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This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
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Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
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This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
So get ready!
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
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I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
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The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
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Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
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What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
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Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
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Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
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Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
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Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
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Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
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I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
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Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
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One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
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Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
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We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
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This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
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(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
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Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
