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One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Right across from the palace. It's good to be the king!
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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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...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
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...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
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...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Careful, might make you howl!
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Who says you can't marry your cousin?
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in 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...
SmoothNess, QuickNess, NessTalgia, ArlenNess
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
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,...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Responsible for the most famous vagina painting in the world
“Letting people have your paintings is like letting them wear your clothes.”
Lived life to the fullest
Too cool for New Zealand
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Architect, painter, not to be messed with
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
He loved his mommy
A favorite of mass-production calendar makers
Half of a dynamic duo
He bled red, white and blue
Had great gossip
Only different spectacles
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Disliked the outdoors for being "trop vert et mal éclairé" ("too green and badly lit")
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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”...
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...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
All that glitters is probably something by Gustav Klimt
Prepared the decorations for Michelangelo's funeral
Came to Israel when it was Palestine and founded the first art school there
Enjoys long walks on the beach, painting for patrons, and Italian food!
Sh*t just got real
Stalin wasn't a big fan.
You say you want a revolution
The flower-breeding father of fashion photography
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...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
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...
Has a disease named after him
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
