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Not my king
Should've paid the ransom!
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Build like the Egyptians
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This one hung in Goya's dining room. Yum!
More than just delicious desserts
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Real Housewives of Paris
He's a little young for fetish play
Pretty but kind of boring
*deep existential sigh*
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Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
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Lovely sketch, sketchy love
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Illuminati confirmed
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Great not just because it was produced by a woman
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The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
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Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
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Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
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Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
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Probably banged your girlfriend
Yea, that's his real name
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Great beard, better art
Loves TV, hates men.
The Rembrandt of the video age
The better to hear you with, my dear
You think you know, but you have no idea.
Critics call him “Modernism’s Evel Knievel.”
Bodhisattva of the art world
Extreme performance artist
Renaissance woman
A feast for the senses
Classic cosplay
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Barbed wire hula hoop dancer
Capitalizes on our compulsions...and our anxieties
Crusader for vaginas around the world
Queer of all trades
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Wonder Woman but different
A new kind of art historian
Making subversive art under the radar
Blue eyes...
Not of the Bad Seeds...
A guy who knows how to get the ball rolling
Built a career off an idea he had at Burning Man
You light up my life
He's a regular techno Jesus
There's no one quite like her
Exciting and scaring museums globally
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They go apeshit over inequality!
Exactly as cool as her name sounds
Loves a big salad
Some think he would look good in formaldehyde...
Buried like a pharaoh, in his favorite car with some choice accessories
She is goals
Still waters run deep
Too hot for some critics
Korean techno superstar.
Donuts for the people!
Nothing like your grandma
Works that body
Minimal man
Rising star
Not a sports guy
She's still Jenny from the Block
The VR star
Punched William Carlos Williams in the face
Museum as canvas
Not suitable for children
Left the nunnery...
Plays the polka
Soft and scary
Like Midas, but different
The Obamas love him
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The Great Deconstructor
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A mama's girl
Married to a stone
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Nature collagist
I’m not Pop, you are.
The ‘Evel’ Kinevel of the art scene
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"Fell" out of a 34th floor window during an argument
Screamer
One man's trash is this man's treasure
His most famous work of art and his first CD are both nothing
Obey!
The trickster
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One of her shows got shut down by the police
Sculpted strange tableaux, and died too young.
When a fire starts to burn...she'll be there
Abracadabra!
She's a Jill of all trades
Old style, new subjects
So. Cool.
Show her your beach bod
Cute politico
Almost murderer
Like a hoarder, but with less of the mess
Of the so-called “fuck off generation” of Chinese artists
One Who Is Talented
A little dotty herself
As if the arts couldn't get any weirder
Genius from South Central
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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Put the Hello in Helvetica. Not related to Freddie.
Rock on Yves...
Stellar
His art will knock you off your feet...literallly
From begging to bed-in
Dopehead? Maybe. Genius? Def.
Bad boy from Switzerland
May have been brain dead once
So wildly badass it's hard to handle
Died young in Ibiza
The rabble-rouser herself
Schmoozing to pass the time
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Provocative shadows
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In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Businessman, con artist, hypochondriac, shooting victim, awesome
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
The court jester of the art world
Sir Shameless
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Fountain Lady
Basic betches love Banksy
The uncanny valley of kitsch
Brush is mightier than the stethoscope
Her genital puns are not gentle
Picked a dangerous medium for someone so unlucky.
Trash to treasure
Let him blow ya mind
Brother nature
Hello Kitty on shrooms
Vomits rainbows
Genius from Korea
Turn on, tune in, drop out
Cutting racial commentary
Outsider turned insider
Got tired of brushes v quickly
Creepy art
He made geometry dramatic
OG Abstract Expressionist
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
His poop took down a power line in Berne
The man, the myth, the legend
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Shoplifter, electroshock therapy survivor, proverbial everywoman
Crazy camel lady
Painter with a green brush
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Steel mill is his studio
Likes to psychoanalyse viewers with his art
Italian bad boy. His shit is worth its weight in gold.
Glamourous...
Expat
He has a lot to say about his art and his art is all about him
Always on the Lookout for Technological Invention and Innovation in Film.
Could have also picked the name Judy Vagina
Does a surprisingly good Mona Lisa impression
Optical illusions and Kate Moss lookalikes
Queen of appropriation
Ain't no quilting granny
If Star Trek is your thing...
Didn't want to live in America anyway
A man of many names and one iconic mustache.
The sink guy, but not a plumber
Loves zoot suits
Competing with Mother Nature
The Black Atlantic
Ground Control to Major Tom
Not your average frontiersman
Favorite hangout? The desert.
The Inventor of the Snapshot
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Careful, might make you howl!
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
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“Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.”
Sol for president
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Born to watch paint dry
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Promoter, businessman, married a porn star more famous than him
Screamin' in Sweden (not really, he was Norwegian)
Copycat extraordinaire
The art world's Bono, but with better hair
Died in a plane crash for the sake of his art
Literally blew the whistle on art world elitism
Political radical with a cute mustache
Lord of Lights
Dainty art
Old school, but not in the cool way
Britain's most hated artist
The art world's thesaurus
She knows what she wants
Not a feel-good kind of guy
That creepy toddler artist
She's different
Has so many feelings
Chairs, man…
On the dot
Artistic progeny
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Picasso fanboy
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Impregnated two of his models, married one of them, painted from a wheelchair
Look Ma, no ear
Part monk, part playboy
Loves headless figures
Sadly, a member of the 27 club
Size matters...
Man Ray sounds more dangerous than Emmanuel Radnitzky
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
A good man in a messed up world
Stained canvases with gorgeous color
Jean du All Trades
Taste, hear, and smell these
A man of many names and many loves
“Art is swindle.”
Great fighter of censorship
Cuz he’s all about that place
Annoyingly talented
Painted guns, girls, and government figures.
Modernism’s Black voice.
He's dynamite
A Kodak family
