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In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
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Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Just couldn't make the aloha stick
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Teacher of artists
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
You betta werk!
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
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...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
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
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
A true Romantic
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
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Think twice before your next wax
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
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Deemed 'revolting, pornographic, and blasphemous' by the LA Board of Supervisors
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Tiny vulvas not tiny Volvos
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
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Sorry PETA
Gorilla warfare! Wait...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
“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)
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
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Deep, dark humor
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
If you're a girl, it's ok for your apartment to be disgusting
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
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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
A Case of John Henryism
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Act spontaneous!
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
All hail the king
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
The calm before the storm... Or eruption
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
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
All is not what it seems in this trippy triptych
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Buffalo Bill's Back Fat
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
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
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
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?
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Planting seeds
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Hubba hubba
A healthy dose of Catholic guilt
Taste the rainbow
Rebel in pantaloons
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
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’
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
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?
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
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
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Paint me like one of your classmates
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
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
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Someone needs to call Charles Atlas
Another unhappy ending
Back Seat Dodge ‘38 by Edward Kienholz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Lovely ladies
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
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
So get ready!
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
S.O.S. Starification Object Series (Back) by Hannah Wilke at The Solomon R....
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
This one’s for all the haters.
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
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...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
Skating on thick ice
Sister wife
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
Tummy ache?
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
A cute outfit can't save you
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm It craves...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Take that Uncle Sam!
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Drunk on victory
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Hey big spender
Sister sister
From portraitist to executioner?
Such a punchable face
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
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Robert Smithson
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
Blondes have more fun, even if they can't eat steak
I can’t believe it’s not butter
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Gothic tipi?
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
