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The blood of the martyrs will water the meadows of France!
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
"Color always occupies me, but drawing preoccupies me."
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
If smoking were good for you
High drama, sex, and violence
NOT hakuna matata
Not your average #travelspo Insta’ selfie
Remember when Columbus kidnapped people to show them off?
Helen of Troy or Leila of the ambiguous Near East?
Real Housewives of Algiers
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Check it out, bro!
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Good, but not great...
You just have too much money, sir!
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Watch now
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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An ophthalmologist's favorite painting
Rock the vote
Going after her friends’ poems
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
#BlackArtMatters
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Careful, might make you howl!
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Examine your systemic racism
Who doesn't love people watching in the afternoon?
Ghostwood
After 200 years we have the truth
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
Claustrophobics beware
"I like that queasy feeling"
Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School
Monument to a bromance
Not even a little bit
Singin’ in a ring
Epileptics beware
Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you
A victim of the urban housing crisis
Too school for cool
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
But especially vices
Netflix and chill...with Buddha
One depressing miscommunication
A walk on the beach
Fancy birthday presents
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Marching to the beat of her own drum
A stoner's dream
A techy tower
He barely tried
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
The artworld goes to seed
201 spheres in a big circus tent
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
