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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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Island in the Plains
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“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
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As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
I want to paint it black
It's not vandalism if your heart is in the right place
Like the evil twin, except super nice
The Supreme square
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Mining doesn’t cause death
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Flower or vagina, that is the question
Blobby woman parts galore
Everyone needs a good LBD
The German George Carlin
It's not a vagina!
Where the pier meets the ocean
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
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Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
words of a griffin
They're not making chili
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The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
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...
Get your mind outta the gutter!
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a rocket?
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
young, sexy, and rich
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
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(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
It's not witchcraft, it's pussy power!
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
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This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
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Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
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...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
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As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
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Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
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Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
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Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
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Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
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The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
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Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
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...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
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Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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,...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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”...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
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...
The power girl of modern art
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
