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This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
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Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
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The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
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If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
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As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
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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...
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One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
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In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
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Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
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Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
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Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
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Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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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...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
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Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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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...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
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This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
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.
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
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Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
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...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
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This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
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...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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