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And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Criticizing the critics
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
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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Just another naked lady
Witness her
Sorry PETA
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Hitler's jam
Cablah-blah-blah
Bet on black
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Act spontaneous!
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Planting seeds
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
Behind the Scenes at Arles
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Fighting the canvas
Let’s paint here, they won’t find us
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
A star is born
I want to paint it black
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Very precious plaster
Vacation home art
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
