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

Haunted by Nancy Reagan

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

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

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

A sedimental work for a sentimental guy

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

Germans "borrowed" it, Russians "saved" it

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

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

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

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It's not a vagina!

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

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

Vive La Revolution!

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

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

"Hyperreal"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ghosts above the city

Not for the panic attack prone

Khan’t stop, won’t stop

Trespassing & Tiaras

If I could turn back ti-ime!

Literally *fire*

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So get ready!

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

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

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

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

“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...

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

Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*

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

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

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

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

Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7

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

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

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

And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...

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

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

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

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

Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...

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

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

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

If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...

Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...

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

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

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

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

Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain

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

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

Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by  Bronzino at the  Uffizi...

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

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

Jeff Koons’ Pink Panther at the MOMA is clearly a maleBut at Sochi he is now...

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

Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...

One: Number 31, 1950 by Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art

Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.

The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum

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

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

Faulty Landscape (Paysage Fautif) by Marcel Duchamp at the Museum of Modern Art...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...

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

It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...

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

The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...

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

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

It's St. Patrick's Day!  And while we all may be Irish today, these...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...

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

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

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

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

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

Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...

Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...

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