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If you liked Wes Anderson’s fantastic animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, or his Rushmore...
Who's a good boy?
They took down the piper, but he came back
In the bestseller The Goldfinch the New York Metropolitan Museum is bombed and 13-...
Go away Apple!
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"You and I remember Budapest very differently."
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Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
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Welcome to Death Do Us Art, an online bridal expo for art lovers.I’ve found five...
Why is a monkey in the middle of France?
Isamu Noguchi by Winold Reiss at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington)
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
Ciao from Venizia
Middle fingers all around
The Grand Canal, by the "Little Canal"
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No more tacky inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about how he had a...
A stylistic orgy
Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
Getting to the Chichu Museum in Naoshima like... The Chichu...
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"Wish you were here!"
Everyone has a goth phase
After a deep investigation, Team Sartle has discovered the infamous, elusive, great...
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What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Put on your bowler hat and take a trip to Magritte’s world....
It’s the Lunar New Year, and as you may know, this year we are ushering in the...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
The Monuments Men were charged with saving as many European cultural treasures as...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
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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RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
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Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
Don’t worry, no one slipped some acid into your drink earlier, but if they did, you...
As an art historian I often find myself correcting people’s misconceptions (a lot...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
It’s cool Schmidt, we don’t know what kids are up to these days either. If your kid...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
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Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
What this is however is a really awesome meme we can’t wait to implement. I put my...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
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Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Tania and I were desperate for a “day” off and decided a tour of the mid-west was...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
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She does sound like a pretty nice person and a great mom so there is that…..
Price channels his inner Salome, a la Hans Cranach the Younger in this publicity...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
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The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
sourceThe Man in the High Castle season 2, your next online TV addiction after The...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
Source In Peter H. Reynolds’s children’s book The Dot, a young child...
Welcome to Part Four, the grande finale of the epic Sartle Remix for The Life of...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
With that in mind, I went out and found a grand collection of “sort of adult”...
Last Friday night’s grand opening at Embark Gallery was a true show-stopper for the...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
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Togas are a classic I-forgot-to-buy-a-costume costume, requiring just a white...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
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Technology is not neutral. That is the theme that reverberates throughout this...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
This exhibit is going to blow you away. You may be so moved by its...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Ah New York City… Maybe you watched Friends and are enamored with brick...
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes...
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Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
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