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Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Ceramic sex toys are a thing with her
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Topsy turvy
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Togas descending a staircase
Damaged goods
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Made in a cabin
The innocent hippopotamus
Falsely accused
More accurate title: mistress begs husband to leave horrid wife
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Wearing a vest of many colors
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Only men can see this one
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
They grow up so fast
Just another naked lady
Witness her
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Act spontaneous!
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Planting seeds
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
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Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
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Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
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Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
A star is born
I want to paint it black
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Possible peace portrait
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
As of 5:30 PM BST on Wednesday September 9, 2015 (that’s 9:30 am for us Yanks on...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Diabeetus
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
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You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Leap Into the Void by Yves Klein at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Madame X by John Singer Sargent
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn and Woman at her...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
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The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
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Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
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Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
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If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
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Corridor Pin, Blue by Claes Oldenburg
Woman Dressed as a Vestal Virgin by Angelica Kauffman
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
Negev by Magdalena Abakanowicz at The Israel Museum
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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii by Nam June Paik
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A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
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Vase with 12 Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh at the Neue Pinakothek
