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I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
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Not one, but two giant cannons guard the lawn
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
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In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Reading rainbow
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Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Baby won’t you light my fire
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Russian generals hated this painting and banned it
An orchestra of orcas?
Comes with complimentary Christmas song
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Stick it to The Man
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
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This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Surf's up, dude
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
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To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
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The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Critics poo-poo him
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The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Jesus has had enough!
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
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“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Deep, dark humor
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
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Never forget
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The Ambassador Quintet
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Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
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This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
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Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
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As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Careful, might make you howl!
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
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Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
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Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Bless your heart
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
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Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
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Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Take that Uncle Sam!
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
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Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
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Her middle name might as well be “First”
His assistants did most of the work
War photographer who hated war
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Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
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As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
So get ready!
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
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Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
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Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
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…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
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The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
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They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
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It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Hippest place in Brighton
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
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Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
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I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Those Swiss have got it all!
Considerable collections
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
Lest we forget
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Commemorating the Holocaust
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
If anything, visit for the Isenheim Altarpiece
The best backdrop President Obama ever had
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Doctor Who is here a lot
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Yep, the silent smile says it all. Please enjoy Mona Lisa Monday #2: The Pulp-a...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
