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We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
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We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
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Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
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So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
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Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
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Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
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The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
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The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
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Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
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Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
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It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
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Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
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Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Gustave, the babysitter of the impressionists.
The battle of wits has begun!
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
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...
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A teacher's nightmare
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(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
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...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
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(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
The wine flowed, and so did the ideas! (Shout-out to Bronips!)What categories would...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Our Sartle glasses came! We were so excited to try them on but the puggies got to...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
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In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
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Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
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Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
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Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
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YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
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Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
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If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
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Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
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Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
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I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
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Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
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This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
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Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
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These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
We’re directly across from Greens Restaurant. Their gluten free chocolate...
In addition to briefing Sandi on our progress, we discussed weighty matters of art...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
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...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
So get ready!
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
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Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
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We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
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Angelica takes a stab at combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
