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Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Island in the Plains
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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Hollyweird
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
A mystery wrapped in an enigma
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
A peeping Hockney's wet dream
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
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...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
So get ready!
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Happiness and sanity are not correlated
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
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...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
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....
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
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...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
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,...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
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...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
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.
