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What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
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Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
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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...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
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The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
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To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
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Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
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We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
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This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
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The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
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What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
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This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
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The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
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...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
