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The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
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Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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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...
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One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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...
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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...
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It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
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Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
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...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
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...
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Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
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Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
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Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
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Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
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