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Criticizing the critics
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
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Transforming pain into expression
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Made in a cabin
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Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
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Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
An atheist makes a chapel where you’re NOT allowed to pray
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
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...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
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...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Sunset at Montmajour by Vincent van Gogh Pronunciation: /tro͞oˈvī/ Lauren helps...
Angelica takes a stab at combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
I had a hearty laugh watching Toy Story some 20 years later and finally getting...
Pronunciation: /ˌkaləˈpijēən/
Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
Corridor Pin, Blue by Claes Oldenburg
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Woman Dressed as a Vestal Virgin by Angelica Kauffman
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
Negev by Magdalena Abakanowicz at The Israel Museum
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
A fun new series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
The Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii by Nam June Paik
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
S.O.S. Starification Object Series (Back) by Hannah Wilke at The Solomon R....
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
(German) Pronunciation: Bahk-fye-fen-geh-see-ckt
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Vase with 12 Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh at the Neue Pinakothek
