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Gay, kinky, happy to stir controversy, brilliant, died of AIDS
Time to break out your magnifying glass
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
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Phallus of France
Robert likes Ken
It's naht a tu-mah! It's his bicep!
Portrait of a penis?
The man who made "dance 'till you drop" into an art form
Braved insane heights to snap the perfect pic.
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
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John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Whodunnit??
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Stone Age sisters doin’ it for themselves
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
An ancient dick pic
Work of hot air
Portraits of Belleville
Kim K. has nothing on Courbet
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Damn, I look good
Build like the Egyptians
Advertise your god-complex
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Real Housewives of Paris
He's a little young for fetish play
Pretty but kind of boring
*deep existential sigh*
Bringing the inside out
The only good reason to join a cult
These serpents made hiss-tory
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Wearing a vest of many colors
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The past is female
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Shades of Black
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Obsessed with calligraphy
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Loves ants
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
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Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Yea, that's his real name
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Great beard, better art
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Loves TV, hates men.
The Rembrandt of the video age
The better to hear you with, my dear
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
You think you know, but you have no idea.
Critics call him “Modernism’s Evel Knievel.”
Bodhisattva of the art world
Extreme performance artist
Renaissance woman
A feast for the senses
Classic cosplay
The art world’s very own Cruella De Vil
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Barbed wire hula hoop dancer
Capitalizes on our compulsions...and our anxieties
Crusader for vaginas around the world
Queer of all trades
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Wonder Woman but different
A new kind of art historian
Making subversive art under the radar
Blue eyes...
Not of the Bad Seeds...
A guy who knows how to get the ball rolling
Built a career off an idea he had at Burning Man
You light up my life
He's a regular techno Jesus
There's no one quite like her
Exciting and scaring museums globally
Changing the world, one photo at a time
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
They go apeshit over inequality!
Exactly as cool as her name sounds
Loves a big salad
Some think he would look good in formaldehyde...
Buried like a pharaoh, in his favorite car with some choice accessories
She is goals
Still waters run deep
Too hot for some critics
Korean techno superstar.
Donuts for the people!
Nothing like your grandma
Works that body