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It’s tough to be a princess in art history, pop culture, or even in real life. ...
The one and only: Zsa Zsa GaborThis February would have marked the 100th birthday...
Those who can't do, paint
Exciting and scaring museums globally
Jessica recently let us know that she’d found some of Sartle’s work on Hieronymus...
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Centuries before feminism had a name, post-Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi...
If looks could kill
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
Sorry to say that Christopher Lee died this week at 93. Modern Audiences and Comic...
We do! But carving is a whole other story… Last year, we summoned some dead...
She's not taking a nap
Well here we are–it’s the end of a franchise an era. The last Hunger Games...
Tribute to a nymphomaniac
Weems out
Stick it to The Man
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Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
Made 77% less than a man but helped end slavery. Who's the winner now?!
The cold shoulder, literally
All hail the Queen
or Picasso's, or Duchamp's, or de Kooning's
Captain Thomas Lee wants to know: who needs pants when you’ve got gams like...
Good portrait of a bad idea
Who said that you can’t be a mother and an artist at the same time? ...
Eats 100-dollar bills for breakfast
1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
The day that is NOT Mexican Independence Day and IS the celebration of the Mexican...
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
Pretty princesses
Her goddess superpowers come from her pruning tool
Throughout art history, artists have paid homage to the compelling power of...
The new and improved San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopened on May...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
Highly disturbing
A series in which Lauren shows just how awful she is by combining crude text...
Our Sartle glasses came! We were so excited to try them on but the puggies got to...
Picture day
Failure to sell
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the first female artists to gain international...
That way it’s rent-free
Rage-inducing abstraction
Sexy and I know it
Long names and titles
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And...
T-Swift’s new music video for Bad Blood is amaaaazing. As huge fans of kick-ass...
A hotter mascot than the Pope
“Help me, Obi-Wan Davinci. You’re my only hope.”
The Sartle team had a madcap week running around Washington, DC and New York City...
March means Easter, and we all know that Easter means chocolate eggs, cute lil’...
We’re obsessed with Game of Thrones this season, and are thanking the old...
February 2016 marks the opening of Vigee Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary...
Gerda Taro, the talented, courageous, and brilliant photographer was brushed...
If Kanye wants to be like Pablo, we can make that happen.Say what you want about...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
If you want to get an eye-catching art history inspired tattoo, look no...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Happy Lunar New Year everybody! All in all, Year of the Rooster has been...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
Welcome to Dames Done Wrong, where we handle misogyny, sexism and everyday...
Earlier this summer, San Franciscans traded in their usual boho chic to revel in...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! It happens ten days after the 4th of July in France...
Halloween’s got something for everyone. There’s the best parties this side of New...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
Twenty years ago on December 19, 1997, Titanic splashed onto the big...
What is a garden? Artist Cathy Lu explores this surprisingly multi-faceted concept...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Almost as soon as the city shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
So here we are with the second part of our story, Catching Fire. When we left...
What most people think they know about Marie Antoinette could fill...
From Marge Simpson vs. Barbara Bush, to Hillary vs. the internet, feuds between...
If you’re getting married and you love art, then you’ve come to the right place....
…and here they are again, looking Bond-ish…
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Gustav Klimt and his Viennese beauties come to us via the Legion...
Okay, so maybe fashion isn’t super intellectual in the way astrophysics is and it...
Reading Le Figaro by Mary Cassatt, 1883. Private CollectionSometimes you just need...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Dear Ronda Rousey,We heard about your recent loss to Holly Holm, dubbed as “the...
Rococ-oh myyyyy! It looks like a little bit of seduction has arrived...
Hamartia (n.) - A tragic flaw It's an old Greek word shot into...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
Scottish sculptor, graphic artist, philanthropist and feigned madman. Also saw the...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Fair warning: if you do not want to hear my incessant ramblings about how glorious...
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of our Nation’s most venerable...
With big changes by little hands come monstrous reactions rife with pungent...
And, with so much art (and art related fare) also available on those journeys, we...
You may think Earth Day isn’t that exciting…Artists have been inspired by...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Beyoncé is no stranger to art history references as seen in her Formation video or...
With a new year comes a new season of BoJack Horseman -- which also means...
Spot the odd one out! There’s something unusual going on at Legion of Honor...
Welsh model/reality TV star Imogen Thomas sparked a Twitter war over her...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
RSAP has a great message. Sure, they get a little hyperbolic about just how much...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
On March 31st, 2016, the world lost Zaha Hadid (b. 1950, Baghdad, Iraq). Zaha...
Unlike so many of the countless women artists cast aside by art history, Berthe...
It’s June again (the onset of wedding season), so I’m reviving Sarah's...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Remember when iconic shoe lover Carrie Bradshaw leaned in to look at a pair of...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
Private Parts is a series exposing the raw, gritty, and true stories behind...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Well folks, it's that time of year again. The sun is high in the sky and...
Andy Warhol called her “the first girl artist with glamour.” A random admirer said...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
This post is serving as a PSA to remind you to call yer mother, because Sunday is...
Jessica Lange (left) channels Marlene Dietrich (right) as Elsa Mars. Like Dietrich...
Everyone loves a good heist movie, especially when the leading man is a hunk. But...
So what’s got museums’ panties in a bunch now? In a nutshell: President Trump’s...
It is the (second) most wonderful time of the year: Halloween. Whether you’re...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! This is the day we remember the Mexican army’s 1862 victory...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
In 1930s Paris, a fashion revolution was born. Empress of couture Elsa...
You can fake a lot of things. Orgasms, boobs, degrees. And paintings, of course....
It’s Kiss a Ginger day and we’re kicking off the day by celebrating...
Whether you’re new to art or an old hand, Edinburgh is an incredible place for an...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
As far as rare natural phenomena go, the total eclipse is probably in the...
“You get what you get,” Sarah Lucas hurriedly blurts out when passed the nearly...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
In the beginning, there was darkness… Tohubohu, according to the Merriam-...
Fall fashion events around the world have strutted to a close in Paris and I’m left...
"Other artists showed what viewers wanted to see. Suzanne showed them what was...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
This Wednesday, Sartle is crushing on some serious babes. We’re talking Lily...
Last December we brought you Royal Romances in Art History in honor of Netflix’s...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Is Jeff Koons taking on collaborations with open arms or awkward hand...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
(Source: Aniplex) In Delightworks's mobile game Fate Grand...
One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Yes, you read that right. And why shouldn’t we celebrate the porcelain ...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
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...
