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“The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more...
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The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
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Gift to Goering from the Führer
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
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Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
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If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists...
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From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
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Sometimes Halloween sneaks up on you before you’ve even had time to savor the...
“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. - Vincent van...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
This week we have The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Salvador Dali, housed in the...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
I would like to paint the way a bird sings. - Claude Monet
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
As the temperature grows colder, some of us desperately hold on to the last...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
Camille Claudel is known for her narrative bronze and marble sculptures. She...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
But, we love arbitrary holidays, like #NationalBirdDay, more. Obviously, we have...
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Groovy baby, yea! Party time, excellent! From Austin Powers, to Wayne’s World, to...
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If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
These masked reptiles are full of sage advice. I’m sure you’ve all...
This week we’re looking at a classic: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the...
Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
Judy Chicago is unmistakable. She walks into the room where she’s about to speak of...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Gustav Klimt-inspired tattoos are like porn - I know one when I see it....
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
It’s not that anyone did anything explicitly bad to Carmen Herrera. It’...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
The immortal Zsa Zsa Gabor.We recently brought you zany quotes from Hollywood...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
We’re at the final book here in the trilogy, and because we’re going by book and...
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
One thing art teachers never tell you in school is that sometimes the next best...
The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, John Cappetta and I made our merry way over...
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Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
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March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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Picture this: the glittering heights of Second Empire France and...
Ahh, Versailles, the disgustingly opulent palace of French royals, and boy is it...
We already love Vincent Van Gogh, but Loving Vincent made us love him even more...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
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Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Sexism and misogyny were rampant throughout the 20th century in basically...
Marisol Escobar was a beautiful, talented, peculiar it-girl with a knack for...
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…one film that got lost in the shuffle stateside was Belle, an unlikely...
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Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
Nothing beats having a brother. Knowing you have a partner in crime is essential in...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
There are a lot of reasons to be upset recently. The changing political climate,...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
This week, the world bade a tearful goodbye to comic giant and beloved childhood...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
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Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
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Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
Jules Tavernier’s representations of the Elem Pomo culture might be over one...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
The MoAD exhibit, titled “Thread for a Web Begun," is Zangewa’s first solo...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
It's the end of October, which can only mean one thing: Sartle's annual Pumpkin...
Christian Louboutin and photographer Peter Lippmann have such a love affair...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Bill Clinton was hanging out with his pal George W. Bush last week and made...
San Francisco’s de Young Museum is a standout among other fine arts museums across...
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at...
Ooooh yeah, time for prezzies! Art history lovers are all about human...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending an action-packed (!)...
It’sIn a world where I am Brad Pitt and my friends are George Clooney at the...
Do you really think artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning ...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
Take your facial hair from bizarre to brilliant with these mustaches! Pieter...
Remember back to the 2016 election when womxn’s hearts across the nation felt...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
Could it be?? The couch gag…..a BRAND NEW museum-themed couch gag? A gag that...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
