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February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
English people are snobs
Ex-nun, harassed for painting without a license, official painter of Marie Antoinette
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Who is she?
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Marie Antoinette's best friend....possibly with benefits
Before they hated each other's guts
French portrait inception
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
A hotter mascot than the Pope
When you look good, we look good (and we get paid)
I didn't say "Let them eat cake"
Frenemies
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Before things got ugly life was very good
Prince Heinrich...so hot right now
Voted most popular, class of 1795
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Rags to riches
You wish you could be this cool
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Long names and titles
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
The Sun King
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
A mama's girl
Not to be confused with Xena the Warrior Princess, Lucy Lawless.
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Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
"Greatest French artist of all time" - Louis XIV
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Buy now on The Met Store
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
Not an itsy bitsy spider
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Conga line from hell
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Great Scott!
People should pay more attention to their walls
Portrait of a penis?
More like Louise LOLer
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Playtime in the bath
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Early morning, emotional promise
Home (not so) sweet home
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
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Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
So get ready!
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
The sweetest of portraits
Self-portrait with portrait in exchange for portrait
Not everyone's photogenic
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Portrait-ception
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
Stuff Rich People Own
One high-class whore
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
The lighting isn't doing him any favors
The Pope who partied
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I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Stolen, found, but not returned
I am talented and successful
Big-time First Lady
We love a hat moment
Mother in law
Olympia who?
You’ll never think of “drip painting” the same way again
Wiiiiild wiiilllld horsesss (and scary hyenas)
Rembrandt’s first selfie on panel
Not to be confused with N'awlins
Wrapped in red
The original King of Cool
Beyond Gauguin & evil
Portraits of Belleville
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
To the Earl goes the spoils
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
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
The twinkling lights of Paris start to show through
thump-thump thump-thump
We're suckers for a guy in a suit
This story is juicy
Sexy kinda
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
Flashing all that bling bling
Surprise face!
Rescued by sled dogs
Drama drama drama
Not accurate
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
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
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
Adolescent Metalpoint Master
A mystery lady
Magic mirror on the wall
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Hatscarves rule
Lots of perks to being a vestal virgin, but also some risks
Her nickname was "la bella Simonetta"
Let it all hang out
A lot of self-reflection happens at the insane asylum
Cruella O'Keeffe
I like it when you call me big poppa
Breakups will make us do crazy things
Was it all a dream?
What filter is that?
More than just a teacher’s pet.
Boss lady
Now that's a resting bitch face
Pet Goals
It’s the circle of life and politics
Rocking the five-head
Mary's big bro
Loneliness in the city
Gives new meaning to the term "food porn"
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
Atypical portrait by an atypical artist
Neckties, pianos, and outcasts
Wholesome bro
Paint with all seven fingers
My best hat yet
LL, is that you?
Our little weakness...
Bully!
Some More Drama
No more drinkie
Goin' to the chapel, gonna get married
The spirit of Caesar
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
That other pandemic
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Frida showing off a menagerie, unibrow and 'stache
It all ended badly for Charles
It's good to be bad
Pretty, fat, and on the fast track
Troublemaker!
Hats keep your head warm and help you look très mystérieuse
Look Ma, no ear!
Socialism never looked this sexy
Accidental POTUS
I feel pretty, oh so pretty
That's not what he looks like
Pre-downward spiral
What’s coal got to do with it?
Actually, she likes this portrait
Wearing a vest of many colors
#MeToo circa 1600
Family portrait Kahlo-style
“Hey, quit breathing down my neck!”
Stylish long before Gossip Girl
Fangirl-ing
de Los Cachuchas
Meddlesome Millie
Selfie with a Straw Hat
More like Honest Babe
Family portrait time!
Countess, confidante, and tester of men
It's hard to be pithy about statecraft and malaria
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
A bit creepier than a friendship bracelet
Roses really smell like...
Demons never looked so sexy
Bow down
When a portrait isn't a portrait
Poor Sun Elk
Not your average portraiture
Marilyn Morimura
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
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...
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!
Shades of Black
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Swirly girly
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
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
I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
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...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
I can’t believe it’s not Peale
The abnormally happy couple
These women rock
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
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...
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
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...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
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
Synesthetic symphony
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Not Antea, but it's a good story
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
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...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
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,...
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
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
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Obsessed with calligraphy
Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
