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In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
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Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Just couldn't make the aloha stick
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Teacher of artists
More cushion...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
You betta werk!
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
Abstract-ish
Brits can't get enough scandal, and he doesn't disappoint
Great fighter of censorship
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Midas, but different
Not actually a photographer
Not Picasso's muse Sylvette David
A Scot in Britain
Speaking out can have consequences
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
A true Romantic
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Women can’t be jockeys
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
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Think twice before your next wax
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
How's the air up there?
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
If you had only one hand where would you put it?
Comes with complimentary Christmas song
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Deemed 'revolting, pornographic, and blasphemous' by the LA Board of Supervisors
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
One of many Pietas
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Finally, a female gaze
Tiny vulvas not tiny Volvos
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Back in the manger
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
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February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Lots of action here
#BlackArtMatters
The other Starry Night
Sorry PETA
“Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.”
War photographer who hated war
David gets sassy
Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
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“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Deep, dark humor
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
When it rains it pours
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
If you don't have a canvas, use your bed
All About the Combines Baby
Pregnancy test from On High
Ruffled feathers
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
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
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
A Case of John Henryism
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Act spontaneous!
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Bring a hankie
All hail the king
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
The calm before the storm... Or eruption
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Carravagio having a bad head day
Sometimes a cannonball is just a cannonball, but this splash may be naughty
Even then it was all about the money
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
All is not what it seems in this trippy triptych
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Buffalo Bill's Back Fat
So get ready!
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
New York is the real city of sin
Don't look at it...
Not for the weak-hearted or the balding
Luscious locks reveal a lot!
I'll pray for you
Whole Foods sold cigarettes?
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Back Seat Dodge ‘38 by Edward Kienholz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Planting seeds
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Hubba hubba
A healthy dose of Catholic guilt
Taste the rainbow
Rebel in pantaloons
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
Ribbit, ribbit
When you just killed Goliath no one dares tell you how to dress, even if it's like this
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
Please paint in my absent angry mother
Suicide mission with the fam-bam
"Puny Eunie"
Dead Lion's Society
Underneath it all
The little ship that couldn't
Click here for post-coital cuddles
Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks
Daddy, buy me a tragic painting
Too much monkey business
A good swattin’
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Big Alma celebrates a "win" (Filipinos may see it differently)
A walk on the beach
The man who made "dance 'till you drop" into an art form
What are you, chicken?
Need a ride?
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
What will Tim do now that he's making the big bucks?
God is somethin', for Hockney we are not sure what
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
O say can you see
A clean sweep for David Ireland
She hated Frida Kahlo
Nothing Fits, But Everything Works
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Paint me like one of your classmates
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?
T for Tony
A peeping Hockney's wet dream
Hockney tells the future
In the middle of a hottie sandwich
Can't get more LA than this
It's called acting
Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?
Puff, puff, pass
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Now you see it, now you don't
A crotch by any other name...
Do not jump in this leaf pile
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Someone needs to call Charles Atlas
Another unhappy ending
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Lovely ladies
Cheshire Cat?
Wandering to a theater near you
Are you in touch with your feelings?
Spear me maybe?
Rich people in the '60s
I am NOT Whistler’s mother
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
S.O.S. Starification Object Series (Back) by Hannah Wilke at The Solomon R....
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
This one’s for all the haters.
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Skating on thick ice
Sister wife
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Tummy ache?
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
A cute outfit can't save you
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Take that Uncle Sam!
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm It craves...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
