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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Orphan, workaholic, died "from excessive devotion to his art" (or stomach cancer)
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
A case of post mortem hype
Imaginary friends are cool!
In dad's shadow
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Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Second of four David Teniers' and married to a Breughel
Son of Cranach the Elder
Early photoshopper
Worked for big Henry
What the visiting English Duke wants, the visiting English Duke gets
Napoleon's sister was a naughty girl
birth control or Bible stories?
Make it rain
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
Wearing a vest of many colors
Napoleon did not like it
Perhaps these cultural references were lost
cowering from his wife
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Ribbit, ribbit
She used a good filter
Loved embroidery, propriety, and murderous royals
Too much monkey business
A good swattin’
Hubba hubba
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
T for Tony
Wholesome theft
Puff, puff, pass
"Wish you were here!"
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Troublemaker!
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Bow down
Taking one for the team
Study up!
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Hey big spender
Drunk on victory
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee by Marcus Gheeraerts II at the Tate Britain
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
French portrait inception
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
So get ready!
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
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...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Before postcards, there was Canaletto
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...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
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....
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Where Surrealism ends, Ab-Ex begins
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
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...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
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...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
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...
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...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
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...
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...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
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 tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
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...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
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...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
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...
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...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
“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...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
(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).
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...
