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Sister, Sister: Bible Edition
Jesus is in the kitchen?!
Lost and found
Like Wonder Woman but different
Also happens to be the Duke of Wellington's house
If these walls could talk
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Phantasmal Fido
Extraordinary People in Such Ordinary Circumstances
Movies would have you believe he could pierce the hell out of an ear
The official residence of POTUS
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Buy now on Amazon
Pretend you're in a Jane Austen novel
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene...not
Former tobacco plantation
Stockbroker's daughter who wowed Degas
Extreme performance artist
The unmentioned pre-Raphaelite sister
Girl Boss
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Not suitable for children
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Buy now on Taschen
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Bad beezy
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
First first lady
Modern dance mama
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
It really ties the room together
Hold that pose
Poor Jesus
Made in a cabin
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
No vacancy at Bates Motel
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Wearing a vest of many colors
Just taking a nap
Jesus got jaundice
Giant Swastika on the back
Who caught Vermeer in the act?
Got milk?
Sew talented
Keep out
This is where the sunflowers got painted
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The Bowery, before it had a Whole Foods.
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Who are the jabronis blocking J.C.?
Bye, Felicia
Rembrandt’s only seascape is one of the most famous stolen paintings yet to be found
One of many Pietas
Now you see me...
A little date-rapey for our taste
Before Google Maps, there was Vermeer
How long do I have to hold this pose?
Hitler's jam
Stolen for the nicest reasons
A lady with an intellectual life... shocking!
No teardrops on this guitar
All about the yellow jacket
Sleepin' on the job
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
See and be seen
Clean babies are patriotic!
Pinky out for tea
Get your hair done
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Calling folks out
Back in the manger
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Getting ready to jam
Scarlett Johansson reallllly liked getting her ear pierced
Ssshhhhh…be vewy vewy quiet, I’m weighing my gold!
Girl, your calluses are out of control!
She's so not into you
Prostitute or Prosti-Cute?
Girl with a pearl earring's lesser known cousin
Also a Girl with a Pearl Earring. But not that one
Serious hat envy
Here comes “Wonderwall”
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Barely made it through World War II with the help of some sandbags
Michael Jackson style mothering on a boat!
Creepy child stare
Mary's favorite subject
Henry VIII's first born, what a disappointment
"Thanks, I hate it"
Modernism joins the circus
Sweet baby Jesus
The doctor is in
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Jesus butts in on the devil's business
Choosing cute boys over Jesus, everyday
All that glitters sometimes actually is gold
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Can we get some privacy, please
Searching for the trace of a trace
Lyrical ablutions
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Crack that whip
Someone needs a first amendment refresher
The other Mary
Get a clue
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
A mystery lady
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Swimming pool. drank
Sacred moment made earthly and intimate
Jesus has had enough!
A psalm of blood and milk
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Gone are the good, old days of steamy letters
Couldn't have been a grocery list
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
OUCH
This woman don’t need no man
Mary's big bro
Wait 'til you get a load of this guy
Oh my Goddesses
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Girl crush
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
I didn't say "Let them eat cake"
Is...that how you do it?
Frenemies
Total poser
The past is female
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Before things got ugly life was very good
From portraitist to executioner?
Watch now
Mo money, mo problems
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Don't call it a comeback
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
After 200 years we have the truth
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
A holy foot rub
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
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...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Four feet of pure wildfire
Born into a lucky time
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Sicker than your average grandma
Too cool for New Zealand
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
The Phaaaaaaaaaaaaaantom of the opera is here!
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Famous for wearing men's clothes, smoking cigarettes, and generally NGAF
The ultimate cool beat chick
One wild and sexy lady
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Close friend of Manet's, even though he took it upon himself to "fix up" one of her paintings
Has a disease named after him
Just as good as her hubby, if not better!
Shoplifter, electroshock therapy survivor, proverbial everywoman
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Explore 300 acres of parkland
Treasures around every corner
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...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Josephine and Napoleon's love nest
Collection of some bed-hopping Brits!
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...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
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...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
