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Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
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
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
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Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Across the Universe on paper
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...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
U.S. politicians and Nazis don’t mix well with symbolism
'Til the sweat drips down my...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
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Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Whodunnit??
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
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
It's St. Patrick's Day! And while we all may be Irish today, these...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
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...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
Oh shit!
Sexism sucks
No days off
Go ahead and take a peek
Another nude, Gerome?
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Wearing a vest of many colors
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The past is female
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
Shades of Black
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Obsessed with calligraphy
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Sartle highly recommends the San Francisco Art Institute’s new online art...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
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...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
Loves ants
Walk along the Water of Leith in Dunedin (also known as Edinburgh), following the...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Parents say the darndest things. Art can be hard to understand but like it or not,...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
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”...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
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The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Yea, that's his real name
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Great beard, better art
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Loves TV, hates men.
The Rembrandt of the video age
The better to hear you with, my dear
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
You think you know, but you have no idea.
Critics call him “Modernism’s Evel Knievel.”
Bodhisattva of the art world
Extreme performance artist
Renaissance woman
A feast for the senses
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Classic cosplay
The art world’s very own Cruella De Vil
Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Barbed wire hula hoop dancer
Capitalizes on our compulsions...and our anxieties
Crusader for vaginas around the world
Queer of all trades
Rebel with plenty of cause
Like Wonder Woman but different
A new kind of art historian
Making subversive art under the radar
Blue eyes...
Not of the Bad Seeds...
A guy who knows how to get the ball rolling
Built a career off an idea he had at Burning Man
You light up my life
He's a regular techno Jesus
There's no one quite like her
Exciting and scaring museums globally
Changing the world, one photo at a time
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
They go apeshit over inequality!
Exactly as cool as her name sounds
Loves a big salad
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Some think he would look good in formaldehyde...
Buried like a pharaoh, in his favorite car with some choice accessories
She is goals
Still waters run deep
Too hot for some critics
Korean techno superstar.
Donuts for the people!
Nothing like your grandma
Works that body
Minimal man
Rising star
Not a sports guy
She's still Jenny from the Block
The VR star
Punched William Carlos Williams in the face
Museum as canvas
Not suitable for children
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Left the nunnery...
Plays the polka
Soft and scary
Like Midas, but different
The Obamas love him
The Great Deconstructor
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
A mama's girl
Married to a stone
"Talent is cheap"
Nature collagist
I’m not Pop, you are.
The ‘Evel’ Kinevel of the art scene
"Fell" out of a 34th floor window during an argument
Screamer
One man's trash is this man's treasure
His most famous work of art and his first CD are both nothing
Obey!
The trickster
From ant watcher to artist
One of her shows got shut down by the police
Sculpted strange tableaux, and died too young.
When a fire starts to burn...she'll be there
Abracadabra!
She's a Jill of all trades
Old style, new subjects
So. Cool.
Show her your beach bod
Cute politico
Almost murderer
Like a hoarder, but with less of the mess
Of the so-called “fuck off generation” of Chinese artists
One Who Is Talented
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
A little dotty herself
As if the arts couldn't get any weirder
Genius from South Central
Put the Hello in Helvetica. Not related to Freddie.
Rock on Yves...
Stellar
His art will knock you off your feet...literallly
From begging to bed-in
Dopehead? Maybe. Genius? Def.
Bad boy from Switzerland
May have been brain dead once
So wildly badass it's hard to handle
Died young in Ibiza
The rabble-rouser herself
Schmoozing to pass the time
Provocative shadows
Businessman, con artist, hypochondriac, shooting victim, awesome
The court jester of the art world
Sir Shameless
Fountain Lady
Basic betches love Banksy
The uncanny valley of kitsch
Brush is mightier than the stethoscope
Her genital puns are not gentle
Picked a dangerous medium for someone so unlucky.
Trash to treasure
Let him blow ya mind
Brother nature
Hello Kitty on shrooms
Vomits rainbows
Genius from Korea
Turn on, tune in, drop out
Cutting racial commentary
Outsider turned insider
Got tired of brushes v quickly
Creepy art
He made geometry dramatic
OG Abstract Expressionist
His poop took down a power line in Berne
The man, the myth, the legend
Shoplifter, electroshock therapy survivor, proverbial everywoman
Crazy camel lady
Painter with a green brush
Steel mill is his studio
Likes to psychoanalyse viewers with his art
Italian bad boy. His shit is worth its weight in gold.
Glamourous...
Expat
He has a lot to say about his art and his art is all about him
Always on the Lookout for Technological Invention and Innovation in Film.
Could have also picked the name Judy Vagina
Does a surprisingly good Mona Lisa impression
Optical illusions and Kate Moss lookalikes
Queen of appropriation
Ain't no quilting granny
If Star Trek is your thing...
Didn't want to live in America anyway
A man of many names and one iconic mustache.
The sink guy, but not a plumber
Loves zoot suits
Competing with Mother Nature
The Black Atlantic
Ground Control to Major Tom
Not your average frontiersman
Favorite hangout? The desert.
The Inventor of the Snapshot
“Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else’s aesthetics.”
Sol for president
Born to watch paint dry
Promoter, businessman, married a porn star more famous than him
Screamin' in Sweden (not really, he was Norwegian)
Copycat extraordinaire
The art world's Bono, but with better hair
Died in a plane crash for the sake of his art
Literally blew the whistle on art world elitism
Political radical with a cute mustache
