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

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

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

We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....

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

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

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

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

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

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

Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...

  It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...

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

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

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

Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...

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

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

via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The wine flowed, and so did the ideas! (Shout-out to Bronips!)What categories would...

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

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

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

Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...

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

  America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...

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

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

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

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

I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...

Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...

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

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

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

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

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

Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...

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

Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...

We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...

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

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

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

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

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

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

If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...

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

Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...

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

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

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

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

The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...

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

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

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

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

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

Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...

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

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

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

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

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

YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...

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

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

Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...

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

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

Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...

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

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

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

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

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

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

We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...

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

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

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

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

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

It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...

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

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

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

I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...

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

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

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

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

Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...

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

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

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

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

It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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