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Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Yep, the silent smile says it all. Please enjoy Mona Lisa Monday #2: The Pulp-a...
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...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
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T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
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We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
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This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
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But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
