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What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
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Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
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Pre-downward spiral
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Made in a cabin
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Wearing a vest of many colors
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As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Just another naked lady
Witness her
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
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“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
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....
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
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To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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 week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
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...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
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....
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
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 day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
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Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
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....
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
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...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
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Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
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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...
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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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
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...
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Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
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...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
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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...
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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...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
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...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
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...
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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...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
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...
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...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
(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...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
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...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
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...
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...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
