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One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Shown here with the tragically named baby North. Just kidding, no we haven’t! Kanye...
Another March has come and gone. If you’ve been saving up Sartle posts all month...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Paint-ception
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Thought Michelangelo was overrated
Miley and Kim have a selfie showdown.Oh God, what have we done. Turns out the...
Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...
Probably banged your girlfriend
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Feeding your dogs a diet of girls who friendzone you
Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl? Karl the FOG, that...
Five museums for the price of one
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
This music video by Hold Your Horses! is a great way for you to spread your...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
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If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
A year ago, Alexa.com did not rank Sartle at all because we did not have enough...
Earlier this fall, Tania and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to the East...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
A colorful feast
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Villainous Treachery
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Don’t worry, we will still be located at the fantastic Fort Mason Center...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
So we did what anyone would do and ushered them into the conference room and then...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
It’s all about perspective
Gimme those pearls
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
With that in mind, Sartle’s officially, if reluctantly, come to the decision that...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
Target practice for Hitler's airforce
Imma start some drama
Forget tiny, this is world’s oddest violin
The one that got away
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
How to spot Lauren in the crowd? She’ll have a pair of Sartle glasses on her head...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Suspicious lack of togas
Promiscuous people have feelings too
Double the sadness, none of the fun
Storm's a'brewin'?
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
Picasso does Mary Cassatt
Up in smoke!
Even cassanovas can get depressed
The legend herself
Hello darkness (Casagemas), Picasso's old friend
The family that circuses together stays together
Three-headed musician = daddy issues
Right before Cubism went off the rails
Idyllic villas, an escape
Look at that cock
Mirror mirror on the wall
Prussian Blue for your dead mate
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...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Test your art history chops with Sartle's exciting new quiz feature! Both fun and...
"Liberated" from Mr. Siemens
Keep your budget tight and your circles tighter
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Stolen and recovered in no time at all
Oh so sad
Watch now
Squares are people too
Singin’ in a ring
More than just delicious desserts
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID lockdown in San Francisco,...
Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
Two women who don't want to talk to you
2 dope queens
To kill a nightingale
They're not laughing with you, they're laughing at you
Lit by divinity
She’s not like other Virgins
That darn cat
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
Should have been called "nude mistress in a red chair"
Scary or sexy?
Beer goggles gone wrong
Where he got his start
Jarring obsession
To gaze or not to gaze?
The circle of life
Literal food porn
Friendly neighborhood brewer
It’s electric!
Monet: The Early Years gives visitors the chance to track the artist’s growth...
Secret lives of gay prostitutes
Monument to a bromance
Sisters before mistresses
The Bowery, before it had a Whole Foods.
Cheshire Cat?
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
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Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
I'll have what she's having
Its hip to be square (or rectangular)
We want the Funk
A long-forgotten treasure from Baroque’s leading lady
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Men react to the friendzone
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Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
If you take enough drugs, it really looks like a violin!
So you want to be a Cubist?
A long ride for a free meal
Praying to have faith
Falling for the same gal
My name is Silke, the newest contributor here at Sartle. It took me way too long to...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Spot all the artist’s besties
Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
"Mom! You're embarrassing me!"
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Spear me maybe?
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
A tale of lactose lust
Low Countries, low genre
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once one grows up...
Reading rainbow
Back before the sh*t hit the fan
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Harlequin Head by Pablo Picasso
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Nude Woman in a Red Armchair by Pablo Picasso
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...
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With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
I had a hearty laugh watching Toy Story some 20 years later and finally getting...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. Romantic folk, like my roommate...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
So get ready!
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
San Francisco Art Institute is offering two new online college classes...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
X” Marks the Spot
It’s baa-aack.Scathing, clever and poignant as ever. BoJack Horseman Season 3 is...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo. Photo @doedeerePablo...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...
Here are the best museums of the continental United States as picked with extreme...
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
Ever been curious about what goes on in those fancy MFA programs, but don't have...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
In June and July we brought you the first two installments of our summer series, “...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
We’ve all seen American Gothic, or heard the title at the very least. It’s the...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
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...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Today, however, we got word straight outta Central Europe about a cool app in...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Norman Rockwell is without question one of the artists most...
Hung Liu with her work Resident Alien in 1988 (credit) The...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has welcomed...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
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We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
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Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
