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One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
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Stolen for the nicest reasons
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Everyones favorite party monster
Veni, Vidi, Vino!
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Drunk in love
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
When you're the god of wine you get to drink from a huge glass
Island dumping is worse than ghosting
Historians love to diagnose him
Winos rejoice, the god of mom juice has arrived
Here's lookin' at you
Love is a many splendored thing
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
All you need is love
Channeling Van Wilder in 1538
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Painting with at least 18 different titles
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Not your mama's still life
Get a clue
'As she fills his dream'
Ok Cupid!
Birth of the party god
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Where have we seen this lady before?
Bringin' sexy back
Sex Reminds Her of Eating Spaghetti
Victorians complain, no one’s surprised
Late night liaisons
The land of breast milk and honey
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Teddy Roosevelt turns out to be a harsh art critic
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The monster nude at age six
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
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,...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
A Little Taste Outside of Love by Mickalene Thomas at the Brooklyn Museum
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Say something deep
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Find out which artist she compares to Miley Cyrus, which artwork might make you...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
