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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
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Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Made in a cabin
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
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...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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....
“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...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
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...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
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,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
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
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
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...
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...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
