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It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
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Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
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Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
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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...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
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Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
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Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
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Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
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You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
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Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
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SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
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Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
