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Two great minds meet
Superfan, partner, sole heir, biographer
Didn't want to live in America anyway
The patriarchy loves what it cannot have
At-ten-tion!
Painted maidens, cherubs, and lion carcasses
These women rock
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…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Freaky Faces
Still I rise
Sister sister
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
As of 5:30 PM BST on Wednesday September 9, 2015 (that’s 9:30 am for us Yanks on...
Royally good propaganda
"Femme aux Fagots" in French
Playing dress up
The cold shoulder, literally
Dead Lion's Society
Real recognize real
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Problematic, but in a nice way
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Botany babe
Victorian-era badass
There is a dead guy in this picture
The soul-destroying Victorian Era strikes again
Bow down
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Mo money, mo problems
When Doves Cry
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Watch now
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
It's not witchcraft, it's pussy power!
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
I’m blue, da ba dee da ba di
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Exactly the white kind of person
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Victorians complain, no one’s surprised
Workin’ 9 to 5
TGIF
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
Little known American heroine
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Voted most popular, class of 1795
Long names and titles
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
She's a Jill of all trades
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Optical illusions and Kate Moss lookalikes
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Sicker than your average grandma
Horse on a treadmill
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Pie is a breakfast food
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Swiss Miss
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
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YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
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Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
