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Helen of Troy or Leila of the ambiguous Near East?
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
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Some good old fashioned tentacle porn
Not not the kraken
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Made in a cabin
Not your typical odalisque
Stay in the grid
Who needs friends when you have horses?
Why so bleu?
Not sad, just blue
Epitome of feeling blue
Wearing a vest of many colors
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Let's hope this does not go with a giant diaper
Steamrolled Smurf
As advertised
A worrisome thing
Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
Just another naked lady
Witness her
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
The Maine Adventure
Hey, Sista Sista
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Mother Nature looks good in plaid
God Bless America
Get your mind outta the gutter!
Rage-inducing abstraction
Blue, silver, and a whole lotta hate
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
This room drove its owner insane
A bit of a reach...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Corridor Pin, Blue by Claes Oldenburg
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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 Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
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....
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
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...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
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...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
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...
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...
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...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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...
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
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...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
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”...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
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...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
