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The Lonely Palette

Welcome to The Lonely Palette, the podcast that returns art history to the masses, one painting at a time. Each episode, host Tamar Avishai picks a painting du jour, interviews unsuspecting museum visitors in front of it, and then dives deeply into the object, the movement, the social context, and anything and everything else that will make it as neat to you as it is to her. For more information, visit thelonelypalette.com | Twitter @lonelypalette | Instagram @thelonelypalette.

Arts Visual Arts
Update frequency
every 28 days
Average duration
31 minutes
Episodes
104
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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Ep. 64 - Barbara Kruger's

Ep. 64 - Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Your Body is a Battleground)" (1989)

See the images:
bit.ly/45wNrSb

Music used:
Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Thread Indigo,” “Monder,” “Tall Journey,” “Stephi,” “Morning Glare”
Helen Reddy, “I Am Woman” (perform…

00:30:17  |   Fri 04 Aug 2023
Ep. 63 - James Abbot McNeill Whistler's

Ep. 63 - James Abbot McNeill Whistler's "Symphony in White No. 1: The White Girl" (1861-62)

See the Images:
bit.ly/3PMpK3o

Music Used:
Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”
The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Slate Tracker,” “Laser Focus,” “The Griffiths,” “Crumbto…

00:32:40  |   Wed 05 Jul 2023
Ep. 62 - Helen Frankenthaler's

Ep. 62 - Helen Frankenthaler's "Madame Butterfly" (2000)

See the images:

bit.ly/3ChhuAE

 

Music used:

Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, “Bedroll,” “A Common Pause,” “Palms Down,” “Desmontes,” …

00:27:08  |   Wed 07 Jun 2023
Bonus - The Lonely Palette Live at On Air Fest (and an update!)

Bonus - The Lonely Palette Live at On Air Fest (and an update!)

Happy 7th birthday, The Lonely Palette! We're ringing in our itch with an quick update on next season, which starts in June, and a recording of our live show at On Air Fest, which was held in Brookly…

00:39:29  |   Thu 04 May 2023
TLP Interview with Avery Trufelman, Design & Fashion Podcaster

TLP Interview with Avery Trufelman, Design & Fashion Podcaster

Episode webpage:
bit.ly/3jtcOBl

Music used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Swapping Tubes”
The Kinks, “Dedicated Follower of Fashion”

Support our year-end fundraiser!
bit.ly/3An5jSd

01:10:26  |   Fri 30 Dec 2022
Ep. 61 - Under the Midnight Sun

Ep. 61 - Under the Midnight Sun

See the images:
bit.ly/3FX0S3H

Music used:
The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Lerennis,” “Lissa,” “Ice Tumbler,” “Mr. Graves,” “Throughput,” “A Rush of Clear Water,” “P…

00:29:12  |   Fri 16 Dec 2022
Ep. 60 - Caravaggio's

Ep. 60 - Caravaggio's "The Crucifixion of St. Andrew" (1607)

See the images:
bit.ly/3iNqpTY

Music used:
Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”
The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
Charles Daab, “Irish and Scotch melodies (take 2)”
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Highwa…

00:37:36  |   Fri 09 Dec 2022
TLP Interview with Dar Williams, Singer-Songwriter

TLP Interview with Dar Williams, Singer-Songwriter

Dar Williams has been described by The New Yorker as “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters,” but to thirteen-year-old Tamar she was, quite simply, a personal hero: a songwriter whose poetry,…

01:13:26  |   Fri 07 Oct 2022
TLP Interview with Adam Gopnik, Critic, The New Yorker

TLP Interview with Adam Gopnik, Critic, The New Yorker

Episode webpage:
bit.ly/3COhnOp

Music used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Balti”
Mandy Patinkin, “Finishing the Hat” from Sunday in the Park with George

Support the show:
www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

01:07:59  |   Fri 02 Sep 2022
TLP Interview with Dr. Charlotte Mullins, Art Critic & Broadcaster

TLP Interview with Dr. Charlotte Mullins, Art Critic & Broadcaster

Music used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, "Spark"
Rod Stewart, "Every Picture Tells A Story"

Charlotte's book:
amzn.to/3TksKDl

Episodes referenced:
Anselm Kiefer: bit.ly/31gUSwW
Sarah Sze: bit.ly/3NRnGmr

Support th…

00:57:15  |   Fri 26 Aug 2022
Ep. 59 - Sarah Sze's

Ep. 59 - Sarah Sze's "Fallen Sky" (2021)

What goes up into the sky must come down into the earth, and fortunately for us we’ve got Sarah Sze, mistress of materials, memory, and meaning, helming the journey.

This episode was produced with sup…

00:31:28  |   Fri 03 Jun 2022
Ep. 58 - Odili Donald Odita's

Ep. 58 - Odili Donald Odita's "Cut" (2016)

Betcha never realized how deeply color colored your world - and the world - until you found yourself dancing down the diagonal of this showstopping print.

This episode was produced in partnership with…

00:27:05  |   Thu 28 Apr 2022
Ep. 57 - Juno, A Colossal Roman Statue (late 1st c. BCE)

Ep. 57 - Juno, A Colossal Roman Statue (late 1st c. BCE)

This episode was produced in partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

See the images:
bit.ly/3tXx80o

Music used:
The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Pigpaddle Cr…

00:32:43  |   Thu 31 Mar 2022
Ep. 56 - Memorials (Collaboration with Hi-Phi Nation)

Ep. 56 - Memorials (Collaboration with Hi-Phi Nation)

Music Used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Drone Pine,” “Taoudella,” “The Consulate,” “Our Fingers Cold,” “Slider”
Silver Maple, “After the Rain”
Megan Wofford, “Awake”
Yi Nantiro, “Blue Lantern”
Christian Nanze…

00:50:49  |   Wed 22 Dec 2021
Ep. 55 - Harriet Powers'

Ep. 55 - Harriet Powers' "Pictorial Quilt" (1895-98)

This episode was produced in partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The exhibition, “Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories” is on view until January 17, 2022.

See the images:
bit.ly/3jN…

00:28:52  |   Fri 29 Oct 2021
Ep. 54 - Grant Wood's

Ep. 54 - Grant Wood's "American Gothic" (1930)

See the images:
bit.ly/2WuV2CQ

Music used:
Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”
The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Long and Low Cloud,” “Hakodate Line,” “Cornicob,” “Sylve…

00:31:21  |   Thu 30 Sep 2021
TLP Interview with Dr. Rachel Saunders, Curator, Harvard Art Museums

TLP Interview with Dr. Rachel Saunders, Curator, Harvard Art Museums

See the images discussed:
bit.ly/3kQbAii

Music used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, “One Little Triumph,” “Sage the Hunter”

Tamar’s exhibition review in the New York Review of Books:
bit.ly/36X64Cg

The Lonely Pale…

00:59:13  |   Fri 23 Jul 2021
Bonus - Look With Your Ears No. 3: The Urban Sublime

Bonus - Look With Your Ears No. 3: The Urban Sublime

Artists Explored:
Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Robert Frank, Berenice Abbott, Charles Sheeler, Martin Wong

See the Images:
bit.ly/34AE9Xw

Music Used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, “The Zeppelin,” “Towboat Theme…

00:23:17  |   Tue 15 Jun 2021
Ep. 53 - Painting Edo, Post-Pandemic

Ep. 53 - Painting Edo, Post-Pandemic

See the images:
www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/202…ost-pandemic

Music used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Noe Noe,” “A Certain Lightness,” “Algea Trio,” “Kilkerrin,” “Gullwing Sailor,” “Two Dollar Token,” …

00:31:43  |   Tue 08 Jun 2021
Bonus - Look With Your Ears No. 2: The Figure

Bonus - Look With Your Ears No. 2: The Figure

Artists Explored:
Lalla Essaydi, Laurie Simmons, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Sally Mann, Dawoud Bey

See the Images:
addison.andover.edu/AboutUs/Pages/Podcast.aspx

Music Used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, “The…

00:21:33  |   Tue 01 Jun 2021
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