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A gift to the Nation
Come and say g'day
Founded in 1880 by the 7th Duke of Argyle (after whose family's lands argyle socks are named)
They're keeping the name
Purchased a Rembrandt for £20
Likes to botch restoration projects and spend a lot of money
Aye laddy...
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
Danish, anyone?
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Great Scott!
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Does Renaissance art give you the hots?
Giant robot threatens cafe-goers. Dine at your own risk!
Get elevated
Buy now on Amazon
Modern Indian masters
Used to be a palace, v. chic
One museum, two museum, three museum, floor
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
"Let no stranger to the Muses enter"
Posher than Posh and Becks
Island in the Plains
Buy now on The Met Store
The Phaaaaaaaaaaaaaantom of the opera is here!
Two museums in one
Named after a beer maker
In the Athens of Australia
This museum is worth A-GO
The most picturesque corner of Venice
Who run the world? Girls!
Doctor Who is here a lot
2 rich guys, a museum, and a wing place
Hippest place in Brighton
Happy wife happy life!
Started by a navy man
The first of its kind
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Japan's only museum for Western art and works really hard at it
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Was the Medici's office building
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Right across from the palace. It's good to be the king!
The real deal
Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
The first permanent art gallery in New Zealand!
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Hosts art shows and chess tournaments
Saved by a princess
What is the meaning of life?
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Founded in 1560 by Saxons who also happened to be Kings of Poland
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The perils of flirting on a boat
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
Take that Uncle Sam!
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Nature is awesome
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Hey big spender
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
The penis is v. important in this one
Fancy birthday presents
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Careful, might make you howl!
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
A fun new series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Pronunciation: /ˌkaləˈpijēən/
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Once Punched a Skeleton
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
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...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
Our Sartle glasses came! We were so excited to try them on but the puggies got to...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
It’s bigger in person, I swear!
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
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Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Lest we forget
‘MURICA
It's kind of a big deal
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
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Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Protecting Catholicism since 1609
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
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Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
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Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Founded by Ludwig I, who made the mistake of introducing a beer tax, causing the beer riots of 1844
Prado, not Prada
The only way to get money is to spend money
Vision of a man who stood on his head every day
Yes, it used to be a railway station
You can't see a David this big anywhere else
Bratwurst and museums just don't mix
Built by Bernini and Borromini
SO. MUCH. JEWELRY.
Works by Rodin and ... his mistress
Beautiful custom made rooms for Monet paintings
"You and I remember Budapest very differently."
The building is inside out
Dedicated to Human History and Culture
In 1940, Hitler took the museum's 85 best artworks for himself, and had the curator killed in a concentration camp.
Just a little touch of star quality
Good luck Chuck
Covers really old stuff to old stuff
Thank God popes like art
My heart is in Havana
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
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Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
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