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Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
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Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Once a girl scout, always a girl scout
Bouncin' off the ceiling
Put a bag over their head, it'll be fine
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
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Named after a coded slave song
Not just a pretty face, actually a research scientist
Interracial dating meets intolerance
Lusty ladies come to play
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
But where are the unicorns?
Halibut smile
Young, dumb and in love
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Down in the valley, the valley so low. Hang your head over, hear the wind blow
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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How times have changed...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
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...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
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66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
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.
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
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
