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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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Critics poo-poo him
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
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So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
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Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
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Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
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As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
