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Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
While we at Sartle fancy ourselves pioneers of art history humor, we know that for...
Since so many social media sites like to block the following images I encourage you...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
Cutting racial commentary
Rockstar of the high court
We (Sartle) are always on the prowl for new ways to bigly share our great love for...
It haunts your dreams, it gives you the heebie jeebies, it makes you want to shriek...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
Last week, our across-the-way pal Gallery 308 opened for its inaugural exhibition,...
YUUGE NEWS! Donald J. Trump is now a Sartle social media correspondent! Corrupt...
Time to snatch yo wigs
Standing guard
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Much more than flower crowns and flash tats
When life hands you lemons, paint squiggles
Flaming June by Frederic Leighton at the Ponce Museum of Art
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Identity crisis
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
One day you may see Kanye’s nipples. But it is not this day.Welcome to Part Two of...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Does Satine take paintings as payment or just diamonds? Nicole Kidman was...
She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
Welcome to Part Three of the Sartle Remix for The Life of Pablo. We’re celebrating...
An unfortunate moral dilemma…
Singin’ in a ring
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
Warhol takes the piss out of tradition
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
"Mom! You're embarrassing me!"
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Art will always be a medium of self-expression and experimentation. During the last...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
Amidst GOP debates on hand to penis size ratio (in other worlds, who has the...
X” Marks the Spot
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
SOURCEThe brand spankin’ new redesign has haters, sure, but we think it’s seven...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
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Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Gertrude Stein was an American author, known for her Paris salon of writers and...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
In the predominantly European dudeified world of architecture, Maya Lin always knew...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
Takaya Miou, Love Thyself. Courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
At the beginning and end of the Alice Neel “People Come First” exhibit, you’ll find...
Last Saturday, while making my way through a frenzy of de Young Museum...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
Oops, my hand slipped. See the previous dino-invaded artworks and hold onto your...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
President Obama must still be getting flak from angry art historians over that...
At Sartle, we choo-choo-choose you! Saying I’m not a big fan of corporate holidays...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** ...obviously. Well, we're halfway through the new...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...