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Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
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A Bieber tattoo
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Careful, might make you howl!
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Down, boy
Wearing a vest of many colors
The saddest nipple you'll ever see
Flashing all that bling bling
Fine, you can paint my portrait, but you have to include my dog
Real recognize real
A very good boy
Who's a good boy?
Dashing Dachshund
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
That darn cat
Puppy dog eyes
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
This is what domestic bliss looked like in 1658
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Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
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Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
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:...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Our Sartle glasses came! We were so excited to try them on but the puggies got to...
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....
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
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...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
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...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Velázquez inceptioned this painting
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
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...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Not pregnant, just well dressed
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
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...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
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...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
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...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
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Country bliss you can still visit... for now.
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
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...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
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...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
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...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
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...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
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...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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...
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First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
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...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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...
“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...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
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).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
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...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
