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The Blue House
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Most famous unibrow in art, cheated on her husband with Trotsky, loved Stalin
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Promiscuous people have feelings too
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...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Transforming pain into expression
Weirdest game of peek-a-boo
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
This self-portrait's cranked up to 11
Furreak on a leash
It's raining milk, hallelujah
Eat up!
Literal food porn
All dressed up and nowhere to go
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Family portrait Kahlo-style
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
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The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
She had a flair for the dramatic 'til the bitter end
Before she changed her name...and her man
Monkeys are the new roses
Not balloon animals
Understatement of the century
Kahlo family Christmas card
Breakups will make us do crazy things
Pet Goals
It’s the circle of life and politics
An argument against "better dead than red"
Frida showing off a menagerie, unibrow and 'stache
Socialism never looked this sexy
de Los Cachuchas
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...
All in the family
Frida, the drag edition
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
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...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Whodunnit??
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Taken by her ex-lover and life-long friend
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
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...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
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
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...
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
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...
Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Wearing a vest of many colors
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The past is female
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Shades of Black
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Obsessed with calligraphy
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
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...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
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
Loves ants
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
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…...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
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 –...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
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Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Yea, that's his real name
Great beard, better art
Loves TV, hates men.
The Rembrandt of the video age
The better to hear you with, my dear
You think you know, but you have no idea.
Critics call him “Modernism’s Evel Knievel.”
Bodhisattva of the art world
Extreme performance artist
Renaissance woman
A feast for the senses
Classic cosplay
The art world’s very own Cruella De Vil
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
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
Making subversive art under the radar
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
They go apeshit over inequality!
Exactly as cool as her name sounds
Loves a big salad
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Some think he would look good in formaldehyde...
Buried like a pharaoh, in his favorite car with some choice accessories
She is goals
Still waters run deep
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
She's still Jenny from the Block
The VR star
Punched William Carlos Williams in the face
Museum as canvas
Not suitable for children
Left the nunnery...
Plays the polka
Soft and scary
Like Midas, but different
The Obamas love him
The Great Deconstructor
A mama's girl
Married to a stone
"Talent is cheap"
Nature collagist
