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Cowboys and Leathergirls
May be the home of a mysterious monster
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
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If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
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"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
growing up fast
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Because screw your cultural norms
BDSM much?
Waity Katie no more!
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
A very weird rock
Protection money being handed over; the Pope who pays gets to watch
Seven shades of black
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Just a martyr girl gang
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
What’s more alarming: an avalanche or climate change?
It says “nude,” right?
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
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#MeToo circa 1600
Alexander's not so well
Beauty is the brains
Stiff upper lip
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Mi concubine es su concubine!
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...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
Shoplifter, electroshock therapy survivor, proverbial everywoman
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
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...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Just as good as her hubby, if not better!
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
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...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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,...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
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...
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...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
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...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
As of 5:30 PM BST on Wednesday September 9, 2015 (that’s 9:30 am for us Yanks on...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
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...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
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...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
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...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
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...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
