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American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
So get ready!
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Careful, might make you howl!
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
