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We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
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Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
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We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Twenty cents would get you one piece of popcorn nowadays
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
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...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
A Wiley by any other name would be just as mind blowing
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
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...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Gustave, the babysitter of the impressionists.
The battle of wits has begun!
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Singin’ in a ring
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
A teacher's nightmare
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Sex Reminds Her of Eating Spaghetti
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Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
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
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
"Mom! You're embarrassing me!"
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
If you're a girl, it's ok for your apartment to be disgusting
An unfortunate moral dilemma…
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
It’sIn a world where I am Brad Pitt and my friends are George Clooney at the...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
X” Marks the Spot
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
I had a hearty laugh watching Toy Story some 20 years later and finally getting...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
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...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
