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French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
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One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
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You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
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Stolen for the nicest reasons
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Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Has a lot of money to throw around
Everything's bigger in Texas
Possibly haunted
USA's very first art school and museum
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This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
Alchemist mishaps and urine experiments
The bachelor president
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You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
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Love is a many splendored thing
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The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Her bare feet on the soil
Crikey, this one's a biter
Not sad, just blue
Selling "fruit"
All you need is love
Perks of being a tax collector
Is there a doctor in the house?
Picture perfect
The school that rejected Hitler, thereby perhaps inadvertently causing WWII
Nazis looted it, Allies bombed it, finally got its building back in the 1990s
"You and I remember Budapest very differently."
Saved in times of war
Polish censors do not approve of perverted orgies or of this painting
Sultry Mother Nature
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The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Art thieves caught red handed
Recycled tears
He's a little young for fetish play
It was her this whole time
Maximum Maxim's
Sadly, still relevant
Painting with at least 18 different titles
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Varicose veins. They'll happen to you, too!
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
A treasure trove of gold
Do the Antwerp art scavenger hunt until this building re-opens in 2017
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Space Fan Art
They go together like cat and eel
Just another pervy kid in Paris
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Not your mama's still life
Get a clue
'As she fills his dream'
Ok Cupid!
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
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When in doubt, punch Cupid
Anyone have a nail file?
Picture day
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If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Where have we seen this lady before?
Bringin' sexy back
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Late night liaisons
The land of breast milk and honey
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Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
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Teddy Roosevelt turns out to be a harsh art critic
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This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
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Bring a hankie
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Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
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Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
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Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
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…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
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Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
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It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
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Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
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Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
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The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
