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Founded by Ludwig I, who made the mistake of introducing a beer tax, causing the beer riots of 1844

Most Roman temple like of the five museums on "Museum Island"

Bratwurst and museums just don't mix

Has computer controlled lamps giving nearly shadowless light

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...

The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...

Vase with 12 Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh at the Neue Pinakothek

  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...

If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....

People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...

  The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...

But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...

Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889.   In Robert Frost’s...

As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...

The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...

  It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...

Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...

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...

I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo.  Photo @doedeerePablo...

"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...

In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...

Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...

The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...

With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...

Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...

Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...

Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....

Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...

Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...

If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...

Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...

Founded in 1560 by Saxons who also happened to be Kings of Poland

If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....

Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...

Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...

Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...

It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...

How do you like your museums?  I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...

As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...

As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...

The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...

Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...

PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!!  Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...

Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...

By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...

Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...

With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...

Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...

Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...

You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...

Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...

Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...

Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...

Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...

We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...

First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...

Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...

There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...

RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...

The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...

Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...

The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...

Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...

Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...

The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...

Hear ye, hear ye:  “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...

Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...

  One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...

What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...

(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...

MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...

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...

Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...

At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...

Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...

Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...

Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...

Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...

Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...

A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...

The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...

Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...

This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...

The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...

No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...

Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...

I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...

Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...

This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.

Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...

An art bromance or something more?   Land art celebrity and hippie...

Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...

If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...

  Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....

Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...

Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...

Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...

We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...

Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...

This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.

Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...

Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...

This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...

Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...

The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...

Rococ-oh myyyyy!   It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...

  Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...

San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...

Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...

Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...

The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...

  Art history, but make it fashion.   Is the Met better known...

Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...

  Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...

  This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...

To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...

  One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...

Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.

Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...

Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...

Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...

American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...

  Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...

  Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...

  Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...

If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...

It’sIn a world where I am Brad Pitt and my friends are George Clooney at the...

Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...

1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens

Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...

After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...

Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...

Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...

We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...

The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...

All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...

Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...

  Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...

The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...

It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...

Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...

The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico

Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...

It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...

It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...

  The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...

It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...

It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...

  Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...

Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...

Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...

With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...

The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...

As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...

Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...

Fashion Alert!  Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...

While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...

As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...

Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...

Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...

Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....

When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...

Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...

This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...

John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...

Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...

As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...

Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...

One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...

Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...

T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...

Happy Bastille Day, everyone!  It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...

Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...

Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...

We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...

It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...

This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...

Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...

July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...

You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...

On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...

You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...

Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...

At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...

Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...

This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...

With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...

Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...

Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...

If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...

Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...

The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...

Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...

Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...

Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...

Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...

It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...

In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...

We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...

Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art

The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...

The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...

It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...

Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...

  Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...

Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...

A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster

But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...

She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..

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...

We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...

Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...

We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...

Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...

In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...

Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...

Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...

Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...

(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...

So get ready!

Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...

Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...

Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...

Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time?  ...

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci

In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...

The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...

Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...

Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...

Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...

  Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...

Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...

One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...

This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...

*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...

Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...

On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...

Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...

Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...

Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....

This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...

This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...

  America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...

In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...

Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...

In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...

Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...

But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...

We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...

Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...

  It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...

Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...

By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...

This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...

The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...

Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7

  Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...

It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...

From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...

  Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...

Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)

Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*

Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...

If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...

This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...

The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...

Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...

The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...

YBAs are so fetch.    Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...

There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...

Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...

Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...

You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...

This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...

We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...

This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...

Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...

Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...

So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...

Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...

February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...

  What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...

The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...

In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...

Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...

Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...

Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...

Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...

“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...

Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like...    The Chichu...

This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...

You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....

*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...

66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...

That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...

Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...

It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...

Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager   Can you even...

You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...

What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...

  If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...

Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...

I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...

Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...

  Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...

Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl?  Karl the FOG, that...

(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...

From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.

Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...

If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...

Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...

Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay

This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...

One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...

The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...

I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...

Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...

Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...

What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...

This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...

The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...

  The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...

In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...

Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...

Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...

Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...

Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...

  Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...

We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...

May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...

I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...

(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...

You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....

Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...

What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...

Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...

Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...

Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...

Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93.  Modern Audiences and Comic...

Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...

(Source: Aniplex)   In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...

You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...

In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born.  Empress of couture Elsa...

The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...

Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...

Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...

We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....

  The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...

sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...

Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...

Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...

…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...

Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...

Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...

Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...

Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...

We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...

Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit)   The...

Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...

Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...

“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...

The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...

Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...

Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...

Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...

My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...

The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...

As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...

The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...

President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...

This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...

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