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Picked a dangerous medium for someone so unlucky.
University of California professor who died of cancer, possibly caused by chemicals used in his art
Former industrial site; looks better now
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Clothing optional
Doyen of the domestic interior
Rockstar painter and (unknowingly) painter of album covers for rockstars
In dad's shadow
One of our favorites in DC
Suit up!
The Precarious Sun of the MIA
He's a brick house
Bay Area uptown funk
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
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Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Pray there's not an earthquake
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
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SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Friends with all the superstars
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Wade through the cosmic muck
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This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Taking crochet to a new extreme
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Last chance to get some before it all goes to hell!
Like a sale at your local mall...in Hell.
A mother's gross task
Tie the devil to a pillow
Really expensive calendar
Time to break out your magnifying glass
omg a wedding in a barn, that's so on trend
It's Saul in utter chaos
Ain’t no party like a Pieter Bruegel the Elder party
A teacher's nightmare
When he ugly but he Jesus
Original cowboys
Singin’ in a ring
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Boy drowns; no one cares
2 spoopy 4 me
An ophthalmologist's favorite painting
Wholesome theft
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Second track in PBtheE's seasons album
Where do I look first?
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
This is what domestic bliss looked like in 1658
Men react to the friendzone
Feeding your dogs a diet of girls who friendzone you
Miss. Manners says murder at the dinner table is rude
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
"Mom! You're embarrassing me!"
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
X” Marks the Spot
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Before Hitler ruined the nose tickler...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Tuna buys a lot of art
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Artwork and dairy farm together
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
If nobody is around to view art, does it disappear?
You'll need a bicycle to get around the entire place
Safe haven for when the big one hits
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
David gets sassy
Hold still...
What the visiting English Duke wants, the visiting English Duke gets
Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)
Old faced baby Jesus
Tribute to a nymphomaniac
But is it art?
Napoleon did not like it
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PYT was actually about Bubbles the Chimp
Rub her right breast for good luck
Muse has Rodin by the junk
Low-fat art
Timberrrr!
Keep out
Deep in thought in San Francisco
A rarity: deep thought in DC
The geniuses of the Weather underground strike a blow against thought
Like Mavericks, but safer
America: 2, Europe: 0
Falsely accused
More accurate title: mistress begs husband to leave horrid wife
Seems super dangerous
A political statement
"There is nothing there, yet it is still a sculpture."
Dumpster diving goes upscale
Tread on me
Around you go
Think boats, think water, think Seattle
“I don’t think it is the function of art to be pleasing.”
Stone Age sisters doin’ it for themselves
Pray the air conditioning holds out
Almost destroyed by one sick puppy
Ginsu knife commercial?
Have a holly jolly Christmas
Let's hope this baby stays decapitated
Think of a sexual act involving something wet and furry
Full of red tape and self-sabotage
A Chauvinist Chaise?
Killing me Softly
Da nun...da nun...danun danun danunnn
Shot through the heart
Not for climbing
In the food court we trust
Chores are torture I tells ya...torture!!
Recycled tears
If Yo-Yo Ma and Jimi Hendrix met
I hear you
Crime story
His unit comes off on when dignitaries from the Catholic Church visit
Sometimes size does matter
Deemed 'revolting, pornographic, and blasphemous' by the LA Board of Supervisors
Based on personal observation
One high-class hog
They call me mellow yellow
Be seated
We have an idea for a new iPhone case
You're gunna get cut
Proving since 1965 that drugs can make anything fun!
Crackpot
Napoleon's sister was a naughty girl
Cloned but not forgotten
Pushing Sisyphus' boulder by Jacob's well
Let's hope this does not go with a giant diaper
Scott the X-man or Sir Isaac Newton?
Hold on to your unit!
Never-ending list of fans!
Stuck in the asphalt with you
Nahalal translates to Nahalal (Don't say we never taught ya nothin')
Half suit of armor, half FABULOUS
Makes your Spidey Sense tingle...but not in a good way
All the single ladies!
Makes for dangerous seating
Little bronze people in agony
AK-47s are in for Spring
Nigeria, spirited away
Mayday!
Or do worry, I'm a sign, not a cop
She's beauty and she's grace, she's Miss. United States! JUST KIDDING
Just taking a nap
99 bottle(caps) of beer on the wall
Big Alma celebrates a "win" (Filipinos may see it differently)
A sweet moment between a mother and child
Shapes that make sculpture out of thin air
Cruella O'Keeffe
Its hip to be square (or rectangular)
This one makes us misty eyed
Rag lady
Not from a fat chicken, just a big boned one
Chop, chop, chop
Is he a genius or is he just ruining perfectly good vases?
Joanna and Abigail in the sky with diamonds
She's got feet (and tits) of clay
No use crying over spilt milk...unless that milk is ice cream
Look at art a little longer
You could call it a butt crack
When the sky hits your eye like a big pizza pie
Like a booger come to life!
Just breathe
thump-thump thump-thump
Our computer cords are choking us, cutting off oxygen to the brain!
You really can get a happy meal anywhere nowadays
A two for one deal
Johnny Cash's favorite artwork
Does it make you randy baby?
Some say it ruins the view
POOF it's gone
His teeth and ambitions are bared
He probably wishes he wasn't a real boy now
Virgins don't age, duh
Party time! Excellent!
Ships ahoy!
Nut bags. I mean, net bags.
Banned for being too awesome
Thrift store art
A copy of a copy of a copy
Art on a deadline
Vintage illumination for all your best photo ops
Pretty bird
Not to be confused with Pegasus
Or five women, one unicorn.
An abyss that would make Nietzsche jealous
The Bean
Don’t eat it please.
Reading rainbow
This one’s for all the haters.
He's bad
Look, ma! No hands!
Fashion hunny
Harsher on racists than Trump
Bigger is better
Hold it!
A hot mess
WTF
Wall-E?
Neither sand nor tree, discuss
To infinity and beyond!
Tasty!
A clean sweep for David Ireland
I’d give that cannonball a 6 out of 10
A Horse is a horse of course
Conga line from hell
Don’t make me summon the ancestors
Greatest antiques roadshow find
Obsessed with death
An ode to mustard ice cream
Taxes too high? Naked horse ride, baby.
Did not survive "Snakes on a Plane"
What is this? A circus for ants?!
Are we interrupting something?
Designed by a sculptor, built by a slave
Like you, when you're cranky
Make art not war
Stop living in the past, man
A wall won't work
Hubba hubba
The patron saint of orgasms
Look into America and America looks back
A+ escape plan
So many bodily fluids
Because Prince Charming doesn’t exist
Shipping included
The awkward stencil
From the myth that invented pouring beer on jerks
Most Egg-cellent
Mammogram or mistake?
A Case of John Henryism
Not for the weak-hearted or the balding
One arch to-go
Around the dinner table, the conversation is lively
Sicker than your average muse...literally
Ed Gein's favorite artwork
Poor Albert
How the cellular found the Cellar
Roses not guns
It's ok to be king
Huge fan of hump day
Do not jump in this leaf pile
Cheep Cheep
Cruel prank on vain people
Robert Smithson
Hillary Clinton saw it and said #relatable
Boobs held high
The Illuminati did it
Not a great father son moment
The name Graves is just too appropriate
Where did the time go?
'Til the sweat drips down my...
It's heavier than it looks
Playboy mogul meets Mister Rogers
And his real nose!
Science meets art meets racism
You are what you eat
Had notorious dance moves
Pronounced colored vah-ses
Work of hot air
A look within the soul
Hiawatha, but make it classical
Put that in and smoke it
How many different ways can you say "monkey"
How many Nefertitis is too many Nefertitis?
Geology Rocks!
Cleopatra’s favorite fake relative
God save the Queen!
From one museum to another
Float like a butterfly
The eagle that played hot potato
Drum roll!
Reinventing the wheel
As easy as A, B, C
The original gal pal
Astrologically incorrect
Flavin knows how to work smarter, not harder.
Drunk on the job
A full-on naked cast
All sales are final
It's a fully formed oak tree
Abuse of power comes as no surprise…
Nothing Fits, But Everything Works
Not your average mummy
The presidential bristles
Going out in style
Went into hiding for a while
Her Christian root work
Priceless Transatlantic Trash
For one BIG garden
Grate expectations
Origami doughnut
Early morning, emotional promise
Lil' Bee Bee sees right through ya
A wild sculpture in a traditional location
Big empire, bigger ego
The big mystery
La Indigenista
Confronting the past
Luscious locks reveal a lot!
A bloody family affair
A real O.G.
Probably cursed
I can’t believe it’s not butter
These women rock
A dictator’s go-to gift
Women sculpting women
Genocide, but make it fashion
Home (not so) sweet home
Down, boy
Hulk smash...keys
Here for a good time, not a long time
Fly like an eagle
