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This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
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Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
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The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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...
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American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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