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.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 104
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Ep. 3 - John Singleton Copley's "Portrait of Samuel Adams" (1772)
While John Singleton Copley is busying himself with past and present art historical styles, Samuel Adams is getting all up in your biz.
Music used:
Tri-Tachyon, “Little Lily Swing”
The B…
Ep. 2 - Christian Boltanski's "Lumieres (blue square - Sylvie)" (2000)
Christian Boltanski tackles memory and death. We tackle Christian Boltanski.
Music used: The Blue Dot Sessions, “That Horse Ithica”, “The Terrarium”, “That River Wide” The Andrews Sister…
Ep. 1 - Paul Cezanne's "Fruit and Jug on a Table" (c. 1890-94)
Just how did Cezanne keep that fruit from tumbling all over the place? We have theories.
Music Used:
Django Reinhardt, "Dinah"
The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
The Blue Do…
Ep. 0 - Art! What is it Good For?
Art is everywhere. Why shouldn't it be for everyone, no matter how fluent you are in art history? This podcast says it should.
Music used:
The Blue Dot Sessions, "Cirrus", "The Spills", "The Zeppeli…