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If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
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The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
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Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
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Paint-ception
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Probably banged your girlfriend
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This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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Bankers and homeless people sit separately
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PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
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Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
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Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
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This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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Villainous Treachery
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A colorful feast
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This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Gimme those pearls
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
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With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
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It’s all about perspective
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
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Target practice for Hitler's airforce
Imma start some drama
Forget tiny, this is world’s oddest violin
The one that got away
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So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
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Suspicious lack of togas
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Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
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If I could turn back ti-ime!
Fashion hunny
Must love horses
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Picasso does Mary Cassatt
Up in smoke!
Even cassanovas can get depressed
The legend herself
Hello darkness (Casagemas), Picasso's old friend
The family that circuses together stays together
Three-headed musician = daddy issues
Right before Cubism went off the rails
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Look at that cock
Mirror mirror on the wall
Prussian Blue for your dead mate
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Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Oh so sad
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Singin’ in a ring
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This one hung in Goya's dining room. Yum!
Gore, guts, and great shoes
TGIF
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Should have been called "nude mistress in a red chair"
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Beer goggles gone wrong
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It’s electric!
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Jarring obsession
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The circle of life
Literal food porn
Friendly neighborhood brewer
Upsetting
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Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
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A tale of lactose lust
Low Countries, low genre
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
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It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
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Reading rainbow
Back before the sh*t hit the fan
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Harlequin Head by Pablo Picasso
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The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Nude Woman in a Red Armchair by Pablo Picasso
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Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
I had a hearty laugh watching Toy Story some 20 years later and finally getting...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
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Bless your heart
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Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
One: Number 31, 1950 by Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
So get ready!
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
X” Marks the Spot
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
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Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
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The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
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Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
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Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
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The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
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Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
One and Three Chairs by Joseph Kosuth at the Museum of Modern Art
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
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Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
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Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
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“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
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On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
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Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
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Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
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Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
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So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
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We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
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One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
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“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
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