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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
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Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
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With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
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Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
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“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
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Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
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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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Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
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Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
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One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
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Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
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Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
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The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
