

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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May 18, 2021 • 23min
Bonus - Look With Your Ears No. 1: Abstraction
Artists Explored:Agnes Martin, Jackson Pollock, Mark Bradford, Jasper Johns, Donald JuddSee the Images:addison.andover.edu/AboutUs/Pages/Podcast.aspxMusic Used:The Blue Dot Sessions, “The Zeppelin,” “Pinky,” “Flattered,” “A Little Powder,” “Arizona Moon,” “Daymaze,” “The Summit,”Jason Leonard, “Ritual Six”Further Listening:The Lonely Palette on Jackson Pollock: bit.ly/3eUQdsEThe Lonely Palette on Jasper Johns: bit.ly/3hDFq82Support the Show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

May 12, 2021 • 2min
Trailer - Look With Your Ears (in partnership with the Addison Gallery of American Art)
For more information on the exhibition, visit:addison.andover.edu/Exhibitions/90/…es/default.aspx.Music used:The Blue Dot Sessions, "Waterbourne"

Apr 1, 2021 • 31min
Ep. 52 - Ólafur Elíasson's "Untitled (Spiral)" (2017)
Music used:The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"The Blue Dot Sessions, “Daymaze,” “Plate Glass,” “Discovery Harbor,” “Wahre,” “Checkered Blue,” “Quarry Clouds,” “Enter the Room”See the images:bit.ly/3sJUXWuSupport the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

Feb 18, 2021 • 36min
Ep. 51 - Mary Kelly's "Post-Partum Document" (1973-79)
See the images:bit.ly/3uaWHtaMusic used:The Blue Dot Sessions, “La Inglesa,” “Eggs and Powder,” “Paper Feather,” “Arizona Moon,” ”Lowball,” “Palladian,” “Simple Vale”Support the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

Dec 19, 2020 • 37min
TLP Interview with Ralph Steadman, Artist & Illustrator
[2:18]: Love of Picasso and Duchamp.[3:11]: Where do you start with caricature, the body or the soul?[5:40]: Drawing with a pen – “no such thing as a mistake.”[7:09]: The difference between illustration and “fine art”.[9:55]: Use of the geometric in Steadman’s work, ink spatter, a conversation with the paper.[13:10]: Coming to the U.S. in 1970, David Hockney “Paranoids”.[14:30]: Use of photographs and text in drawing.[15:15]: I, Leonardo, the terror of the blank canvas, and “prorogation”.[17:53]: Style, “exposing depravity” and being purified by drawing it.[22:33]: Early career before collaborating with Hunter S. Thompson, alchemy, gonzo.[29:08]: Favorite faces to draw.[30:48]: 2020, the pandemic, and finding the birdsong in doom.Interview Webpage:bit.ly/38erSJXMusic Used:The Blue Dot Sessions, "Crumbtown"Support the Show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

Dec 4, 2020 • 34min
Ep. 50 - Carrie Mae Weems' "Not Manet's Type" (1997)
See the images:bit.ly/3omDroOMusic used:Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”The Blue Dot Sessions, “Jumbel,” “Turning to You,” “Pastel de Nata,” “Junca,” “Min,” “Basketliner”Support the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

Nov 13, 2020 • 47min
TLP Interview with The Guerrilla Girls, Feminist Activists & Artists
[2:29]: Introductions.[3:41] Why choose these artists as your pseudonyms?[5:37]: The origin story of the Guerrilla Girls (and their font!).[8:17]: How has the group changed and evolved, both internally and in terms of its mission? Has progress been made?[15:49]: The joys and pitfalls of all-women shows. Is “woman artist” a problematic phrase?[23:18]: Is there something that innately connects women artists?[27:43]: Reflecting on our inflamed current moment, and whether things are indeed getting better.[34:33]: How do we get people excited about artists they’re not familiar with, and who fall outside the established canon?[38:16]: How to reach out to people who disagree with you.[42:47]: How the Guerrilla Girls changed the rules for artists who came after them.Follow the Guerrilla Girls:www.guerrillagirls.comInterview webpage:bit.ly/3lGETBiMusic used:The Blue Dot Sessions, "Pinky"

Sep 10, 2020 • 36min
Ep. 49 - Claes Oldenburg's "Giant Toothpaste Tube" (1964)
Somewhere between the life of the mind and the boots on the ground sits Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who wants us to see not only that both of those worlds are one and the same, but that there's value, and even beauty, to our stuff, and that maybe we can finally let ourselves admit it.See the images:bit.ly/3hcHjVqMusic used:Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"The Blue Dot Sessions, “Cradle Rock,” “Sylvestor,” “A Little Powder,” “Our Only Lark,” “Town Market,” “Contrarian,” “The Rampart”Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees"Episode sponsor:sfosguide.com/Support the show!www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

Aug 3, 2020 • 56min
Episode 48 - Anselm Kiefer's "Margarete and Sulamith" (1981)
This episode was produced with support from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Learn more at www.sfmoma.com.See the images:bit.ly/31gUSwWMusic used:The Blue Dot Sessions, “The Bus at Dawn,” “Silky,” Drone Pine,” “Tiny Bottles,” “Inamorata,” “Tapoco,” “The Summit,” “Cirrus,” “Derailed,” “Insatiable Toad,” “Dolly and Pad,” “A Pleasant Strike”John Williams, performed by Itzhak Perlman & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, “Theme from Schindler’s List”Support the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

May 4, 2020 • 32min
Ep. 47 - George Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte" (1884-86)
Grab a parasol, put your monkey on a leash, and come spend Sunday in the Park with George, exploring how a canvas this monumental and as frozen as Dippin' Dots can help us better understand the world in his day, in Cameron Frye's, and in our own.See the images:https://bit.ly/2L0qPCgMusic used:Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"The Blue Dot Sessions, “Feisty and Tacky,” “Stack Me Up,” “Base Camp,” “Thannoid,” “PolyCoat,” “Slow Rollout”Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees"Support the show:www.patreon.com/lonelypaletteEpisode sponsor:www.evanblanch.com/lonely