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.
Episodes
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Jan 3, 2017 • 20min
Ep. 13 - Edward Hopper's "Room in Brooklyn" (1932)
Welcome to Edward Hopper's specific, yet schematic, love letter to the alienation of the modern American city. See the image Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Lacquer Groove", "In Passage", "Cats Eye", "Tranceless", "Simple Melody", "Flagger" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
Dec 13, 2016 • 20min
Ep. 12 - Jackson Pollock's "Number 10, 1949" (1949)
Dust off your verbs, it's time to make sense out of chaos. See the image Music used: Eric Dolphy, "Out To Lunch" The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Parade Shoes", "Inessential", "City Limits", "Lacquer Groove" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
Nov 15, 2016 • 21min
Ep. 11 - John Singer Sargent's "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" (1882)
The darlings, the crown jewels, the moneymakers. Just what the heck is it about these girls?! See the image Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Brass Buttons", "Heliotrope", "Vittoro", "Filing Away" Lobo Loco, "White Shapes Beauty" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Eric Dolphy, "Out To Lunch" Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
Oct 25, 2016 • 21min
Ep. 10 - Piet Mondrian's "Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue" (1927)
Think abstraction is totally inaccessible? Pull up a chair. See the image Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "The Provisions", "A Certain Lightness", "A Rush of Clear Water", "Brass Buttons" Lee Rosevere, "Puzzle Pieces" Tamar Avishai, "Grid (after Sol LeWitt's Drawing Series)" Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
Oct 4, 2016 • 21min
Ep. 9 - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's "Reclining Nude" (1909)
The German Expressionists get hot. Nazis get bothered. See the image Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" David Szeszlay, "Night Surfing" Michael Howard, "The Tallest Man in Idaho (Instrumental)" Jason Leonard, "Ritual Twelve" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Stilt", "Manele", "The Provisions" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
Sep 20, 2016 • 19min
Ep. 8 - Richard Serra's "Torqued Ellipses" (1996)
This big bully is about to give you a lesson in contrasts you won't soon forget. Featuring Dar Williams! See the image Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Turning", "Downhill Racer", "Cloud Line" Lee Rosevere, "Reflections" Dar Williams and the WASTM Good Times House Choir, "The Water is Wide" Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
Sep 6, 2016 • 18min
Ep. 7 - Claude Monet's "Rouen Cathedral" Series (1892-94)
After centuries in the shadows, it's light's turn to shine. See the image Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "The Spinnet", "Lahaina", "Discovery Harbor", "Santre" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
Jul 20, 2016 • 16min
Ep. 6 - Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of a Woman" (1910)
You think your seven-year-old could paint this indecipherable abstract Cubist painting? Well, it's not abstract, it's totally understandable, and... he couldn't. See the image Music used: Paolo Pavan, “Blue Night Dance” The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Balti", "The Rampart", "Steadfast", "Beast on the Soil" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Heftone Banjo Orchestra, "Peaceful Henry" Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
Jul 5, 2016 • 12min
Ep. 5 - Andy Warhol's "Red Disaster" (1962)
Elbow-deep in trauma, Andy Warhol plays with repetition and bores us into action. See the imageMusic used: Chris Zabriskie, “Cylinder Four” The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" Ketsa, “Catching Feathers” The Blue Dot Sessions, “Drifting Spade” Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Paolo Pavan, “Blue Night Dance” Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
Jun 21, 2016 • 13min
Ep. 4 - Edgar Degas' "Duchessa di Montejasi with Her Daughters, Elena and Camilla" (c. 1876)
Hey! You there! Don't walk by this seemingly-boring painting. You might miss the 19th century. See the image Music used: Reynold Philipsek, "Intro and Nuages" (Django Reinhardt cover) The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, “A Burst of Light”, “The Silver Hatch” Lee Rosevere, “Wandering” Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Chris Zabriskie, “Cylinder Four” Support the show by becoming a patron or by just sending us a tip.
