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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
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Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Mining doesn’t cause death
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Just another naked lady
Witness her
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
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If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
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"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
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MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
