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Thanks to this Creators Project blog by Emerson Rosenthal, I learned I can finally...
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Ironically, the Degenerate Art Show was a wildly popular, and there were lines at...
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It’s that time of year again, folks. Time to think up some creative present...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
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Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
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Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
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One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
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While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
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Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
SOURCESeriously credentialed French officials are proclaiming that a painting found...
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If you think the art world is full of sophisticated blue bloods standing around...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
I had a hearty laugh watching Toy Story some 20 years later and finally getting...
This week we start with a classic: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, housed at...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
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Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
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Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
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You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
One very not cool thing about the Met: it’s on half of the planet’s short-list...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
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The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
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Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
I was going to do a post about how Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one big...
Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
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Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
Last year we provided you with some art-themed Valentines to give to your Valentine...
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It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
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Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
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The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly see any more of Lady Gaga, she proves us...
(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...
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If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
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Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
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In California Chrome’s bid to win the Triple Crown (would’ve been the...
The Sartle team is beyond thrilled to be flying up to Portland today to visit the...
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