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Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Brand spankin' new!
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Fort Worth a trip
Not made of crystals
Way better than the Old Britain museum
Former tobacco plantation
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
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Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
The Latin LACMA
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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:...
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Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
We exist in this space
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
The Ottoman take on the Eastern-style dragon
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Life in Iowa sucks
Check your home security system people
Whole Foods sold cigarettes?
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Baseball at Night by Morris Kantor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
O say can you see
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
It says “nude,” right?
I overdid it
Don't look at me!
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
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On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Rich people in the '60s
Bleeding red, white, and blue
Examine your systemic racism
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The past is female
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii by Nam June Paik
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Gothic tipi?
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Pre-bullets in the neck
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
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Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
Created by Sister Suffragette
Embrace your inner underdog and recreate Rocky Balboa's run to the top!
Get Smart! See art!
It's THE Met
MOMA knows everything goes better with Bacon!
Quality, not quantity
Motor city
Good wine and interesting art
Two museums in one
One of the wealthiest museums in America
Only place that call the Dutch Masters the "North Dutch school"
Named after a beer maker
Will somebody please think of the children??
Put a bird on it
A taste of Asia in the Tenderloin
Sweet Home Alabama
Cooler than an Orange Julius
In the Athens of Australia
It's free, not cheap
I would walk 500 miles...
It's hammer time
Yee-haw
Probably the first museum to use guns as performance art
This museum is worth A-GO
Just keeps getting bigger
Joe Biden likes to come here (probably)
New Jersey gem
A capital collection in the capital of Ohio
It's pronounced Woo-stah
It's all about that space
Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
Get High on art here
Lots of art in the heartland
Awesome, free, big-city museum
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
A gift to the Nation
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
USA's very first art school and museum
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Created as part of the New Deal
Enjoy art in an architectural iceburg
One of the oldest public art museums in America
Has a cool grand staircase
Who run the world? Girls!
Don't get dizzy walking around this circular museum
Has a lot of money to throw around
Figure out the way to San Jose...ASAP!
Throw another cutting edge exhibit on the barbie...?
2 rich guys, a museum, and a wing place
Happy wife happy life!
Great art in the windy city
Started by a navy man
Everything's bigger in Texas
Possibly haunted
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Fits 423 hospital beds
Art on the walls and in the toilets
The first of its kind
Largest collection of British art outside the UK
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Free museums for the win
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
You'll need a bicycle to get around the entire place
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Hippest place in Brighton
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Not to be confused with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
Saved in times of war
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
Buy now on Taschen
The only place where all lost and destroyed art can still be seen: online
Crazy architecture and a rocking view
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Popular place to film when you're trying to prove the movie is actually in LA
Expanded in 2016!
Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
Underground in the City of Angels
Giant robot threatens cafe-goers. Dine at your own risk!
Yes...they "borrowed" the art
Poop in style while you enjoy art
Cheers to the gov'na!
Not for during rush hour
The first permanent art gallery in New Zealand!
Come one, come all
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Built by Bernini and Borromini
SO. MUCH. JEWELRY.
Just a little touch of star quality
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
For an art school, they sure have a lotta cash
Brought to you by your favorite skin cream
Big Red by Alexander Calder at the San Jose Museum of Art
(German) Pronunciation: Bahk-fye-fen-geh-see-ckt
Leap Into the Void by Yves Klein at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Sunset at Montmajour by Vincent van Gogh Pronunciation: /tro͞oˈvī/ Lauren helps...
Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur
Corridor Pin, Blue by Claes Oldenburg
Woman Dressed as a Vestal Virgin by Angelica Kauffman
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
Madame X by John Singer Sargent
Negev by Magdalena Abakanowicz at The Israel Museum
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
Vase with 12 Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh at the Neue Pinakothek
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
Pronunciation: /ˌkaləˈpijēən/
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
