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Teacher of artists
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Skating on thick ice
Sibling rivalry
Buy now on Amazon
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
All you need is love
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Provocative shadows
The Photocentric Cynic
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Obsessed with calligraphy
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Named after a beer maker
I would walk 500 miles...
Sister wife
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Stolen for the nicest reasons
Rebel in pantaloons
It's like a painting, see?
"I like that queasy feeling"
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Michael Jackson style mothering on a boat!
Ocean's 11 it was not
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
So we beat on, boats against the current
Remember when Columbus kidnapped people to show them off?
Original cowboys
He married a rich model
A good man in a messed up world
Armchair tourism pays off
Save the horses!
Copying can be a legitimate career choice sometimes
Sgt. of Art
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
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
Buy now on Taschen
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a studio boat!
Love is a many splendored thing
Watch now
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
A wandering painter
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Briggsy
Click here to find God!
Where's that dam photo?
Real Housewives of Paris
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
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Get your towels ready it's about to go down
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Has a disease named after him
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Would rather throw spitballs than study
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Painting with at least 18 different titles
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
World’s worst word search
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Not one for the Christmas card
Sisters before mistresses
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Loved the countryside, and died of lyme disease contracted in the countryside
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Not your mama's still life
Get a clue
'As she fills his dream'
Ok Cupid!
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Family portrait time!
A walk on the beach
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Revolution!
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Made in a cabin
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Sorry PETA
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
“Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.”
War photographer who hated war
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Where have we seen this lady before?
Sex Reminds Her of Eating Spaghetti
Victorians complain, no one’s surprised
Late night liaisons
The land of breast milk and honey
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Bringin' sexy back
Drawn to the dark side
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Picture perfect American naivete
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
If you don't have a canvas, use your bed
All About the Combines Baby
Pregnancy test from On High
Teddy Roosevelt turns out to be a harsh art critic
Ruffled feathers
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
The pitfalls of trying to sell stolen art
Everybody dance now
Stalin hated it!
Before Freddy Krueger there were still things that went bump in the night
Neato nature
Guy about to invent writing: oh, you haven't heard?
There's no such thing as bad publicity
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Dumpster diving goes upscale
He's a brick house
Semi-Homemade paintings
Across the Universe on paper
Bay Area uptown funk
Buy now on The Met Store
Like characters in a Henry James novel
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Fake it 'til you make it
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
All hail the king
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
The calm before the storm... Or eruption
Bless your heart
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Act spontaneous!
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
All is not what it seems in this trippy triptych
Savage fashion
Those have got to be implants
Guggenheim hooked it UP
Do the thing! Win the sports!
Don’t be so naive
Float like a butterfly, threads like an OG
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
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
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Shapes that make sculpture out of thin air
Grab a mai-tai
God save the Queen!
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Hubba hubba
A healthy dose of Catholic guilt
Taste the rainbow
Planting seeds
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
No bra days are the best days
When you're unhappy and you know it don't clap your hands
Big henry
Playing dress up
Not balloon animals
It’s, like, a metaphor, man
A tender moment
“You’re blocking my light”
Iconic... apparently
Little pig's tail
Rock the casbah!
Squares are people too
It's almost like you're there
Now you see me...
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Big Alma celebrates a "win" (Filipinos may see it differently)
The man who made "dance 'till you drop" into an art form
What are you, chicken?
Need a ride?
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Paint me like one of your classmates
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Nothing like a ten-some to tempt a saint
Green ladies are always the nicest
Didn't turn out great, as you might guess
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy
Make it green! Make it blue! Make it red!
A political pain in the ass
Taking the sun-spot in a lions’ den
Lit by divinity
Praying to have faith
The right to bear arms?
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Now you see it, now you don't
A crotch by any other name...
Do not jump in this leaf pile
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Not from a fat chicken, just a big boned one
Before Facebook event pages, you had to get creative
Harsher on racists than Trump
So this is why they call them blueprints
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Lovely ladies
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Secret lives of gay prostitutes
1,2,3 Kick!
Mr. Cool always gets invited to the party
Daddy's little girl grows up
Yvette herself thought it a "monstrosity"
Once a good boy, always a good boy
Babe, I’m sorry I’m late
Œdipus starts some drama
Just some good ol’ fashioned Milton fanfiction
When will my reflection show who I am inside
Heavenly view
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
This one’s for all the haters.
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm It craves...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
This woman has attitude, an appetite, and boy can she dance!
Health care for sex workers
Those who can't do, paint
A quiet day at the brothel
Smart girls don't buy sight unseen
Imitation is the sincerest form of brown-nosing
Rip van drinkle
Sacred moment made earthly and intimate
A bargain at twice the price
I’ll never understand humans
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Drunk on victory
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Explosive high kicks
Sexy stocking stuffers
Spot all the artist’s besties
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Robert Smithson
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Don't call it a comeback
All it’s missing is a cup of tea
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
