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The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
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Great Scott!
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
Buy now on Taschen
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Sorry PETA
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
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President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Act spontaneous!
Self-portrait with portrait in exchange for portrait
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Planting seeds
Portrait-ception
Not everyone's photogenic
The lighting isn't doing him any favors
The Pope who partied
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
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If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
Stolen, found, but not returned
I am talented and successful
Big-time First Lady
We love a hat moment
Mother in law
You’ll never think of “drip painting” the same way again
Wiiiiild wiiilllld horsesss (and scary hyenas)
Rembrandt’s first selfie on panel
Not to be confused with N'awlins
Wrapped in red
The original King of Cool
Beyond Gauguin & evil
Portraits of Belleville
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
To the Earl goes the spoils
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Olympia who?
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Not pregnant, just well dressed
Manet's BFF
Jack of all trades
She was a trendsetter
Umbrella collector
Big henry
The twinkling lights of Paris start to show through
We're suckers for a guy in a suit
This story is juicy
Sexy kinda
Monkeys are the new roses
The Sun King
The Mad Masker
Snoozefest
Flashing all that bling bling
Rescued by sled dogs
Drama drama drama
That's one melancholic Madame
Want to see a pic of Marsden’s crush?
Poor unfortunate simonetta
Kahlo family Christmas card
Fine, you can paint my portrait, but you have to include my dog
Horse Girl finds her Dream Man
The face of romance
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
Destroyer of dragons
“He’s a good kid”
Anything for the king
Son of a brewer, owned by an inside man
Child super-genius
A singular achievement
Geniuses, niece and auntie
A mystery lady
Magic mirror on the wall
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
thump-thump thump-thump
Because screw your cultural norms
BDSM much?
You won’t get a glimpse of the mustache
Surprise face!
Not accurate
She hated Frida Kahlo
Adolescent Metalpoint Master
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Hatscarves rule
Lots of perks to being a vestal virgin, but also some risks
Her nickname was "la bella Simonetta"
Let it all hang out
A lot of self-reflection happens at the insane asylum
I like it when you call me big poppa
Breakups will make us do crazy things
Was it all a dream?
More than just a teacher’s pet.
Boss lady
Now that's a resting bitch face
Pet Goals
It’s the circle of life and politics
Rocking the five-head
Mary's big bro
Loneliness in the city
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
Atypical portrait by an atypical artist
Neckties, pianos, and outcasts
Wholesome bro
Paint with all seven fingers
My best hat yet
LL, is that you?
Our little weakness...
Bully!
Some More Drama
No more drinkie
Goin' to the chapel, gonna get married
The spirit of Caesar
We don't know much…
First off, that is a really unfortunate name
Came with a letter of explanation
Used to patch a chicken coop
That other pandemic
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
What filter is that?
Cruella O'Keeffe
Gives new meaning to the term "food porn"
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Frida showing off a menagerie, unibrow and 'stache
Pretty, fat, and on the fast track
Troublemaker!
Hats keep your head warm and help you look très mystérieuse
Look Ma, no ear!
Socialism never looked this sexy
Accidental POTUS
I feel pretty, oh so pretty
That's not what he looks like
Pre-downward spiral
What’s coal got to do with it?
Actually, she likes this portrait
Wearing a vest of many colors
#MeToo circa 1600
Family portrait Kahlo-style
Who is she?
“Hey, quit breathing down my neck!”
Stylish long before Gossip Girl
Fangirl-ing
de Los Cachuchas
Meddlesome Millie
Selfie with a Straw Hat
More like Honest Babe
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
It all ended badly for Charles
It's good to be bad
The sweetest of portraits
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Family portrait time!
Countess, confidante, and tester of men
It's hard to be pithy about statecraft and malaria
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
A bit creepier than a friendship bracelet
Roses really smell like...
Bow down
When a portrait isn't a portrait
Poor Sun Elk
Not your average portraiture
If at first you don’t succeed...
A pre-Dukehood portrait
A bargain at twice the price
Amsterdam gothic
It’s a rich man’s world
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
Friend of the fam
(You Drive Me) Crazy
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Demons never looked so sexy
Marilyn Morimura
Study up!
Sister sister
Highly disturbing
Sexy and I know it
“No one will even see it…”
Stank face
Hear ye, hear ye! Spotless virgin paints queen consort!
Shades of Black
Long names and titles
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Before they hated each other's guts
Just another beheading. Yawn
Can't hide a prostitute
Not at all like Greys Anatomy
Don't call it a comeback
A burn too sick for the ER
French portrait inception
I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
A hotter mascot than the Pope
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
I can’t believe it’s not Peale
The abnormally happy couple
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
These women rock
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Synesthetic symphony
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Not Antea, but it's a good story
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Possible peace portrait
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
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...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
So get ready!
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
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...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
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,...
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...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Diabeetus
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...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
