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It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
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...
It's only natural
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The school that rejected Hitler, thereby perhaps inadvertently causing WWII
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In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Hippest place in Brighton
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Bringing the inside out
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Doctor Who is here a lot
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
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Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
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Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
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Emperor Franz Joseph I ran out of space to hang his art, and this museum was his solution
Their collection was saved by the Monuments Men
There's more than sculptures by Wilhelm Lehmbruck here
If you want to see Spanish art and can't get to Spain, book yourself a ticket to Dallas, Texas
Old meets new at this Ivy League museum
Do donuts around the mini Statue of Liberty in the parking lot
Awesome neighbor of Sartle! Or should we say, *vecino*
Orphan Annie's favorite museum
Austria's finest
U. Can't Lick Art
Art and a murder trunk? Count me in!
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Reading rainbow
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Careful, might make you howl!
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
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