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Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
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We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
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A Bieber tattoo
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Down, boy
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The saddest nipple you'll ever see
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Real recognize real
A very good boy
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Dashing Dachshund
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
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Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
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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,...
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Velázquez inceptioned this painting
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
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As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
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Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
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Country bliss you can still visit... for now.
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Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
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Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
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Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
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[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
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Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
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Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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...
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Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
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Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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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...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
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An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
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Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Multi-use materials
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
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Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
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Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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