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Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
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So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
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The Blue House
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We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
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Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Old school drinking game in progress
A tall glass of water
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(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...
Farmers loosing up
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
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Most famous unibrow in art, cheated on her husband with Trotsky, loved Stalin
Puff, puff, pass
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Weirdest game of peek-a-boo
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A tale of lactose lust
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The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
Gustave, the babysitter of the impressionists.
The battle of wits has begun!
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This self-portrait's cranked up to 11
Furreak on a leash
It's raining milk, hallelujah
Eat up!
Literal food porn
All dressed up and nowhere to go
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
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It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Gorilla warfare! Wait...
A teacher's nightmare
Frida loved Trostky. Stalin killed Trosky. Frida loved Stalin. Wait, what!?!?
She had a flair for the dramatic 'til the bitter end
Before she changed her name...and her man
Monkeys are the new roses
Not balloon animals
Understatement of the century
Kahlo family Christmas card
Taken by her ex-lover and life-long friend
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
If you're a girl, it's ok for your apartment to be disgusting
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
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To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Breakups will make us do crazy things
Pet Goals
It’s the circle of life and politics
An argument against "better dead than red"
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As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
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This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
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Frida showing off a menagerie, unibrow and 'stache
Socialism never looked this sexy
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de Los Cachuchas
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Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
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All in the family
Frida, the drag edition
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There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
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So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
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Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo at the Harry...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
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All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
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Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
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Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
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Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
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Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
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It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
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It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
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San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
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...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
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With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
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Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
Legend has it that Goya’s first draft to this dining room centerpiece included...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
This week we’re looking at a piece of art that we all know from our freshman year:...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
