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Teacher of artists
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Buy now on Amazon
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Sibling rivalry
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
A nice Canadian guy
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Sister wife
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Rebel in pantaloons
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
So we beat on, boats against the current
Remember when Columbus kidnapped people to show them off?
Original cowboys
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
Watch now
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
He married a rich model
A good man in a messed up world
Armchair tourism pays off
Save the horses!
Copying can be a legitimate career choice sometimes
Sgt. of Art
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Skating on thick ice
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
A wandering painter
Real Housewives of Paris
It's all an illusion
Briggsy
Click here to find God!
Where's that dam photo?
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Criticizing the critics
Everybody loves a celebration!
Worst chess board ever
Has a disease named after him
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Another line drawn
'Til the sweat drips down my...
Would rather throw spitballs than study
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
When you can’t pick a paint swatch
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Not one for the Christmas card
Sisters before mistresses
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Oh my Goddesses
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
A walk on the beach
Loved the countryside, and died of lyme disease contracted in the countryside
Family portrait time!
Buy now on Taschen
Sorry PETA
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
“Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.”
War photographer who hated war
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Drawn to the dark side
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
If you don't have a canvas, use your bed
All About the Combines Baby
Pregnancy test from On High
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Ruffled feathers
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Buy now on The Met Store
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Dumpster diving goes upscale
All you need is love
He's a brick house
Semi-Homemade paintings
Across the Universe on paper
Bay Area uptown funk
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
The pitfalls of trying to sell stolen art
Everybody dance now
Stalin hated it!
Before Freddy Krueger there were still things that went bump in the night
Neato nature
Guy about to invent writing: oh, you haven't heard?
There's no such thing as bad publicity
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Like characters in a Henry James novel
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Act spontaneous!
Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
All hail the king
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
The calm before the storm... Or eruption
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
All is not what it seems in this trippy triptych
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
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
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Savage fashion
Those have got to be implants
Guggenheim hooked it UP
Do the thing! Win the sports!
Don’t be so naive
Float like a butterfly, threads like an OG
Planting seeds
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Hubba hubba
A healthy dose of Catholic guilt
Taste the rainbow
Shapes that make sculpture out of thin air
Grab a mai-tai
God save the Queen!
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Big Alma celebrates a "win" (Filipinos may see it differently)
The man who made "dance 'till you drop" into an art form
What are you, chicken?
Need a ride?
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
No bra days are the best days
When you're unhappy and you know it don't clap your hands
Big henry
Playing dress up
Not balloon animals
It’s, like, a metaphor, man
A tender moment
“You’re blocking my light”
Iconic... apparently
Little pig's tail
Rock the casbah!
Squares are people too
It's almost like you're there
Now you see me...
Paint me like one of your classmates
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Now you see it, now you don't
A crotch by any other name...
Do not jump in this leaf pile
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Nothing like a ten-some to tempt a saint
Green ladies are always the nicest
Didn't turn out great, as you might guess
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy
Make it green! Make it blue! Make it red!
A political pain in the ass
Taking the sun-spot in a lions’ den
Lit by divinity
Praying to have faith
The right to bear arms?
Lovely ladies
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Not from a fat chicken, just a big boned one
Before Facebook event pages, you had to get creative
Harsher on racists than Trump
So this is why they call them blueprints
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
This one’s for all the haters.
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Secret lives of gay prostitutes
1,2,3 Kick!
Mr. Cool always gets invited to the party
Daddy's little girl grows up
Yvette herself thought it a "monstrosity"
Once a good boy, always a good boy
Babe, I’m sorry I’m late
Œdipus starts some drama
Just some good ol’ fashioned Milton fanfiction
When will my reflection show who I am inside
Heavenly view
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm It craves...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
This woman has attitude, an appetite, and boy can she dance!
Health care for sex workers
Those who can't do, paint
A quiet day at the brothel
Smart girls don't buy sight unseen
Imitation is the sincerest form of brown-nosing
Rip van drinkle
Sacred moment made earthly and intimate
A bargain at twice the price
I’ll never understand humans
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Drunk on victory
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Robert Smithson
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Explosive high kicks
Sexy stocking stuffers
Spot all the artist’s besties
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
Don't call it a comeback
All it’s missing is a cup of tea
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
He's wicked...wicked hot
Pre-bullets in the neck
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Angelica takes a stab at combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Even firecrackers run out of energy eventually
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Cross dressing revolutionary
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
