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Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
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Playboy mogul meets Mister Rogers
And his real nose!
Probably cursed
Cruella O'Keeffe
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Hello, Darkness my old friend
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My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
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Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
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Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
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This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
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Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
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Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
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I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
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Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
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Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
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Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
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Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
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Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
It’sIn a world where I am Brad Pitt and my friends are George Clooney at the...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
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In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
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The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
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As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
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Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
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Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
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Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
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Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
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It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
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Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
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“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
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That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
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Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
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Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
