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She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
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Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
A good man in a messed up world
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Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
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When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
You betta werk!
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
Shapes that make sculpture out of thin air
God save the Queen!
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Style changes to depict a living nightmare
Too little too late!
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Not from a fat chicken, just a big boned one
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
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...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Singin’ in a ring
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Clueless has become as classically vintage as Cher’s 1972 columns with traces of...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau at Museum of Modern ArtHappy, happy birthday...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Men react to the friendzone
Feeding your dogs a diet of girls who friendzone you
Miss. Manners says murder at the dinner table is rude
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
"Mom! You're embarrassing me!"
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Lauren brings shame and embarrassment to her art history professors by combining...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
Gesamtkunstwerk is one of those words that, in English, not only sounds...
Last year, Sartle sponsored a panel at Art Market San Francisco– See Art...
Sweet summer is on the horizon and here at the Sartle office we’re already making...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali, in cross-influence with fashion guru Elsa...
Kanye West received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
