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Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Because screw your cultural norms
BDSM much?
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
#MeToo circa 1600
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You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Cowboys and Leathergirls
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
The lighting isn't doing him any favors
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Self-portrait with portrait in exchange for portrait
I am talented and successful
We love a hat moment
Wiiiiild wiiilllld horsesss (and scary hyenas)
Rembrandt’s first selfie on panel
Beyond Gauguin & evil
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
Portrait-ception
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
The twinkling lights of Paris start to show through
We're suckers for a guy in a suit
Monkeys are the new roses
The Mad Masker
You won’t get a glimpse of the mustache
Snoozefest
Not accurate
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
Adolescent Metalpoint Master
Magic mirror on the wall
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Let it all hang out
A lot of self-reflection happens at the insane asylum
Breakups will make us do crazy things
What filter is that?
Pet Goals
It’s the circle of life and politics
Gives new meaning to the term "food porn"
Paint with all seven fingers
No more drinkie
The spirit of Caesar
That other pandemic
Frida showing off a menagerie, unibrow and 'stache
Hats keep your head warm and help you look très mystérieuse
Look Ma, no ear!
Socialism never looked this sexy
I feel pretty, oh so pretty
That's not what he looks like
Pre-downward spiral
What’s coal got to do with it?
“Hey, quit breathing down my neck!”
Selfie with a Straw Hat
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
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Family portrait time!
A bit creepier than a friendship bracelet
Demons never looked so sexy
Marilyn Morimura
growing up fast
Shades of Black
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Before they hated each other's guts
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Waity Katie no more!
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Just a martyr girl gang
Great Scott!
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Beauty is the brains
Stiff upper lip
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
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Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Pray the air conditioning holds out
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
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Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
OUCH
The sweetest of portraits
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Not everyone's photogenic
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
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The Pope who partied
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Stolen, found, but not returned
Big-time First Lady
Mother in law
Olympia who?
You’ll never think of “drip painting” the same way again
Not to be confused with N'awlins
Wrapped in red
The original King of Cool
Portraits of Belleville
To the Earl goes the spoils
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Gothic tipi?
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Not pregnant, just well dressed
Manet's BFF
Jack of all trades
She was a trendsetter
Umbrella collector
Big henry
thump-thump thump-thump
This story is juicy
Sexy kinda
The Sun King
Flashing all that bling bling
Surprise face!
Rescued by sled dogs
Drama drama drama
That's one melancholic Madame
Want to see a pic of Marsden’s crush?
She hated Frida Kahlo
Poor unfortunate simonetta
Kahlo family Christmas card
Fine, you can paint my portrait, but you have to include my dog
Horse Girl finds her Dream Man
The face of romance
Destroyer of dragons
“He’s a good kid”
Anything for the king
Son of a brewer, owned by an inside man
Child super-genius
A singular achievement
Geniuses, niece and auntie
A mystery lady
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Hatscarves rule
Lots of perks to being a vestal virgin, but also some risks
Her nickname was "la bella Simonetta"
Cruella O'Keeffe
I like it when you call me big poppa
Was it all a dream?
More than just a teacher’s pet.
Boss lady
Now that's a resting bitch face
Rocking the five-head
Mary's big bro
Loneliness in the city
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
Atypical portrait by an atypical artist
Neckties, pianos, and outcasts
Wholesome bro
My best hat yet
LL, is that you?
Our little weakness...
Bully!
Some More Drama
Goin' to the chapel, gonna get married
We don't know much…
First off, that is a really unfortunate name
Came with a letter of explanation
Used to patch a chicken coop
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
It all ended badly for Charles
It's good to be bad
Pretty, fat, and on the fast track
Troublemaker!
Accidental POTUS
Actually, she likes this portrait
Wearing a vest of many colors
Family portrait Kahlo-style
Who is she?
Stylish long before Gossip Girl
Fangirl-ing
de Los Cachuchas
Meddlesome Millie
More like Honest Babe
Shoplifter, electroshock therapy survivor, proverbial everywoman
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Countess, confidante, and tester of men
It's hard to be pithy about statecraft and malaria
Paul and Keanu's Excellent Adventure
Roses really smell like...
Bow down
When a portrait isn't a portrait
Poor Sun Elk
Not your average portraiture
If at first you don’t succeed...
A pre-Dukehood portrait
A bargain at twice the price
Amsterdam gothic
It’s a rich man’s world
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
Friend of the fam
(You Drive Me) Crazy
Study up!
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
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Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
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This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Sister sister
Highly disturbing
Sexy and I know it
“No one will even see it…”
Stank face
Hear ye, hear ye! Spotless virgin paints queen consort!
Long names and titles
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Just another beheading. Yawn
Can't hide a prostitute
Not at all like Greys Anatomy
Don't call it a comeback
A burn too sick for the ER
French portrait inception
I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
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It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
A hotter mascot than the Pope
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Obsessed with calligraphy
I can’t believe it’s not Peale
The abnormally happy couple
These women rock
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
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There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
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Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
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Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
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That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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Just as good as her hubby, if not better!
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Synesthetic symphony
Not Antea, but it's a good story
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The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
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Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
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Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
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Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
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What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
So get ready!
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
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The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
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
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
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
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
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By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
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I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
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It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
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Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
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You wish you could be this cool
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
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She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
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