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Go away Apple!
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The Grand Canal, by the "Little Canal"
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
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This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
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Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
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Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
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The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
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Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
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[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
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Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
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Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
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So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
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The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
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No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
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Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
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“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
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March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
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Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
Careful, might make you howl!
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
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We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
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This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
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...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
