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"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
To gaze or not to gaze?
One wild and sexy lady
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Under the big tent
Not your typical odalisque
The forbidden male nude
It takes a woman to give nudes true personality
Umbrella collector
Reclining Nude by Suzanne Valadon
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
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Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
A colorful feast
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Made in a cabin
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
It’s all about perspective
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Paint-ception
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Jarring obsession
The circle of life
Literal food porn
Friendly neighborhood brewer
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
I'll have what she's having
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Freaky families
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
If you take enough drugs, it really looks like a violin!
So you want to be a Cubist?
A long ride for a free meal
Praying to have faith
Falling for the same gal
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Spear me maybe?
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
A tale of lactose lust
Low Countries, low genre
Reading rainbow
Back before the sh*t hit the fan
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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,...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
The art world’s very own Cruella De Vil
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...