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Margaret Thatcher called him "that man who paints those dreadful pictures"

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

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Bacon paints meat

Christian nightmares

Epitome of feeling blue

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

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

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

Meat blender

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

What filter is that?

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

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

Sigourney Weaver's problem

Brothel artist

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

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

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

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…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:

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

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

Awful person, signed hundreds of death warrants

scorpiondagger: (david hockney) CANNONBALL! A Bigger Splash by David Hockney We...

It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...

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Baby won’t you light my fire

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Brits can't get enough scandal, and he doesn't disappoint

Great fighter of censorship

Rebel with plenty of cause

Like Midas, but different

Just couldn't make the aloha stick

Not actually a photographer

Not Picasso's muse Sylvette David

A Scot in Britain

Speaking out can have consequences

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

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

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A true Romantic

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Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel

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

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

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Behold, the contents of your nightmares

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Ok Cupid!

“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...

Stuck in the asphalt with you

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

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

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Magritte doesn't get mad, he gets stabby

Cubist dream

With the help of a machine

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

Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...

Star-spangled liar

Slumped from stigmata

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Ring around the rosie

Mining doesn’t cause death

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Making money via faith.

What does Red look like?  Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...

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So about that American Dream…

Where did the time go?

“Everything means nothing if I can’t have you…”

David gets sassy

Huge, famous sculpture. (With small, famous dingdong)

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…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…

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Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...

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

Literal love child

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A Case of John Henryism

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

Don’t make me summon the ancestors

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

Carravagio having a bad head day

Sometimes a cannonball is just a cannonball, but this splash may be naughty

New York is the real city of sin

Don't look at it...

Not for the weak-hearted or the balding

Luscious locks reveal a lot!

Even then it was all about the money

I'll pray for you

Whole Foods sold cigarettes?

Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...

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

Too truisms

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

This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...

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One man's terrorist with a skin disease is another man's noble martyr

Ribbit, ribbit

What will Tim do now that he's making the big bucks?

God is somethin', for Hockney we are not sure what

I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar

When you just killed Goliath no one dares tell you how to dress, even if it's like this

O say can you see

A clean sweep for David Ireland

Socrates is so obnoxious he meets a macabre end

Please paint in my absent angry mother

Suicide mission with the fam-bam

"Puny Eunie"

She hated Frida Kahlo

Dead Lion's Society

Underneath it all

The little ship that couldn't

Click here for post-coital cuddles

Nothing Fits, But Everything Works

Agamemnon's Jedi mind tricks

Daddy, buy me a tragic painting

Too much monkey business

A good swattin’

You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...

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

BFF's til the end

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maybe the Italians made fun of his height?

T for Tony

A peeping Hockney's wet dream

Someone needs to call Charles Atlas

Hockney tells the future

In the middle of a hottie sandwich

Can't get more LA than this

Another unhappy ending

It's called acting

Duty or love – Can’t a prince have both?

Puff, puff, pass

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

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

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

With new capital, Tim travels to ours

Cheshire Cat?

Wandering to a theater near you

Are you in touch with your feelings?

Spear me maybe?

Rich people in the '60s

I am NOT Whistler’s mother

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

This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...

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

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

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

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

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

No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...

The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...

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

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

Tummy ache?

Take that Uncle Sam!

If at first you don’t succeed, starve

A cute outfit can't save you

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hey big spender

Blondes have more fun, even if they can't eat steak

Sister sister

From portraitist to executioner?

Such a punchable face

I can’t believe it’s not butter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic tipi?

I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet

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

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

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

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

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

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci

So get ready!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...

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

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

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

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

(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...

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

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

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

If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...

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

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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

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

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

Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...

They’re coming for your books.   Biblioclasm is the practice of...

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

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

Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...

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

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

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

Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...

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

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

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

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

Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...

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

The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...

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

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

Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...

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

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

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

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

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

Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...

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

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

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

I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...

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

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

Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...

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

Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...

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

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

He has a lot to say about his art and his art is all about him

Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7

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

The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...

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

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

Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...

Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...

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

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

One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...

Diana and Callisto by Peter Paul Rubens at the Prado Museum

George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...

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

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

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

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

Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...

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

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

[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...

We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...

If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...

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

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

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

Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...

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

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

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

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

Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.

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

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

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

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

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

The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...

In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...

The ‘Evel’ Kinevel of the art scene

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sir Shameless

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

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

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

Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...

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

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

At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it?  Well,...

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

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

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

Vincent van  Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....

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

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

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

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

Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...

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

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

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rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...

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

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

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

Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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