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Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
An ode to mustard ice cream
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Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Stolen for the nicest reasons
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
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...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
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Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
The wine flowed, and so did the ideas! (Shout-out to Bronips!)What categories would...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Bringing Austria and Germany to the States
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Don't look at me!
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
Way better than the Old Britain museum
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
All you need is love
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Babies babies babies babies rocking everywhere
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Bratwurst and museums just don't mix
Unchanged since 1918
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
Painting with at least 18 different titles
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Finally, a female gaze
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Not your mama's still life
Get a clue
'As she fills his dream'
Ok Cupid!
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
You can't ignore it
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
