Sartle requires JavaScript to be enabled in order for you to enjoy its full functionality and user-experience.You can find info on how to enable JavaScript for your browser here.
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Buy now on Amazon
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Singin’ in a ring
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Men react to the friendzone
Feeding your dogs a diet of girls who friendzone you
Miss. Manners says murder at the dinner table is rude
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Former tobacco plantation
"Mom! You're embarrassing me!"
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Bless your heart
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
Created by Sister Suffragette
Embrace your inner underdog and recreate Rocky Balboa's run to the top!
Get Smart! See art!
It's THE Met
MOMA knows everything goes better with Bacon!
Quality, not quantity
Motor city
Good wine and interesting art
Two museums in one
One of the wealthiest museums in America
Only place that call the Dutch Masters the "North Dutch school"
Named after a beer maker
Will somebody please think of the children??
Put a bird on it
A taste of Asia in the Tenderloin
Sweet Home Alabama
Cooler than an Orange Julius
In the Athens of Australia
It's free, not cheap
I would walk 500 miles...
It's hammer time
Yee-haw
Probably the first museum to use guns as performance art
This museum is worth A-GO
Just keeps getting bigger
Joe Biden likes to come here (probably)
New Jersey gem
A capital collection in the capital of Ohio
It's pronounced Woo-stah
It's all about that space
Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
Get High on art here
Lots of art in the heartland
Awesome, free, big-city museum
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
A gift to the Nation
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
USA's very first art school and museum
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Created as part of the New Deal
Enjoy art in an architectural iceburg
One of the oldest public art museums in America
Has a cool grand staircase
Who run the world? Girls!
Brand spankin' new!
Don't get dizzy walking around this circular museum
Has a lot of money to throw around
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
Figure out the way to San Jose...ASAP!
Throw another cutting edge exhibit on the barbie...?
2 rich guys, a museum, and a wing place
Happy wife happy life!
Great art in the windy city
Started by a navy man
Everything's bigger in Texas
Possibly haunted
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Fits 423 hospital beds
Art on the walls and in the toilets
The first of its kind
Largest collection of British art outside the UK
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Free museums for the win
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
You'll need a bicycle to get around the entire place
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Hippest place in Brighton
Not to be confused with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
Saved in times of war
The only place where all lost and destroyed art can still be seen: online
Crazy architecture and a rocking view
Buy now on Taschen
