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Lord of the Rings fans, grab your party hats and your wizard staffs...
(image via Phaidon)Put on your itsy-bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini and...
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Is there a name more iconic than Guggenheim? Most of us are likely familiar...
It’s been a few years since the last Harry Potter movie and/or book were released...
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In her honor, we were able to gain access to the Carter Family Portrait Gallery,...
Six candles
Birthday of a legend
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Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
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Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
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Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Today is #MuseumSelfie Day! That means that today, you don’t have to fight your...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Need a gift to delight/impress your art-loving friend/S.O./sibling/parent, or...
Not everything has to do something, James. Who doesn’t love a James Bond Movie? We...
Writing about boobs is one of our favorite jobs here at Sartle headquarters. While...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Surrealist-influenced poster for The Strange Woman, starring Hedy Lamarr.In 1930s...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
Hear ye, hear ye: “Miss Piggy to receive feminist award,” squeals girl power blog...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
But what would Banksy buy? How about Henri Toulous-Lautrec? Frida Kahlo? Given the...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
No need for art galleries when your closet is your own personal museum and the...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
Fish (Still Life), 1864. By Édouard Manet at the Art Institute of ChicagoHappy...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
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...
Archist Series. Federico Babina. 2014 Small and want to live in a Damien Hirst...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
That eternal postman always rings twice, even for famous artists. Here are some...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
2020 was more static than usual, and you may not have been able to see as much art...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
In Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series, Neo Yokio, a demon enters the...
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66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
The lovely people at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco recently invited...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Jan Miense Molenaer, the Kylie Jenner of his generation. So if you’re all about ...