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February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
English people are snobs
Ex-nun, harassed for painting without a license, official painter of Marie Antoinette
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Who is she?
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Marie Antoinette's best friend....possibly with benefits
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Before they hated each other's guts
French portrait inception
Another unsuccessful rebranding attempt for Marie-Antoinette
A hotter mascot than the Pope
When you look good, we look good (and we get paid)
I didn't say "Let them eat cake"
Frenemies
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Before things got ugly life was very good
Prince Heinrich...so hot right now
Voted most popular, class of 1795
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
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Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Rags to riches
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
You wish you could be this cool
Long names and titles
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
The Sun King
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
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A mama's girl
Not to be confused with Xena the Warrior Princess, Lucy Lawless.
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
"Greatest French artist of all time" - Louis XIV
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
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Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
Not an itsy bitsy spider
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Conga line from hell
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
People should pay more attention to their walls
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Portrait of a penis?
More like Louise LOLer
Playtime in the bath
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Great Scott!
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Early morning, emotional promise
Home (not so) sweet home
Bound to appear, for hundreds of years
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
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Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
So get ready!
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
The sweetest of portraits
Self-portrait with portrait in exchange for portrait
Not everyone's photogenic
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Portrait-ception
Stuff Rich People Own
One high-class whore
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
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The lighting isn't doing him any favors
The Pope who partied
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Stolen, found, but not returned
I am talented and successful
Big-time First Lady
We love a hat moment
Mother in law
Olympia who?
You’ll never think of “drip painting” the same way again
Wiiiiild wiiilllld horsesss (and scary hyenas)
Rembrandt’s first selfie on panel
Not to be confused with N'awlins
Wrapped in red
The original King of Cool
Beyond Gauguin & evil
Portraits of Belleville
This little painting went “wee wee wee...”
To the Earl goes the spoils
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
Milk and cookies cause huge controversy
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Not pregnant, just well dressed
Manet's BFF
Jack of all trades
She was a trendsetter
Umbrella collector
Big henry
The twinkling lights of Paris start to show through
thump-thump thump-thump
We're suckers for a guy in a suit
