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Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...
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Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
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No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
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The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Island in the Plains
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
Oh say can you see
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
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The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
I want to paint it black
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
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Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
It's not vandalism if your heart is in the right place
Like the evil twin, except super nice
The Supreme square
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Careful, might make you howl!
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Flower or vagina, that is the question
Blobby woman parts galore
Everyone needs a good LBD
The German George Carlin
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
It's not a vagina!
Where the pier meets the ocean
We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...
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words of a griffin
They're not making chili
Never forget
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
Get your mind outta the gutter!
Hippest place in Brighton
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a rocket?
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
young, sexy, and rich
Considerable collections
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Those Swiss have got it all!
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Everything you thought you knew is wrong! OK, maybe not everything … Gravity...
The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
Created by Sister Suffragette
Embrace your inner underdog and recreate Rocky Balboa's run to the top!
Get Smart! See art!
It's THE Met
MOMA knows everything goes better with Bacon!
Quality, not quantity
Motor city
Good wine and interesting art
Two museums in one
One of the wealthiest museums in America
Only place that call the Dutch Masters the "North Dutch school"
Named after a beer maker
Will somebody please think of the children??
Put a bird on it
A taste of Asia in the Tenderloin
Sweet Home Alabama
Cooler than an Orange Julius
In the Athens of Australia
It's free, not cheap
I would walk 500 miles...
It's hammer time
Yee-haw
Probably the first museum to use guns as performance art
This museum is worth A-GO
Just keeps getting bigger
Joe Biden likes to come here (probably)
New Jersey gem
A capital collection in the capital of Ohio
It's pronounced Woo-stah
It's all about that space
Not blan(d) at all
Welcome to the jungle
Mo Money, Mo Museums
Get High on art here
Lots of art in the heartland
Awesome, free, big-city museum
Located in Grant Park, site of the annual Lolapalooza music festival
A gift to the Nation
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Watch now
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
It's not witchcraft, it's pussy power!
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Only museum to have famous poetry written about it
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Take that Uncle Sam!
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
USA's very first art school and museum
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
Created as part of the New Deal
Enjoy art in an architectural iceburg
One of the oldest public art museums in America
Has a cool grand staircase
Who run the world? Girls!
Brand spankin' new!
Don't get dizzy walking around this circular museum
Has a lot of money to throw around
Abraham Lincoln had his inaugural ball here
Figure out the way to San Jose...ASAP!
Throw another cutting edge exhibit on the barbie...?
2 rich guys, a museum, and a wing place
Happy wife happy life!
Great art in the windy city
Started by a navy man
Everything's bigger in Texas
Possibly haunted
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!
Fits 423 hospital beds
Art on the walls and in the toilets
The first of its kind
Largest collection of British art outside the UK
When the mistress gets bored, build a museum
Free museums for the win
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Triumphal Procession of Bacchus by Maerten van Heemskerck at the Museum of Art...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
You'll need a bicycle to get around the entire place
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
Not to be confused with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
Saved in times of war
Buy now on Taschen
The only place where all lost and destroyed art can still be seen: online
Crazy architecture and a rocking view
Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...
Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
