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Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
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We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Topsy turvy
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
The one that got away
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Togas descending a staircase
Damaged goods
Made in a cabin
Falsely accused
More accurate title: mistress begs husband to leave horrid wife
The innocent hippopotamus
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
The Revolution will have shapes
Wearing a vest of many colors
Only men can see this one
It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Hogarth was all about that pug life
Move over, Judith!
He left the cat for last
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They grow up so fast
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If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Up in flames
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Hats keep your head warm and help you look très mystérieuse
Girl crush
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
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The evolution of infatuation
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
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Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
