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Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
Wet blanket
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This is not a cheer-ocracy
Child prodigy, charming, sophisticated. Like Renoir, impregnated two girls, married one
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Oh say can you see
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Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
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Stress-free
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Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Well, he took it better than Captain Ahab
Richie Rich
This is an apology portrait.
paint me like one of your founding fathers
Scene so nice he painted it thrice
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I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
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As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
Matthew 19:21
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
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July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
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…...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Total poser
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It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
Too turnt
Paul was a bit of a horndog
Not all temptations are equally tempting
A really, really bad trip
Sexy kinda
Sh*t’s Escalating...
“I am so down to earth”
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
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Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
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The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
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This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
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The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Nothing like a ten-some to tempt a saint
T for Tony
Everybody's sleeping with everybody
The Powder of Sympathy
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Whodunnit??
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
No problem, Señor Diablo
Jesus butts in on the devil's business
She's pretty... too pretty
Ambassador extraordinaire
Stifled with a strange perfume of horns
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
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In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Never forget
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Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
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Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
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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
Watch now
Damn, I look good
Build like the Egyptians
Advertise your god-complex
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Not every rose has its thorn, apparently
Real housewives of 1636
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
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This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
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The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
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
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
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The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
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(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
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At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
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As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
These women rock
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Careful, might make you howl!
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Wearing a vest of many colors
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
"Talent is cheap"
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
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Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
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Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The past is female
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After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Shades of Black
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Take that Uncle Sam!
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Not bad for a kid who lived in a bubble
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Obsessed with calligraphy
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It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Hippest place in Brighton
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
Loves ants
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Those Swiss have got it all!
Considerable collections
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
Commemorating the Holocaust
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
If anything, visit for the Isenheim Altarpiece
The best backdrop President Obama ever had
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Doctor Who is here a lot
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Yea, that's his real name
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Great beard, better art
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
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
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Classic cosplay
The art world’s very own Cruella De Vil
Barbed wire hula hoop dancer
