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The poster child for ADHD
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
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Our founding mother
It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve
Sartle's patron god...the god of wise-assery
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Looking smug
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
And they say snacking after dinner is sinful
Wearing a vest of many colors
paint me like one of your founding fathers
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Bridezilla
Just another naked lady
Witness her
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Nature is awesome
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
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...
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...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
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...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
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...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
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...
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...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
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...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
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.
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies 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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
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
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...
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...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
