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Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Founded in 1880 by the 7th Duke of Argyle (after whose family's lands argyle socks are named)
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
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American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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The blood of the martyrs will water the meadows of France!
Rock the vote
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Examine your systemic racism
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
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...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
