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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Monet’s lily pond salvation
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
How do I look?
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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The blood of the martyrs will water the meadows of France!
Rock the vote
Made in a cabin
What’s coal got to do with it?
Wearing a vest of many colors
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Examine your systemic racism
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...