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So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
It's almost like you're there
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
Remix!
Just what is going on here?
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Prostitute or Prosti-Cute?
Mad Men, S.a.a.d City
Want to see a pic of Marsden’s crush?
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
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...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
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PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Whodunnit??
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Local good guys
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
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...
Mining doesn’t cause death
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Stone Age sisters doin’ it for themselves
Like, Totally Rad Art Dude
An ancient dick pic
Work of hot air
Portraits of Belleville
Kim K. has nothing on Courbet
Watch now
Damn, I look good
Build like the Egyptians
Advertise your god-complex
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Find out which artist she compares to Miley Cyrus, which artwork might make you...
Real Housewives of Paris
He's a little young for fetish play
Pretty but kind of boring
*deep existential sigh*
Bringing the inside out
The only good reason to join a cult
These serpents made hiss-tory
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Wearing a vest of many colors
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
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Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The past is female
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The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
Shades of Black
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Obsessed with calligraphy
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
The wine flowed, and so did the ideas! (Shout-out to Bronips!)What categories would...
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Our Sartle glasses came! We were so excited to try them on but the puggies got to...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Jasper is judging you for not following us. Our second monthly get together...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
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,...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Loves ants
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San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Mona Lisa #1: “The Wonder Lisa”
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
No more fake news!
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
I’ll be very easy to spot since I’ll be wearing a pair of the super amazing x-ray...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...
We’re directly across from Greens Restaurant. Their gluten free chocolate...
In addition to briefing Sandi on our progress, we discussed weighty matters of art...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
So get ready!
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
