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Teacher of artists
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Sibling rivalry
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Buy now on Amazon
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
A nice Canadian guy
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sister wife
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Rebel in pantaloons
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
So we beat on, boats against the current
Remember when Columbus kidnapped people to show them off?
Original cowboys
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
He married a rich model
A good man in a messed up world
Armchair tourism pays off
Save the horses!
Copying can be a legitimate career choice sometimes
Sgt. of Art
Gay, kinky, happy to stir controversy, brilliant, died of AIDS
A whole lot of lovin'
Master of Flémalle, expert at the oils, expatriated for sleeping with girls
Died in a plane crash for the sake of his art
Volcanoes, pirates and cannibals, oh my!
Minimal man
OG Abstract Expressionist
Loved columns
The sink guy, but not a plumber
Had a good head on his shoulder named Sonia
Making a statement
The Inventor of the Snapshot
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Skating on thick ice
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Real Housewives of Paris
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Watch now
Briggsy
Click here to find God!
Where's that dam photo?
A wandering painter
University of California professor who died of cancer, possibly caused by chemicals used in his art
A monumental talent
First internationally acclaimed African American artist
It starts with a single line
You've got a friend in me
It's all an illusion
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Has a disease named after him
Everybody loves a celebration!
Worst chess board ever
Would rather throw spitballs than study
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
Another line drawn
'Til the sweat drips down my...
Criticizing the critics
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
Not one for the Christmas card
Sisters before mistresses
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
When you can’t pick a paint swatch
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Oh my Goddesses
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Family portrait time!
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Loved the countryside, and died of lyme disease contracted in the countryside
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
A walk on the beach
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Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
“Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.”
War photographer who hated war
Sorry PETA
Drawn to the dark side
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
If you don't have a canvas, use your bed
All About the Combines Baby
Pregnancy test from On High
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Like characters in a Henry James novel
Ruffled feathers
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
The pitfalls of trying to sell stolen art
Everybody dance now
Stalin hated it!
Before Freddy Krueger there were still things that went bump in the night
Neato nature
Guy about to invent writing: oh, you haven't heard?
There's no such thing as bad publicity
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
Dumpster diving goes upscale
All you need is love
He's a brick house
Semi-Homemade paintings
Across the Universe on paper
Bay Area uptown funk
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
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By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
All hail the king
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
The calm before the storm... Or eruption
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
All is not what it seems in this trippy triptych
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Savage fashion
Those have got to be implants
Guggenheim hooked it UP
Do the thing! Win the sports!
Don’t be so naive
Float like a butterfly, threads like an OG
Act spontaneous!
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Robert likes Ken
It's naht a tu-mah! It's his bicep!
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
POOF it's gone
Portrait of a penis?
It’s bigger in person, I swear!
Shipping included
Cruel prank on vain people
Good, but not great...
Stairway to the future
Don't panic, it's organic
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Shapes that make sculpture out of thin air
Grab a mai-tai
God save the Queen!
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Hubba hubba
A healthy dose of Catholic guilt
Taste the rainbow
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Planting seeds
No bra days are the best days
When you're unhappy and you know it don't clap your hands
Big henry
Playing dress up
Not balloon animals
It’s, like, a metaphor, man
A tender moment
“You’re blocking my light”
Iconic... apparently
Little pig's tail
Rock the casbah!
Squares are people too
It's almost like you're there
Now you see me...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Big Alma celebrates a "win" (Filipinos may see it differently)
The man who made "dance 'till you drop" into an art form
What are you, chicken?
Need a ride?
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Paint me like one of your classmates
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Nothing like a ten-some to tempt a saint
Green ladies are always the nicest
Didn't turn out great, as you might guess
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy
Make it green! Make it blue! Make it red!
A political pain in the ass
Taking the sun-spot in a lions’ den
Lit by divinity
Praying to have faith
The right to bear arms?
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Now you see it, now you don't
A crotch by any other name...
Do not jump in this leaf pile
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Not from a fat chicken, just a big boned one
Before Facebook event pages, you had to get creative
Harsher on racists than Trump
So this is why they call them blueprints
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Lovely ladies
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Secret lives of gay prostitutes
1,2,3 Kick!
Mr. Cool always gets invited to the party
Daddy's little girl grows up
Yvette herself thought it a "monstrosity"
Once a good boy, always a good boy
Babe, I’m sorry I’m late
Œdipus starts some drama
Just some good ol’ fashioned Milton fanfiction
When will my reflection show who I am inside
Heavenly view
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
This one’s for all the haters.
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm It craves...
This woman has attitude, an appetite, and boy can she dance!
Health care for sex workers
Those who can't do, paint
A quiet day at the brothel
Smart girls don't buy sight unseen
Imitation is the sincerest form of brown-nosing
Rip van drinkle
Sacred moment made earthly and intimate
A bargain at twice the price
I’ll never understand humans
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Drunk on victory
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Explosive high kicks
Sexy stocking stuffers
