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Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Buried like a pharaoh, in his favorite car with some choice accessories
An American hero who was probably into BDSM
Good old leopard-face
Superstar in his day, virtually unknown today
An artist of war
The flower-breeding father of fashion photography
Let his friends dissuade him from an honest religious life
Not my king
Huge fan of hump day
Buy now on Amazon
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Wearing a vest of many colors
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Like a post-apocalyptic NYC
That noise you make when you get punched in the stomach
Last gas in X miles
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Based on personal observation
Disaster scene
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Why make one when you can make 100?
Modeled after a seventy-eight year old woman
Not to be confused with N'awlins
No vacancy at Bates Motel
Hopper was about that light
Just what is going on here?
Waiting on that free breakfast spread
A prostitute & a clown walk into a bar
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Mad Men, S.a.a.d City
Once a girl scout, always a girl scout
Togas descending a staircase
“There, there. Don’t kill yourself.”
Sultry Mother Nature
Stuck at home again
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Back Seat Dodge ‘38 by Edward Kienholz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Deemed 'revolting, pornographic, and blasphemous' by the LA Board of Supervisors
Razzle dazzle warfare
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
"Sleep"
Rags-to-riches before it was cool
Romantic load of crap
Potato-filtered portrait
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
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...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
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...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
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....
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Born to watch paint dry
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
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...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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....
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
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...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
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...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
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.
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...
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...
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...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
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...
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...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
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...
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...
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...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
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...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
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...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
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...
“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).
