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Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
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No sh*t!
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All hail the original drama queen
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
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Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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Beautiful custom made rooms for Monet paintings
Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong
Wandering souls
This room drove its owner insane
Depressed, not depressing
Planting the seed
90s and neon...so on trend
Don't turn the thermostat up too high
Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!
Censorship makes us crabby
Gives new meaning to "eating out"
No one knows just how deep it goes
Making the most of fire and brimstone
Only men can see this one
As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get
Walk on their faces
Experience infinity in one minute
The sweetest of portraits
Revolution!
Here we goooo
Unmade, smelly and dirty.
Classic Hirst
What lucky intern got to assemble these?
Calling all cynical pessimists!
Finally, a female gaze
Claustrophobics beware
"I like that queasy feeling"
Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School
Monument to a bromance
Not even a little bit
Singin’ in a ring
Epileptics beware
Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you
A victim of the urban housing crisis
Too school for cool
Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial
Shia LeBeouf, is that you?
But especially vices
Netflix and chill...with Buddha
One depressing miscommunication
A walk on the beach
Fancy birthday presents
A sedimental work for a sentimental guy
Marching to the beat of her own drum
A stoner's dream
A techy tower
He barely tried
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The artworld goes to seed
201 spheres in a big circus tent
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
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Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
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66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
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Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
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Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
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Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
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Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
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With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
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Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
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Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
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[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
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Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...
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It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
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These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
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Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
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In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
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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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(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
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