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We’re directly across from Greens Restaurant. Their gluten free chocolate...
Chicago's front yard
We're halfway there...
No ketchup in the Windy City
But I'm talking 'bout Shaft!
Safe haven for when the big one hits
Former industrial site; looks better now
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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...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
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...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
California dreamin'
I overdid it
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
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...
Disappearing act
In addition to briefing Sandi on our progress, we discussed weighty matters of art...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Banned for a while
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Nature is awesome
Is this what you want?
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...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
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...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
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,...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
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...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Between ferry terminal and financial district
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
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...
One museum, two museum, three museum, floor
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
Don't tear down that wall!
Lovers on the lawn
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...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
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...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
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...
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...
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...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
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...
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...
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...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
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....
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
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...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...