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Banned for a while
Chicago's front yard
We're halfway there...
No ketchup in the Windy City
Is this what you want?
But I'm talking 'bout Shaft!
Safe haven for when the big one hits
Former industrial site; looks better now
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The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
California dreamin'
I overdid it
Just another naked lady
Witness her
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Disappearing act
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Nature is awesome
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Between ferry terminal and financial district
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
One museum, two museum, three museum, floor
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Don't tear down that wall!
Lovers on the lawn
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
