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The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
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Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
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I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
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This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
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As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
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So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
So get ready!
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
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In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
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Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
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Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
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As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
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The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
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...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
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Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
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The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
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It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
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Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
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Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
I had a hearty laugh watching Toy Story some 20 years later and finally getting...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
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Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
