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Criticizing the critics
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
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Transforming pain into expression
Kahlo family Christmas card
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Made in a cabin
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
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...
Or do worry, I'm a sign, not a cop
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
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:...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
An atheist makes a chapel where you’re NOT allowed to pray
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
