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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
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I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
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Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
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Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
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This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
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Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
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…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
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At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Mining doesn’t cause death
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On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
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As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
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Hippest place in Brighton
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An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
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The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
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Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Those Swiss have got it all!
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
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We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
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The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
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Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
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At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
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
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
A gift to the Nation
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The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
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USA's very first art school and museum
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!
Brand spankin' new!
Don't get dizzy walking around this circular museum
Has a lot of money to throw around
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
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
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
You'll need a bicycle to get around the entire place
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Take that Uncle Sam!
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
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Not to be confused with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
Saved in times of war
The only place where all lost and destroyed art can still be seen: online
Crazy architecture and a rocking view
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
(German) Pronunciation: Bahk-fye-fen-geh-see-ckt
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
Leap Into the Void by Yves Klein at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
Back Seat Dodge ‘38 by Edward Kienholz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Big Red by Alexander Calder at the San Jose Museum of Art
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Negev by Magdalena Abakanowicz at The Israel Museum
Baseball at Night by Morris Kantor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Corridor Pin, Blue by Claes Oldenburg
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
Woman Dressed as a Vestal Virgin by Angelica Kauffman
Faulty Landscape (Paysage Fautif) by Marcel Duchamp at the Museum of Modern Art...
Madame X by John Singer Sargent
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
Pronunciation: /ˌkaləˈpijēən/
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii by Nam June Paik
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
Vase with 12 Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh at the Neue Pinakothek
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Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Sunset at Montmajour by Vincent van Gogh Pronunciation: /tro͞oˈvī/ Lauren helps...
One: Number 31, 1950 by Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art
Popular place to film when you're trying to prove the movie is actually in LA
Fort Worth a trip
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!
Not made of crystals
Way better than the Old Britain museum
Come one, come all
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Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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Former tobacco plantation
Built by Bernini and Borromini
SO. MUCH. JEWELRY.
Just a little touch of star quality
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
For an art school, they sure have a lotta cash
Brought to you by your favorite skin cream
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[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
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Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
One and Three Chairs by Joseph Kosuth at the Museum of Modern Art
