One: Number 31, 1950 by Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art
Would you like a wall to go with that ceiling?
Turn that frown upside down
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As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Judgment day is apparently going to involve some perverted violence
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Careful, might make you howl!
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
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Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
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...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
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An unfortunate moral dilemma…
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
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Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
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Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
The sun never sets on Turner’s legacy
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Emasculates the German government
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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
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If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
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1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
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Once Punched a Skeleton
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What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
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Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
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With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
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As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
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Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
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This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
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,...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
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The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
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Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
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Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
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Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
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SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
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What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
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.
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
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Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
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The wine flowed, and so did the ideas! (Shout-out to Bronips!)What categories would...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
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The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
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Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
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Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
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From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
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It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
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Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
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Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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