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The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Warp speed
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Made in a cabin
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“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Wearing a vest of many colors
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As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
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This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...