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Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Exactly what you think it is
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Teaching aide
Dashing Dachshund
Shawty got low low low
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
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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...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
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...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Faulty Landscape (Paysage Fautif) by Marcel Duchamp at the Museum of Modern Art...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
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...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
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...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
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...
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...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
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...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
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...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
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...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
