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One studly Russian.
Don't do drugs, drugs are bad m'kay?
Russian generals hated this painting and banned it
Selling little children as slaves was a big business in the 1870's
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
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The middle dress in the image above is the one that was originally posted on tumblr...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
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Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
Dude looks like a lady
Joanna and Abigail in the sky with diamonds
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
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Phew, that was close.
Damn it Susan, let me get my pants on ok
If at first you don’t succeed, starve
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
You don’t have to be a kid to recognize these goofy yellow bundles of joy. Minions...
That saucy over the shoulder look
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You make me feel electric
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
One must always wear proper headgear when going into sports battle.The Superbowl is...
The macho man goes soft
Everyone needs a good LBD
Eye of the beholder
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Whether it’s your favorite excuse to be romantic or it’s just another...
Old maids reminiscing
A-Hunting We Will Go
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Lucas Cranach the Elder, who painted The Fountain of Youth in the 1500s must be...
P-town Love
“I've been everywhere, man...”
Secret homework
The Milky (chocolate) Way
“Viva os catadores!"
I am NOT Whistler’s mother
A Horrifying History
The lighting crew of the Palace deserve a huge round of applause, the architecture...
Upsetting
Marilyn Morimura
Don't ask him to make copies
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
How times have changed...
Before Twiggy, there was Dovima
Woman Dressed as a Vestal Virgin by Angelica Kauffman
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Game of Thrones premiered last week, and accordingly, I’ve continued our series of...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
Lots of good fast food here, but try the "olieballen" (literally "oilballs" but really donuts)
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Little backstory for the gentiles: Purim is basically the Jewish Halloween. We...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Crying Girl by Roy LichtensteinWelcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle...
As a staple in the seasonal meme circuit, Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell...
Paolozzi as the god of art, fire, and other dangerous things? Photo by Ezinda...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
If you’re looking for a strange getaway to a tiny desert island of...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
Sartle Team members from near and far tore themselves from their laptops and...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
Fashion Alert! Harajuku girls invade Hawaii! The Honolulu Museum of...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
The most important takeaway, however, was the immediate realization that this is a...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Check out our earlier post of nip slips through art history.Miley Cyrus has become...
It’s time to don your rainbow attire because June is gay pride month! While many of...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
