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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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The blood of the martyrs will water the meadows of France!
Rock the vote
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Examine your systemic racism
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
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 holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
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...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
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...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
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...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
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...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
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...
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...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
