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"Liberated" from Mr. Siemens
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Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
Come to the Pool Parlor, it’ll be fun promise
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Portraits of Belleville
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
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Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
More cushion...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Bacon paints meat
Shapes that make sculpture out of thin air
Wearing a vest of many colors
Swimming pool. drank
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
"Revolution 9" b-side
Body is a wonderland
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Shades of Black
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Promiscuous people have feelings too
Double the sadness, none of the fun
Storm's a'brewin'?
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Not from a fat chicken, just a big boned one
Great Scott!
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Sigourney Weaver's problem
Whodunnit??
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....
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Two women who don't want to talk to you
2 dope queens
To kill a nightingale
They're not laughing with you, they're laughing at you
Lit by divinity
She’s not like other Virgins
That darn cat
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
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We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Secret lives of gay prostitutes
Monument to a bromance
Sisters before mistresses
The Bowery, before it had a Whole Foods.
Cheshire Cat?
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
Stone Age sisters doin’ it for themselves
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
An ancient dick pic
Work of hot air
Kim K. has nothing on Courbet
Watch now
Damn, I look good
Build like the Egyptians
Advertise your god-complex
Its hip to be square (or rectangular)
Feeding your dogs a diet of girls who friendzone you
We want the Funk
A long-forgotten treasure from Baroque’s leading lady
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Spot all the artist’s besties
Self-portrait with portrait in exchange for portrait
Not everyone's photogenic
Real Housewives of Paris
He's a little young for fetish play
Pretty but kind of boring
*deep existential sigh*
Bringing the inside out
The only good reason to join a cult
These serpents made hiss-tory
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Portrait-ception
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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The lighting isn't doing him any favors
The Pope who partied
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Stolen, found, but not returned
I am talented and successful
Big-time First Lady
We love a hat moment
Mother in law
Olympia who?
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
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
To the Earl goes the spoils
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The past is female
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
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Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
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
thump-thump thump-thump
We're suckers for a guy in a suit
This story is juicy
Sexy kinda
Monkeys are the new roses
Because screw your cultural norms
BDSM much?
The Sun King
The Mad Masker
You won’t get a glimpse of the mustache
Snoozefest
Flashing all that bling bling
Surprise face!
Rescued by sled dogs
Drama drama drama
Not accurate
That's one melancholic Madame
Want to see a pic of Marsden’s crush?
She hated Frida Kahlo
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
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
Adolescent Metalpoint Master
A mystery lady
Magic mirror on the wall
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
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
Cruella O'Keeffe
I like it when you call me big poppa
Breakups will make us do crazy things
Was it all a dream?
What filter is that?
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
Gives new meaning to the term "food porn"
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
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Frida showing off a menagerie, unibrow and 'stache
It all ended badly for Charles
It's good to be bad
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
The sweetest of portraits
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
#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
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Obsessed with calligraphy
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
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...
Demons never looked so sexy
Bow down
When a portrait isn't a portrait
Poor Sun Elk
Not your average portraiture
Marilyn Morimura
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
Study up!
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
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!
Long names and titles
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
So get ready!
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
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
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
Jeff Koons’ Pink Panther at the MOMA is clearly a maleBut at Sochi he is now...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
A hotter mascot than the Pope
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
I can’t believe it’s not Peale
The abnormally happy couple
These women rock
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Loves ants
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
Once Punched a Skeleton
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Not Antea, but it's a good story
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Synesthetic symphony
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
