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

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Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...

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

Stolen for the nicest reasons

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

Everyones favorite party monster

Veni, Vidi, Vino!

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

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

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

Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...

Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...

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

Drunk in love

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When you're the god of wine you get to drink from a huge glass

Island dumping is worse than ghosting

Historians love to diagnose him

Winos rejoice, the god of mom juice has arrived

Here's lookin' at you

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

All you need is love

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

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

Painting with at least 18 different titles

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

Channeling Van Wilder in 1538

Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)

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

Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...

Not your mama's still life

Get a clue

'As she fills his dream'

Ok Cupid!

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

This just in: Sartle makes new friends!  Amelia, Victoria, and...

Where have we seen this lady before?

Bringin' sexy back

Sex Reminds Her of Eating Spaghetti

Victorians complain, no one’s surprised

Late night liaisons

The land of breast milk and honey

Birth of the party god

Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...

  As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...

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

Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...

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

Teddy Roosevelt turns out to be a harsh art critic

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

  “An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...

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

Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...

1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens

Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...

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

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

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

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If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...

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

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

Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...

As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...

Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...

  Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...

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

It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...

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

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

  Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...

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

The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...

Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...

  Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...

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...

Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday.  Romantic folk, like my roommate...

“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...

There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...

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

To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....

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

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

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

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

The monster nude at age six

I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...

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

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

Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...

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

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

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

A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum

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

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

Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...

  San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...

It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...

We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...

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

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

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

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

Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.

The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...

As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...

One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...

With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...

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

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

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

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

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

This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.

Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...

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

In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...

Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...

Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...

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

2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...

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

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

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

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

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

Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...

Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...

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

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

With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...

Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...

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

This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).

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

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

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

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

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

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

So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...

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

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

There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...

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

Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...

Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...

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

Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...

This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.

Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...

Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...

  Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...

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

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

Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...

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

On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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...

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

Find out which artist she compares to Miley Cyrus, which artwork might make you...

Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong

Wandering souls

This room drove its owner insane

Depressed, not depressing

Planting the seed

90s and neon...so on trend

Don't turn the thermostat up too high

Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!

Censorship makes us crabby

Gives new meaning to "eating out"

No one knows just how deep it goes

Making the most of fire and brimstone

Only men can see this one

As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get

Walk on their faces

Experience infinity in one minute

The sweetest of portraits

Revolution!

Here we goooo

Unmade, smelly and dirty.

Classic Hirst

What lucky intern got to assemble these?

Calling all cynical pessimists!

Finally, a female gaze

Claustrophobics beware

"I like that queasy feeling"

Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School

Monument to a bromance

Not even a little bit

Singin’ in a ring

Epileptics beware

Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you

A victim of the urban housing crisis

Too school for cool

Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial

Shia LeBeouf, is that you?

But especially vices

Netflix and chill...with Buddha

One depressing miscommunication

A walk on the beach

Fancy birthday presents

A sedimental work for a sentimental guy

Marching to the beat of her own drum

A stoner's dream

A techy tower

He barely tried

What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?

The artworld goes to seed

201 spheres in a big circus tent

Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath

Bless your heart

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

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

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

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

On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...

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

Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...

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

  When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...

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

How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...

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

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

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

Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...

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

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

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

Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...

Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...

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

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

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

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

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

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

And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...

Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...

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

If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...

Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...

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

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

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

In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...

Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...

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...

The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...

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

Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie?  We...

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

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

Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...

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

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

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

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

Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...

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

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

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

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

Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw   It's an old Greek word shot into...

Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...

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

  At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...

Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...

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

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

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

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

Ghosts above the city

Not for the panic attack prone

Khan’t stop, won’t stop

Trespassing & Tiaras

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

Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...

Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...

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

We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...

Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...

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

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

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

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

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

Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...

Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...

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

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

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

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

We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...

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

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

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

In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....

Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7

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

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

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

From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...

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

If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...

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

Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...

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

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

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

With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...

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

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

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

This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...

Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...

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

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

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

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

We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...

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

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

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

Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...

French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...

October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...

Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...

Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...

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

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

SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...

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

March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...

Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...

Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...

“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...

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

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

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

So get ready!

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

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

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

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

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

Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...

Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...

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

‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...

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

Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...

If I could turn back ti-ime!

Literally *fire*

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

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

Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...

These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...

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

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

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

As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...

Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....

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

SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...

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

  When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...

Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...

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

It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life.  ...

Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...

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

Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...

The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...

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

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

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

Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli  Beginning just nine years...

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

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

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