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Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
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The lighting isn't doing him any favors
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One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Self-portrait with portrait in exchange for portrait
I am talented and successful
We love a hat moment
Wiiiiild wiiilllld horsesss (and scary hyenas)
Rembrandt’s first selfie on panel
Beyond Gauguin & evil
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Portrait-ception
The twinkling lights of Paris start to show through
We're suckers for a guy in a suit
Monkeys are the new roses
Because screw your cultural norms
BDSM much?
The Mad Masker
You won’t get a glimpse of the mustache
Snoozefest
Not accurate
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
Adolescent Metalpoint Master
Magic mirror on the wall
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Let it all hang out
A lot of self-reflection happens at the insane asylum
Breakups will make us do crazy things
What filter is that?
Pet Goals
It’s the circle of life and politics
Gives new meaning to the term "food porn"
Paint with all seven fingers
No more drinkie
The spirit of Caesar
That other pandemic
Watch now
Frida showing off a menagerie, unibrow and 'stache
Hats keep your head warm and help you look très mystérieuse
Look Ma, no ear!
Socialism never looked this sexy
I feel pretty, oh so pretty
That's not what he looks like
Pre-downward spiral
What’s coal got to do with it?
#MeToo circa 1600
“Hey, quit breathing down my neck!”
Selfie with a Straw Hat
Family portrait time!
A bit creepier than a friendship bracelet
Demons never looked so sexy
Marilyn Morimura
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Shades of Black
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Before they hated each other's guts
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Great Scott!
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
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Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
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The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
Pray the air conditioning holds out
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The sweetest of portraits
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
OUCH
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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Not everyone's photogenic
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
The Pope who partied
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Stolen, found, but not returned
Big-time First Lady
Mother in law
Olympia who?
You’ll never think of “drip painting” the same way again
Not to be confused with N'awlins
Wrapped in red
The original King of Cool
Portraits of Belleville
To the Earl goes the spoils
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Gothic tipi?
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Not pregnant, just well dressed
Manet's BFF
Jack of all trades
She was a trendsetter
Umbrella collector
Big henry
thump-thump thump-thump
This story is juicy
Sexy kinda
The Sun King
Flashing all that bling bling
Surprise face!
Rescued by sled dogs
Drama drama drama
That's one melancholic Madame
Want to see a pic of Marsden’s crush?
She hated Frida Kahlo
Poor unfortunate simonetta
Kahlo family Christmas card
Fine, you can paint my portrait, but you have to include my dog
Horse Girl finds her Dream Man
The face of romance
Destroyer of dragons
“He’s a good kid”
Anything for the king
Son of a brewer, owned by an inside man
Child super-genius
A singular achievement
Geniuses, niece and auntie
A mystery lady
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Hatscarves rule
Lots of perks to being a vestal virgin, but also some risks
Her nickname was "la bella Simonetta"
Cruella O'Keeffe
I like it when you call me big poppa
Was it all a dream?
More than just a teacher’s pet.
Boss lady
Now that's a resting bitch face
Rocking the five-head
Mary's big bro
Loneliness in the city
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
Atypical portrait by an atypical artist
Neckties, pianos, and outcasts
Wholesome bro
My best hat yet
LL, is that you?
Our little weakness...
Bully!
Some More Drama
Goin' to the chapel, gonna get married
We don't know much…
First off, that is a really unfortunate name
Came with a letter of explanation
Used to patch a chicken coop
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
It all ended badly for Charles
It's good to be bad
Pretty, fat, and on the fast track
Troublemaker!
Accidental POTUS
Actually, she likes this portrait
Wearing a vest of many colors
Family portrait Kahlo-style
Who is she?
Stylish long before Gossip Girl
Fangirl-ing
de Los Cachuchas
Meddlesome Millie
More like Honest Babe
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Countess, confidante, and tester of men
It's hard to be pithy about statecraft and malaria
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
Roses really smell like...
Bow down
When a portrait isn't a portrait
Poor Sun Elk
Not your average portraiture
If at first you don’t succeed...
A pre-Dukehood portrait
A bargain at twice the price
Amsterdam gothic
It’s a rich man’s world
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
Friend of the fam
(You Drive Me) Crazy
Study up!
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Sister sister
Highly disturbing
Sexy and I know it
“No one will even see it…”
Stank face
Hear ye, hear ye! Spotless virgin paints queen consort!
Long names and titles
Obsessed with calligraphy
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Just another beheading. Yawn
Can't hide a prostitute
Not at all like Greys Anatomy
Don't call it a comeback
A burn too sick for the ER
French portrait inception
I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
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It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
A hotter mascot than the Pope
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
I can’t believe it’s not Peale
The abnormally happy couple
These women rock
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Not Antea, but it's a good story
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Synesthetic symphony
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
So get ready!
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
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
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
