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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
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Island in the Plains
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
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Made in a cabin
I want to paint it black
Wearing a vest of many colors
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
It's not vandalism if your heart is in the right place
Like the evil twin, except super nice
The Supreme square
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Mining doesn’t cause death
Flower or vagina, that is the question
Blobby woman parts galore
Everyone needs a good LBD
The German George Carlin
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Just another naked lady
Witness her
It's not a vagina!
Where the pier meets the ocean
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
words of a griffin
They're not making chili
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Get your mind outta the gutter!
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a rocket?
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
young, sexy, and rich
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
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With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
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RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
It's not witchcraft, it's pussy power!
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
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Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
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Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
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The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
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Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
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In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
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Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
