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A gift to the Nation
Come and say g'day
Founded in 1880 by the 7th Duke of Argyle (after whose family's lands argyle socks are named)
They're keeping the name
Purchased a Rembrandt for £20
Likes to botch restoration projects and spend a lot of money
Aye laddy...
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
Danish, anyone?
Famous British Mugs
"The noblest of Washington buildings." - Walt Whitman
Great Scott!
Does Renaissance art give you the hots?
Giant robot threatens cafe-goers. Dine at your own risk!
Get elevated
Founded in 1560 by Saxons who also happened to be Kings of Poland
Modern Indian masters
Buy now on Amazon
Used to be a palace, v. chic
One museum, two museum, three museum, floor
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
"Let no stranger to the Muses enter"
Posher than Posh and Becks
Island in the Plains
Buy now on The Met Store
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
The Phaaaaaaaaaaaaaantom of the opera is here!
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
Two museums in one
Named after a beer maker
In the Athens of Australia
This museum is worth A-GO
The most picturesque corner of Venice
Who run the world? Girls!
Doctor Who is here a lot
2 rich guys, a museum, and a wing place
Hippest place in Brighton
Happy wife happy life!
Started by a navy man
The first of its kind
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Even cassanovas can get depressed
Once owned by a corporate samurai
Old woman, old school
Japan's only museum for Western art and works really hard at it
You gotta check out the miniature paintings!
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
Was the Medici's office building
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Right across from the palace. It's good to be the king!
The real deal
Installed electricity to draw crowds at night shows
The first permanent art gallery in New Zealand!
Country living
A somber portrait lurks behind a somber portrait
New York state of mind
Just across the Waterwolf
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Hosts art shows and chess tournaments
Saved by a princess
What is the meaning of life?
Beer goggles gone wrong
Juana’s mom has got it going on
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
That's not what he looks like
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...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Should we do as they say, not as they do?
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the Smithsonian...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
The perils of flirting on a boat
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Take that Uncle Sam!
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Mao Tse-Tung No. 4 by Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Australia...
Angelica joins the party, combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian at the The National Gallery (London)
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet at the National...
Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.
Nature is awesome
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart at the National Portrait...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Hey big spender
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Poor snek
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Fancy birthday presents
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
The penis is v. important in this one
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
A Grotesque Old Woman by Quentin Matsys
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Careful, might make you howl!
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
A stiff upper lip
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
A fun new series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Pronunciation: /ˌkaləˈpijēən/
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici as a Child by Bronzino at the Uffizi...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Our Sartle glasses came! We were so excited to try them on but the puggies got to...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
So get ready!
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
