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Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Thought Michelangelo was overrated
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Can't get more Oakland than Oak Street
So glamour. Such famous. All of the existential.
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Five museums for the price of one
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Hollyweird
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
A mystery wrapped in an enigma
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By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Villainous Treachery
Communism speaks at the Pacific Stock Exchange
Crime story
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
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You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Made in a cabin
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Gimme those pearls
Wearing a vest of many colors
Suspicious lack of togas
Hungry
Cannibalism central
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Down in the valley, the valley so low. Hang your head over, hear the wind blow
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Just another naked lady
Witness her
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
More than just delicious desserts
Some say it ruins the view
Distilling days of ritual
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s electric!
Nature is awesome
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
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Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
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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...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
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...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
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....
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Big Red by Alexander Calder at the San Jose Museum of Art
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
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...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
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...
So get ready!
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
As of 5:30 PM BST on Wednesday September 9, 2015 (that’s 9:30 am for us Yanks on...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
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...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
