The Lonely Palette
Tamar Avishai
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.
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Jun 3, 2022 • 31min
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 support from Storm King Art Center.See the images:bit.ly/3NRnGmrMusic used:Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"The Blue Dot Sessions, “Plate Glass,” “Leatherbound,” “The Onyx,” “Silent Ocean,” “ZigZag Heart,” “Curious Case,” “On Top of It”Evan Blanch, “Where The Streets Have No Name (Instrumental)” (U2 cover)Episode sponsor:www.visualartspassage.comSupport the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
Apr 28, 2022 • 27min
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 the Harvard Art Museums. The exhibition "Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities" is on view until July 31, 2022.Music used:The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"The Blue Dot Sessions, “Valley VX,” “Forgot His Jam,” “Dear Myrtle,” “Lakeside Path,” “Paramo Ocho,” “White Limit,” “Bivly”See the images:bit.ly/3MzWc47Support the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
Mar 31, 2022 • 33min
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/3tXx80oMusic used:The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"The Blue Dot Sessions, “Pigpaddle Creek,” “Temperance,” “Highway 94,” “Floating Whist,” “Danver County,” “Mr. Graves,” “Willow Belle”Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees"Support the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
Dec 22, 2021 • 51min
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 Nanzell, “Contraband”Gunnar Johnsen, “Documents 4”Fabien Tell, “Liaison”Arden Forest, “Monastral”Niclas Gustavsson, “My Kind of Illusion 1”Niclas Gustavsson, “Reflection 4”Episode webpage:bit.ly/3pkhoCISupport the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
Oct 29, 2021 • 29min
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/3jNT4FZMusic used:The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"Blue Dot Sessions, “Moon Bicycle Theme,” “Stucco Blue,” “Coronea,” “Lumber Down,” “Velvet Ladder,” “Gale”Get tickets to the exhibition:bit.ly/3GAli0MSupport the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
Sep 30, 2021 • 31min
Ep. 54 - Grant Wood's "American Gothic" (1930)
See the images:bit.ly/2WuV2CQMusic 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,” “Sylvestor,” “Di Breun,” “The Silver Hatch,” “Speaker Joy”Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees"Support the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
Jul 23, 2021 • 59min
TLP Interview with Dr. Rachel Saunders, Curator, Harvard Art Museums
See the images discussed:bit.ly/3kQbAiiMusic used:The Blue Dot Sessions, “One Little Triumph,” “Sage the Hunter”Tamar’s exhibition review in the New York Review of Books:bit.ly/36X64CgThe Lonely Palette episode on Painting Edo:bit.ly/3iEFl2QThe HAM page on Painting Edobit.ly/3zrYBY7Support the show!www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
Jun 15, 2021 • 23min
Bonus - Look With Your Ears No. 3: The Urban Sublime
Artists Explored:Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Robert Frank, Berenice Abbott, Charles Sheeler, Martin WongSee the Images:bit.ly/34AE9XwMusic Used:The Blue Dot Sessions, “The Zeppelin,” “Towboat Theme,” “Cat’s Eye,” “PlainGrey,” “Dorica Theme,” “Tranceless”Further Listening:The Lonely Palette on Edward Hopper: bit.ly/3wyqg8YSupport the Show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
Jun 8, 2021 • 32min
Ep. 53 - Painting Edo, Post-Pandemic
See the images:www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/202…ost-pandemicMusic used:The Blue Dot Sessions, “Noe Noe,” “A Certain Lightness,” “Algea Trio,” “Kilkerrin,” “Gullwing Sailor,” “Two Dollar Token,” “Silent Flock”Billie Holiday, “Blue Moon”Support the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
Jun 1, 2021 • 22min
Bonus - Look With Your Ears No. 2: The Figure
Artists Explored:Lalla Essaydi, Laurie Simmons, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Sally Mann, Dawoud BeySee the Images:addison.andover.edu/AboutUs/Pages/Podcast.aspxMusic Used:The Blue Dot Sessions, “The Zeppelin,” “Dirty Wallpaper,” “Polycoat,” “Pastel de Nata,” “Turning to You,” “The Consulate”Further Listening:The Lonely Palette on Mary Cassatt: bit.ly/3uFM9BjSupport the Show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
