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The blood of the martyrs will water the meadows of France!
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
"Color always occupies me, but drawing preoccupies me."
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
If smoking were good for you
High drama, sex, and violence
NOT hakuna matata
Not your average #travelspo Insta’ selfie
Remember when Columbus kidnapped people to show them off?
Helen of Troy or Leila of the ambiguous Near East?
Real Housewives of Algiers
Delacroix’s Arab culture fetish
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Check it out, bro!
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
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The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Good, but not great...
You just have too much money, sir!
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Watch now
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
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An ophthalmologist's favorite painting
Rock the vote
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Going after her friends’ poems
#BlackArtMatters
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Careful, might make you howl!
Who doesn't love people watching in the afternoon?
With new capital, Tim travels to ours
Examine your systemic racism
Ghostwood
After 200 years we have the truth
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
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
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
The artworld goes to seed
201 spheres in a big circus tent
Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath
Bless your heart
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Ghosts above the city
Not for the panic attack prone
Khan’t stop, won’t stop
Trespassing & Tiaras
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
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...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
If I could turn back ti-ime!
Literally *fire*
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
How do you like your museums? I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Oh Banksy… I am not your biggest fan. Look, I don’t know what graffiti is...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
One of the most controversial pieces in the art world, many consider this piece to...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
