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In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
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Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
All you need is love
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Just couldn't make the aloha stick
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
More cushion...
Teacher of artists
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
Stolen for the nicest reasons
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
You betta werk!
Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants
scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Abstract-ish
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Brits can't get enough scandal, and he doesn't disappoint
Great fighter of censorship
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Midas, but different
Not actually a photographer
Not Picasso's muse Sylvette David
A Scot in Britain
Speaking out can have consequences
Women can’t be jockeys
A true Romantic
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
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Love is a many splendored thing
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Think twice before your next wax
How's the air up there?
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
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
Deemed 'revolting, pornographic, and blasphemous' by the LA Board of Supervisors
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Tiny vulvas not tiny Volvos
Painting with at least 18 different titles
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Not your mama's still life
Get a clue
'As she fills his dream'
Ok Cupid!
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
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Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Sorry PETA
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
“Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.”
War photographer who hated war
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
David gets sassy
Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)
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
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Bringin' sexy back
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Buy now on The Met Store
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Deep, dark humor
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
If you don't have a canvas, use your bed
All About the Combines Baby
Pregnancy test from On High
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Ruffled feathers
Teddy Roosevelt turns out to be a harsh art critic
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Dumpster diving goes upscale
He's a brick house
Semi-Homemade paintings
Across the Universe on paper
Bay Area uptown funk
A Case of John Henryism
Act spontaneous!
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
All hail the king
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
The calm before the storm... Or eruption
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Carravagio having a bad head day
Sometimes a cannonball is just a cannonball, but this splash may be naughty
Even then it was all about the money
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
All is not what it seems in this trippy triptych
Buffalo Bill's Back Fat
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
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
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
New York is the real city of sin
Don't look at it...
Not for the weak-hearted or the balding
Luscious locks reveal a lot!
I'll pray for you
Whole Foods sold cigarettes?
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
So get ready!
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Back Seat Dodge ‘38 by Edward Kienholz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Planting seeds
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Hubba hubba
A healthy dose of Catholic guilt
Taste the rainbow
Rebel in pantaloons
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr
Ribbit, ribbit
When you just killed Goliath no one dares tell you how to dress, even if it's like this
Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end
Please paint in my absent angry mother
Suicide mission with the fam-bam
"Puny Eunie"
Dead Lion's Society
Underneath it all
The little ship that couldn't
Click here for post-coital cuddles
Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks
Daddy, buy me a tragic painting
Too much monkey business
A good swattin’
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Big Alma celebrates a "win" (Filipinos may see it differently)
A walk on the beach
The man who made "dance 'till you drop" into an art form
What are you, chicken?
Need a ride?
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
What will Tim do now that he's making the big bucks?
God is somethin', for Hockney we are not sure what
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
O say can you see
A clean sweep for David Ireland
She hated Frida Kahlo
Nothing Fits, But Everything Works
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Paint me like one of your classmates
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?
T for Tony
A peeping Hockney's wet dream
Hockney tells the future
In the middle of a hottie sandwich
Can't get more LA than this
It's called acting
Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?
Puff, puff, pass
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Now you see it, now you don't
A crotch by any other name...
Do not jump in this leaf pile
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Someone needs to call Charles Atlas
Another unhappy ending
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Lovely ladies
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
Cheshire Cat?
Wandering to a theater near you
Are you in touch with your feelings?
Spear me maybe?
Rich people in the '60s
I am NOT Whistler’s mother
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
S.O.S. Starification Object Series (Back) by Hannah Wilke at The Solomon R....
A star is born
I want to paint it black
This one’s for all the haters.
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Skating on thick ice
Sister wife
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Tummy ache?
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
A cute outfit can't save you
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm It craves...
Take that Uncle Sam!
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Drunk on victory
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Hey big spender
Sister sister
From portraitist to executioner?
Such a punchable face
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Robert Smithson
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Blondes have more fun, even if they can't eat steak
I can’t believe it’s not butter
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Gothic tipi?
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
He's wicked...wicked hot
Pre-bullets in the neck
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Took pix of misfits
Photog to the stars
But I'm talking 'bout Shaft!
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
