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PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
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We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
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Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
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We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
The wine flowed, and so did the ideas! (Shout-out to Bronips!)What categories would...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Bringing Austria and Germany to the States
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
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Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
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Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
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Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
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Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
Way better than the Old Britain museum
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Babies babies babies babies rocking everywhere
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Bratwurst and museums just don't mix
Unchanged since 1918
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
Finally, a female gaze
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
You can't ignore it
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
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If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
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Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
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As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
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Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Swastikas were ok at the time
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Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
X” Marks the Spot
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The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
It ain't easy bein' blonde
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Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
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The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
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While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
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Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
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Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
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Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
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Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
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Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Find out which artist she compares to Miley Cyrus, which artwork might make you...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
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Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
She's a Jill of all trades
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
