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One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Right across from the palace. It's good to be the king!
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If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Kitchen Scene, part 1
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
Witch’s brew
Witch orgy prep
Click here for love potion recipe
Avada Kedavra
Pool party
Manet could never
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Urban anxiety aplenty
Cut him off!
Jesus is in the kitchen?!
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
A bargain at twice the price
Three guys walk into a bar...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
All it’s missing is a cup of tea
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Careful, might make you howl!
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
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...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Who says you can't marry your cousin?
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Once Punched a Skeleton
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...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Not your average #travelspo Insta’ selfie
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
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...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
SmoothNess, QuickNess, NessTalgia, ArlenNess
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Responsible for the most famous vagina painting in the world
“Letting people have your paintings is like letting them wear your clothes.”
Lived life to the fullest
Too cool for New Zealand
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Architect, painter, not to be messed with
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
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.
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
He loved his mommy
A favorite of mass-production calendar makers
Half of a dynamic duo
He bled red, white and blue
Had great gossip
Only different spectacles
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Disliked the outdoors for being "trop vert et mal éclairé" ("too green and badly lit")
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
All that glitters is probably something by Gustav Klimt
Prepared the decorations for Michelangelo's funeral
Came to Israel when it was Palestine and founded the first art school there
Enjoys long walks on the beach, painting for patrons, and Italian food!
Sh*t just got real
Stalin wasn't a big fan.
You say you want a revolution
The flower-breeding father of fashion photography
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...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Has a disease named after him
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Part artist, part comrade
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Caravaggio's main rival, inventor of the caricature, got depressed and quit art
Went to great lengths to avoid milking cows
Who said artists can't be good at business?
Rebel with a cause
"Greatest French artist of all time" - Louis XIV
Worked for big Henry
Better at organizing festivals than Ja Rule
Loves zoot suits
Let his friends dissuade him from an honest religious life
Where Surrealism ends, Ab-Ex begins
The Black Atlantic
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Math nerd, businessman, "most German of all painters" thus beloved by the Nazis
The only straight Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Suffered from ADD; good at starting, not finishing. Got caught in a gay foursome
Promoter, businessman, married a porn star more famous than him
They taught him how to build things in the US Army
Be so good your "punishment" is marriage to a hottie
His momma was a concubine
Swirly girly
Britain's most hated artist
To beard or not to beard
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Loves headless figures
You can call him "Good Time Sandy"
That's Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος to you.
Art school drop-out
Obey!
“Art is swindle.”
Annoyingly talented
The imaginary third vase
Talk of the town
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
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...
Put the Hello in Helvetica. Not related to Freddie.
A personality as abstract as his paintings
Hitler hated him
NEEEERRRD!
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Real name of Moshe, maybe the greatest Jewish Painter of all time. Hitler hated him
Hard drinking, homophobic, thought museum curators were pansies
Would rather throw spitballs than study
Pow!
Precocious
A tragic story of artistic compromise
Sea = Dancer
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Weird Al's "favorite MC"
Painter with a green brush
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
“Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.”
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Born to watch paint dry
Picasso fanboy
Probably banged your girlfriend
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...
