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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-...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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....
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Our founding mother
It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
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...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Looking smug
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
And they say snacking after dinner is sinful
paint me like one of your founding fathers
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Bridezilla
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Nature is awesome
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...
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...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
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...
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...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
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...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
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...
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...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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....
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...
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...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
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...
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,...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
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...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
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...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
