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Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...

One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...

Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...

You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...

  The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...

  Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...

There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...

  Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...

Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...

66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...

  Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....

People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...

Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...

Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...

Sartle was invited to check out the de Young’s newest exhibition, “The Summer of...

Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...

Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...

Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...

If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...

Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...

The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...

In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...

Christmas came early this year at Sartle headquarters!Dali’s super rare and super...

One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...

(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...

Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...

The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...

The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...

The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...

Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...

Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...

Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...

Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...

Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...

You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....

We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...

*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...

Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...

  Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...

Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...

The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...

And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...

Jesuit missionary work gone horribly wrong

Wandering souls

This room drove its owner insane

Depressed, not depressing

Planting the seed

90s and neon...so on trend

Don't turn the thermostat up too high

Get your hand out of your pants, Sollie!

Censorship makes us crabby

Gives new meaning to "eating out"

No one knows just how deep it goes

Making the most of fire and brimstone

Only men can see this one

As close to hurtling through space as most of us will get

Walk on their faces

Experience infinity in one minute

The sweetest of portraits

Revolution!

Here we goooo

Unmade, smelly and dirty.

Classic Hirst

What lucky intern got to assemble these?

Calling all cynical pessimists!

Finally, a female gaze

Claustrophobics beware

"I like that queasy feeling"

Someone wasn’t paying attention in Sunday School

Monument to a bromance

Not even a little bit

Singin’ in a ring

Epileptics beware

Pretty sure they are laughing at you, not with you

A victim of the urban housing crisis

Too school for cool

Could be an ad for a Life Alert commercial

Shia LeBeouf, is that you?

But especially vices

Netflix and chill...with Buddha

One depressing miscommunication

A walk on the beach

Fancy birthday presents

A sedimental work for a sentimental guy

Marching to the beat of her own drum

A stoner's dream

A techy tower

He barely tried

What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?

The artworld goes to seed

201 spheres in a big circus tent

Where Superman meets Sylvia Plath

Bless your heart

Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...

Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...

YBAs are so fetch.    Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...

Ghosts above the city

Not for the panic attack prone

Khan’t stop, won’t stop

Trespassing & Tiaras

The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...

Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...

Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...

It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...

Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...

Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...

Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...

  It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...

What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...

You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...

Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...

It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life.  ...

From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...

This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...

February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...

Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...

Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...

The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...

Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...

French painter Francois Boucher famously proclaimed that “Nature is too green and...

Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...

From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...

Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...

Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...

Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...

Portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull at Washington University Law...

Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...

The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...

Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...

*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...

Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....

With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve decided to take a closer look at five...

Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...

sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...

I want YOU...to check out this new exhibit at the de Young. It’s called...

Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...

We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...

It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...

I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...

March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...

If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...

In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born.  Empress of couture Elsa...

Happy Bastille Day, everyone!  It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...

As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...

Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...

Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...

Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...

“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...

Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...

“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...

Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli  Beginning just nine years...

With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...

Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...

Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...

On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...

Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...

Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...

Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...

Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...

"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...

Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...

They’re coming for your books.   Biblioclasm is the practice of...

An art bromance or something more?   Land art celebrity and hippie...

The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...

Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...

In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...

I’d be blue too if a rich artist made $100k off my photo.  Photo @doedeerePablo...

  Lock-picking mastermind with impeccable literary taste. STORY TIME...

The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...

Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...

Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...

SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...

How do you like your museums?  I’ll take mine with some fun, sass, and a side of...

Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday.  Romantic folk, like my roommate...

Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...

Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie?  We...

In January 2014, my husband and I traveled to Italy, stopping in Rome, Florence,...

“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...

On my latest trip to the “BIG APPLE” (I heard that’s what real New Yorkers call it...

If I could turn back ti-ime!

Literally *fire*

Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...

Disclaimer: This article contains amazon affiliate links. Can any biographer...

Hear ye, hear ye:  “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...

Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...

Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...

  Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...

The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...

The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...

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...

At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it?  Well,...

(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...

Inspired by the Google Cultural Institute’s virtual Bruegel exhibit, we decided to...

Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...

With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...

When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...

Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...

Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...

Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...

At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...

We here at Sartle are super(naturally) excited for the much anticipated return of...

SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...

Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...

Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...

Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...

Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...

Kim Jon Un reminded us this week that some of the hallowed traditions of evil...

The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...

Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...

Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...

Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...

Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...

Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...

Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...

This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...

A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...

Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...

Fashion Alert!  Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...

[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...

One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...

Did you hear that not one but TWO mummies in the Vatican’s “Ancient...

Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...

As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...

Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...

It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...

If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...

Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...

We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...

Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...

It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...

(L-R Malala Yousafzai, a potato, and Yoko Ono)According to photographer Kevin...

But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...

As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...

The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...

Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...

‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...

You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...

We celebrate a lot of holidays centered around excess in this country; we...

Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...

We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...

We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...

There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...

We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...

I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...

Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...

This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...

Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...

Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...

This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...

President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...

These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...

Have you met San Francisco’s most famous citizen, Karl?  Karl the FOG, that...

Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...

What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...

In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...

Are you tired of eating the same iteration of meat, potatoes, and casserole every...

May the force be with you.So I don’t know about you guys, but I know A LOT of...

The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...

Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...

Summer, the most idyllic of times for the beloved cross-country American ramble, is...

Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...

(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...

Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...

It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...

Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.

It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...

We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...

Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...

T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...

October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...

Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...

Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...

It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...

  The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...

Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...

No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...

Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...

Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...

Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.

Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...

Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...

You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...

Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...

  Art history, but make it fashion.   Is the Met better known...

Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...

It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...

Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...

Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...

Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...

Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...

We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...

With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...

It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...

This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.

While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...

You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....

Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...

  It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...

Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...

Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...

Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...

Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...

Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...

With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...

If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...

This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...

What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...

Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...

On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...

Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...

In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...

San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...

To Diego Rivera, “America” meant: “the territory included between the two ice...

At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...

  Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...

Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...

Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time?  ...

(Source: Aniplex)   In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...

Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...

Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...

Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...

The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...

In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....

Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...

  One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...

Vincent van  Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....

What does Red look like?  Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...

1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens

Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...

The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...

  Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...

Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...

The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...

Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....

Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...

Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.

As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...

The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...

Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...

MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...

Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....

But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...

Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...

Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...

“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...

What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...

Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)

Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...

We love getting new contributors and we’d like to introduce you to one of them:...

This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...

Who says Republicans don’t support the arts? In recent years, the conservative...

The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...

Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...

We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...

Obama has his reasons for making fun of art history and it’s all this posts fault....

By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...

In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...

Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...

The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...

  This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...

If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...

A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by Judith Leyster

Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art

From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.

It’s probably because artists don’t have the burden of a 9-5 gig. I mean, not only...

The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...

Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay

Mean Girls turns ten and we all cry about how old we've gotten. YAY! But it...

To me, Valentine’s Day is a day to shout ‘LOVE!’ from the rooftops....

What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...

I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...

Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...

Arnold Schwarzenegger by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Scottish National Gallery of...

Welcome to Jurassic Art. *cue music*

Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...

In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...

She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..

Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...

So get ready!

If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...

“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...

In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...

This video of kids reacting to a rotary phone has us simultaneously laughing at how...

  America’s Next Top Model is back, y’all! Ok, it never really went...

This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...

Check out this beaut! Here is the clearest photo we’ve ever had of Pluto, taken by...

Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...

  If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...

Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like...    The Chichu...

Are your eyes bleeding from binge watching the entirety of Orange Is the New Black...

Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista...

  One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...

I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...

  Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...

Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...

Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...

The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...

Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889.   In Robert Frost’s...

Imagine all of Einstein’s writings, jottings, and mathematical theorems in crayon...

We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...

The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...

If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...

Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...

It’s that time of year again– Team Sartle delves back into the infamous great...

We’re pleased to share with you four amazing new writers, chiming in from across...

…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:

“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...

As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...

Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...

With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...

This just in: Sartle makes new friends!  Amelia, Victoria, and...

The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...

In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...

Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick started recreating famous works of art using...

PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!!  Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...

The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...

Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Fear, 1943. Both the Easter narrative of...

via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...

Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...

And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...

Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93.  Modern Audiences and Comic...

The Fourth of July is soon approaching and there is no one better to emulate...

Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...

Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...

Just a few things about me: I love cuddles and all things sexy, which I make...

Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...

Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...

Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn and Woman at her...

Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7

Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...

Whaam! Boom! Pow! Turns out all the superheroes we love and the...

Here KitchenAid uses a Gustav Klimt inspired lady to show how food is art.

Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...

Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...

I’m in my late 20s, which for about five years has meant that March and April bring...

To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...

As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...

If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....

Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...

Find out which artist she compares to Miley Cyrus, which artwork might make you...

The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...

We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...

Nude lips have been killing it extra hard for at least the past year, and even...

Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...

We are thrilled to announce our newest featured contributor, Eelco Kappe...

Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...

No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...

  Rejoice comic book lovers! September 25th is National Comic Book Day (...

John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...

Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...

We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...

Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...

Here the Renaissance-turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) enjoy...

Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.

Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...

It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...

Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...

Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...

This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...

There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...

The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...

If sexy Vermeer isn’t really working for ya, but you still want to rock the most...

  Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...

Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...

Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...

Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...

Careful, might make you howl!

As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...

Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...

  Thalassophile: (noun) lover of the sea; one who feels safe or...

  At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...

Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...

Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...

Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager   Can you even...

Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...

  When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...

Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...

Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...

After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...

We’re so, so happy with how well-received San Francisco’s newest gallery has been....

  The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...

…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...

This week the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers and...

Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...

Sartle can get a little carried away reppin’ San Francisco. The Bay is, after all,...

This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.

As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...

So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...

Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...

If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...

“We thought the best way to help people understand Van Gogh’s life was to...

Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw   It's an old Greek word shot into...

On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...

If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...

Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...

Today we venture into hipster paradise, because this is a piece of art that...

You’ve been sitting at home in your sweatpants in the dark for days, binge-watching...

You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...

Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...

Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm It craves...

Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...

Angelica takes a stab at combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...

A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...

A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...

Harlequin Head by Pablo Picasso

Pronunciation: /ˌkaləˈpijēən/

Sleeping Venus by Eustache Le Sueur

Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...

A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...