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From our lips to their ears
Is he a genius or is he just ruining perfectly good vases?
Footloose in French Polynesia
Sartle's patron god...the god of wise-assery
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
