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Master of cultural mash-ups
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Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
To every thing there is a season
Not a chief you mess with
Time-lapse photography was invented here
Pool party
Something here looks off
Cloned but not forgotten
The Maine Adventure
The border woman
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
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...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
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...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
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’...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Once Punched a Skeleton
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
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...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
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 Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
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...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
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...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
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...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
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...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
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...
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...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
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...
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...
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...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
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...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
