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

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

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

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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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“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”

Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”

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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre

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

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

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’sIn a world where I am Brad Pitt and my friends are George Clooney at the...

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

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

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

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

A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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An unfortunate moral dilemma…

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

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

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

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

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But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...

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

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

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

  The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...

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

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

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

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

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

The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...

Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...

We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl?  Karl the FOG, that...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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Sunset at Montmajour by Vincent van Gogh Pronunciation: /tro͞oˈvī/ Lauren helps...

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Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur

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Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...

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