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Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
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Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
The wine flowed, and so did the ideas! (Shout-out to Bronips!)What categories would...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
Bringing Austria and Germany to the States
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
Way better than the Old Britain museum
Babies babies babies babies rocking everywhere
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Bratwurst and museums just don't mix
Unchanged since 1918
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Finally, a female gaze
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
You can't ignore it
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Inhale this and you're gonna need a hail mary
Stuck at home again
Need a ride?
Taken by her ex-lover and life-long friend
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Swastikas were ok at the time
Used to be a palace, v. chic
At the bottom of the sea
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
X” Marks the Spot
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
It ain't easy bein' blonde
Disappearing act
Come and play with us
A tell-all title
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Painting skyscrapers before it was cool
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
