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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
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When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Wearing a vest of many colors
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Mining doesn’t cause death
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Just another naked lady
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
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....
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...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
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...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of 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...
