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Had a good head on his shoulder named Sonia
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A healthy dose of Catholic guilt
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
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...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
“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...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
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...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
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...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Once Punched a Skeleton
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
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,...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
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...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
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,...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
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...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
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...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
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...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
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...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
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...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
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...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
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...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
