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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Made in a cabin
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Wearing a vest of many colors
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
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...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
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....
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...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
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...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
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.
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...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
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...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
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...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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
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...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
