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I'm blue, da-ba-dee-da-ba-da
Black and White
Painted princesses
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Halibut smile
All Aboard?
My little pony
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Who needs friends when you have horses?
Behind every great guy...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Mountain man
Who's a good boy?
Wearing a vest of many colors
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Bad dude in a tranquil moment
Sexy and I know it
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
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...
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....
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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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:...
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 United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
"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...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
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...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
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...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
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....
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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...
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...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
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...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
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...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
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...
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 March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
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...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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...
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...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
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...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
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...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
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...
“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...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
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,...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
