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Build me up, buttercup
Wholesome
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
New art in the windy city
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Wearing a vest of many colors
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
(German) Pronunciation: Bahk-fye-fen-geh-see-ckt
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
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...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
