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‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
I want to paint it black
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“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
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Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
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Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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Once Punched a Skeleton
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
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Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
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Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
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Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
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Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
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[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
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Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
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Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
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PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
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No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
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Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
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The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
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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...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
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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...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
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...
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Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
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Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
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Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
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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...
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An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
