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Would rather throw spitballs than study
Seated Woman by Henri MatisseIn happy art news, a painting stolen from renowned art...
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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...
Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm Here’s to our...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
The pitfalls of trying to sell stolen art
Everybody dance now
Stalin hated it!
What do Henri Matisse and Ellen DeGeneres have in common?
Sibling rivalry
Savage fashion
Those have got to be implants
Grab a mai-tai
Teacher of artists
No bra days are the best days
Playing dress up
It’s, like, a metaphor, man
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Make it green! Make it blue! Make it red!
Praying to have faith
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
Heavenly view
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
The Four Elements: Fire, Water and Earth, Air by Adolf Ziegler at the Gallery of...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
A good man in a messed up world
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Odalisque with Red Culottes by Henri Matisse
Angelica takes a stab at combining the mostly crude Texts From Last Night...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
He married a rich model
Armchair tourism pays off
Save the horses!
Copying can be a legitimate career choice sometimes
Sgt. of Art
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
Has a disease named after him
Briggsy
Click here to find God!
Where's that dam photo?
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
A wandering painter
Sartle got our sparkle on at the 5th annual Shine A Light event at Portland Art...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
But, if your entire instagram feed is of your duck-lipped face you might wanna slow...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
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
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
(We’d also like to point out that 13 is Taylor Swift’s lucky number. She was born...
We love you BoJack!BoJack Horseman is the best show on Netflix right now and season...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
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Loved the countryside, and died of lyme disease contracted in the countryside
Here is Marina Abramović’s Portrait with Scorpion (2005) We’re celebrating our...
The Young Bull by Paulus Potter at the MauritshuisLike a classic Taurus, I’m a bit...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Happy birthday to you vestal virgins who bring loyalty, hard work ethics,...
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
Yay! It’s time for my fellow Aries babies, born between March 20 to April 20 we’re...
The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo at the Museum of Modern Art Mexico
All right, all right no need to be crabby Cancers, it’s finally your month! Heh,...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Whodunnit??
Pixar’s newest feature film Inside Out has been out in theaters for less than a...
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
Drawn to the dark side
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...
It’s International Cat Day! Prepare yourselves for a doctorate-level...
No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
Before Freddy Krueger there were still things that went bump in the night
Neato nature
Guy about to invent writing: oh, you haven't heard?
There's no such thing as bad publicity
Behind every famous artist is a fine feline, history tells us.Today, Team Sartle is...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
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...
Shapes that make sculpture out of thin air
Guggenheim hooked it UP
Do the thing! Win the sports!
Don’t be so naive
God save the Queen!
Float like a butterfly, threads like an OG
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
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
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
When you're unhappy and you know it don't clap your hands
Big henry
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
Not balloon animals
A tender moment
“You’re blocking my light”
Iconic... apparently
Little pig's tail
Rock the casbah!
Squares are people too
It's almost like you're there
Rebel in pantaloons
Now you see me...
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?
Nothing like a ten-some to tempt a saint
Green ladies are always the nicest
Not from a fat chicken, just a big boned one
Before Facebook event pages, you had to get creative
Didn't turn out great, as you might guess
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy
Harsher on racists than Trump
A political pain in the ass
Taking the sun-spot in a lions’ den
Lit by divinity
So this is why they call them blueprints
The right to bear arms?
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 one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Wearing a vest of many colors
I Spy: Lichtenstein edition
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Secret lives of gay prostitutes
1,2,3 Kick!
Mr. Cool always gets invited to the party
Daddy's little girl grows up
Yvette herself thought it a "monstrosity"
Once a good boy, always a good boy
Babe, I’m sorry I’m late
Œdipus starts some drama
Just some good ol’ fashioned Milton fanfiction
When will my reflection show who I am inside
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
The past is female
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
This woman has attitude, an appetite, and boy can she dance!
Health care for sex workers
Skating on thick ice
Those who can't do, paint
A quiet day at the brothel
Smart girls don't buy sight unseen
Imitation is the sincerest form of brown-nosing
Rip van drinkle
Sacred moment made earthly and intimate
A bargain at twice the price
I’ll never understand humans
Many of my reviews are based off of my experiences as a shih tzu skeptic, a middle...
What does Red look like? Fire truck Red. A bright Red fire truck in a...
Shades of Black
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Hans Holbein the Younger Pronunciation: /cag-...
Explosive high kicks
Sexy stocking stuffers
Spot all the artist’s besties
Great not just because it was produced by a woman
Starting February 27th and running until July 21, 2019, the Berkeley Art...
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Two Friends by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Don't call it a comeback
All it’s missing is a cup of tea
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
A fun series where Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining the mostly crude...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
You have had your fair share of bad relationships and you are just so glad to...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Fogg Museum
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Even firecrackers run out of energy eventually
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Haha, sucks for you East Coasters! No, but seriously, all that snow sounds terrible...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
This cult ‘90s movie made a lasting impression, inspiring terrifying fashion trends...
Artist and friend of Van Gogh and Gauguin
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
The only occasions when horror films seem to garner an ounce of respect, is when...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Puppy painter extraordinaire
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Obsessed with calligraphy
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Hey, I’m Maya! I started interning at Sartle a little over a month ago along with...
Possibly cut off van Gogh's ear
MuseumHack, an energetic bunch of nerds famous for giving the world’s...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
Cross dressing revolutionary
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Ruth Asawa, San Francisco's favorite artist and most fervent advocate of...
Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
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
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
Not a nature guy
Could paint a grain elevator and make it pretty
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
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...
It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
By the way, for every picture posted on various social media platforms and tagged...
Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
A gamer I am not, but a Pokémon trainer I am.The one and only gaming console I have...
If COVID-19 quarantine has left you missing the museums that closed, disappointed...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
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...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Señor Sticky Fingers
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Pronunciation: /byo͞oˈkälik/
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
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Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
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...
Self-portraits go way back and for good reason. As the author of 55 of them, Frida...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Yea, that's his real name
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Great beard, better art
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
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Loves TV, hates men.
The Rembrandt of the video age
The better to hear you with, my dear
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
Classic cosplay
The art world’s very own Cruella De Vil
The third season of Broad City airs tonight and we can’t wait to see what our...
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
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
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
They go apeshit over inequality!
Exactly as cool as her name sounds
Loves a big salad
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Some think he would look good in formaldehyde...
Buried like a pharaoh, in his favorite car with some choice accessories
She is goals
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
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
Left the nunnery...
Plays the polka
Soft and scary
Like Midas, but different
The Obamas love him
The Great Deconstructor
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern 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
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
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
Lord of Lights
Dainty art
Old school, but not in the cool way
Britain's most hated artist
The art world's thesaurus
She knows what she wants
Not a feel-good kind of guy
That creepy toddler artist
She's different
Has so many feelings
Chairs, man…
On the dot
Artistic progeny
Picasso fanboy
Impregnated two of his models, married one of them, painted from a wheelchair
Look Ma, no ear
Part monk, part playboy
Loves headless figures
Sadly, a member of the 27 club
Size matters...
Man Ray sounds more dangerous than Emmanuel Radnitzky
Stained canvases with gorgeous color
Jean du All Trades
Taste, hear, and smell these
A man of many names and many loves
“Art is swindle.”
Great fighter of censorship
Cuz he’s all about that place
Annoyingly talented
Painted guns, girls, and government figures.
Modernism’s Black voice.
He's dynamite
A Kodak family
An artist of war
I just want to do something personal
Probably banged your girlfriend
Blonde, good looking, Aryan, yet Hitler hated his art and therefore hated him
Narrowly escaped the Nazis
He got very Close
Painter of bony white women and possible child rapist
#2 to Picasso is still pretty good.
Itching for an etching
NEEEERRRD!
Banker's son, anti Semite, ended up wandering the streets of Paris blind and alone
If only all sellouts followed his example
Pow!
Precocious
Paid the bills by selling satirical cartoons before becoming (in)famous off nudes.
19th Century Wolverine
Sea = Dancer
Professional forger of both Picassos and bank notes
Weird Al's "favorite MC"
Part artist, part comrade
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
Eli and Edythe Broad are two of America’s top rock star philanthropists. You may...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Our awesome website has a magnifying view for each and every image we’ve added and...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
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...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Image: Fred W. McDarrah/ The Village VoiceJohn Perreault, an artist, critic and...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
John as Jack as Joker. I’m obsessed with John Malkovich so imagine my...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters by Mystery Artist at the Musée du...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
Photo courtesy of Classical Art MemesThis past Sunday was the 88th Academy Awards...
What’s up Sartle people? We decided to be a little less mainstream this year and...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
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1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
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