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Free museums for the win
Their first curator added much of his own work
At the opera with Manet’s only student
Health care for sex workers
A quiet day at the brothel
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
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Stolen for the nicest reasons
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
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...
Classic Hirst
Welcome home, honey...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Psychedelic wall of color
Literacy for women FTW
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Saved in times of war
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Gone are the good, old days of steamy letters
Couldn't have been a grocery list
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
When you play the game of chairs you win or you die
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
Created by Sister Suffragette
Embrace your inner underdog and recreate Rocky Balboa's run to the top!
Get Smart! See art!
It's THE Met
MOMA knows everything goes better with Bacon!
Quality, not quantity
Motor city
Good wine and interesting art
Two museums in one
One of the wealthiest museums in America
Only place that call the Dutch Masters the "North Dutch school"
Named after a beer maker
Will somebody please think of the children??
Put a bird on it
A taste of Asia in the Tenderloin
Sweet Home Alabama
Cooler than an Orange Julius
In the Athens of Australia
It's free, not cheap
I would walk 500 miles...
It's hammer time
Yee-haw
Probably the first museum to use guns as performance art
This museum is worth A-GO
Just keeps getting bigger
Joe Biden likes to come here (probably)
New Jersey gem
A capital collection in the capital of Ohio
It's pronounced Woo-stah
It's all about that space
Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
Get High on art here
Lots of art in the heartland
Awesome, free, big-city museum
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
A gift to the Nation
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
USA's very first art school and museum
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Created as part of the New Deal
Enjoy art in an architectural iceburg
One of the oldest public art museums in America
Has a cool grand staircase
Who run the world? Girls!
Brand spankin' new!
Don't get dizzy walking around this circular museum
Has a lot of money to throw around
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
Figure out the way to San Jose...ASAP!
Throw another cutting edge exhibit on the barbie...?
2 rich guys, a museum, and a wing place
Happy wife happy life!
Great art in the windy city
Started by a navy man
Everything's bigger in Texas
Possibly haunted
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Fits 423 hospital beds
Art on the walls and in the toilets
The first of its kind
Largest collection of British art outside the UK
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
You'll need a bicycle to get around the entire place
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Hippest place in Brighton
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Not to be confused with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The only place where all lost and destroyed art can still be seen: online
Crazy architecture and a rocking view
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...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
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Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Popular place to film when you're trying to prove the movie is actually in LA
Fort Worth a trip
Expanded in 2016!
Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
Underground in the City of Angels
Giant robot threatens cafe-goers. Dine at your own risk!
Yes...they "borrowed" the art
Poop in style while you enjoy art
Cheers to the gov'na!
Not for during rush hour
The first permanent art gallery in New Zealand!
Not made of crystals
Way better than the Old Britain museum
Come one, come all
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Former tobacco plantation
Built by Bernini and Borromini
SO. MUCH. JEWELRY.
Just a little touch of star quality
Big Red by Alexander Calder at the San Jose Museum of Art
(German) Pronunciation: Bahk-fye-fen-geh-see-ckt
Leap Into the Void by Yves Klein at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
For an art school, they sure have a lotta cash
Brought to you by your favorite skin cream
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Sunset at Montmajour by Vincent van Gogh Pronunciation: /tro͞oˈvī/ Lauren helps...
Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur
Corridor Pin, Blue by Claes Oldenburg
Woman Dressed as a Vestal Virgin by Angelica Kauffman
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
Madame X by John Singer Sargent
Negev by Magdalena Abakanowicz at The Israel Museum
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii by Nam June Paik
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
Vase with 12 Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh at the Neue Pinakothek
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
Pronunciation: /ˌkaləˈpijēən/
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Considerable collections
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Not just a bunch of books
The setting for Kubrick's next film
Those Swiss have got it all!
The Latin LACMA
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
One and Three Chairs by Joseph Kosuth at the Museum of Modern Art
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Can you spot the fakes?
Nazis looted it, Allies bombed it, finally got its building back in the 1990s
Started small
Not too big, great collection and kid friendly to boot
A French-Japanese collaboration
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
The school that rejected Hitler, thereby perhaps inadvertently causing WWII
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Japan's only museum for Western art and works really hard at it
"You and I remember Budapest very differently."
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
New York art world subterfuge
Hitler's jam
I can’t think of anything to say
Funky art in the heart of farm country
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If nobody is around to view art, does it disappear?
My heart is in Havana
Come for Guernica stay for ghost hunting
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Back Seat Dodge ‘38 by Edward Kienholz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Faulty Landscape (Paysage Fautif) by Marcel Duchamp at the Museum of Modern Art...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Baseball at Night by Morris Kantor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
A treasure trove of gold
Do the Antwerp art scavenger hunt until this building re-opens in 2017
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
The Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
One: Number 31, 1950 by Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Angelica takes a stab at combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
A fun new series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Harlequin Head by Pablo Picasso
Reclining Nude by Suzanne Valadon
Diana and Actaeon by Francesco Albani
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
A Grotesque Old Woman by Quentin Matsys
Inn with Drunken Peasants (Boerendrinkpartij) by Adriaen Brouwer
Nude Woman in a Red Armchair by Pablo Picasso
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
S.O.S. Starification Object Series (Back) by Hannah Wilke at The Solomon R....
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Right across from the palace. It's good to be the king!
The real deal
Modern Indian masters
