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The Lonely Palette
Hosted by Tamar Avishai · EN
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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Ep. 45 - Georgia O'Keeffe's "Deer's Skull with Pedernal" (1936)
Mar 15, 202000:28:24Tap to summarizeThe Lonely Palette is currently the podcast-in-residence at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, highlighting five objects from the ongoing exhibition "Women Take the Floor." This week: there's no better way to combat a world holding its breath than with a deep lungful of fresh Southwestern air, care of America's most misattributed painter of vagina flowers, Georgia O'Keeffe. See the images: http://bit.ly/39QXvsJ Music used: Lobo Lobo, “Old Ralley” The Blue Dot Sessions, “Cold and Hard,” “Georgia Overdrive,” “Towboat Theme,” “Noe Noe,” “Raskt Landsby,” “Watercool Quiet,” “Cottonwoods” The Nields, “Georgia O” Exhibition site: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/women-take-the-floor Support the show: www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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Ep. 44 - Louise Bourgeois' "Pillar" (1949-50)
Mar 8, 202000:24:32Tap to summarizeThe Lonely Palette is currently the podcast-in-residence at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, highlighting five objects from the ongoing exhibition "Women Take the Floor." This week: you’ve never noticed the carnality of the body you live in, and the rawness of the emotions that live inside that body, until you find yourself spun into French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois’s web. See the images: http://bit.ly/3axRwIY Music used: Lobo Lobo, “Old Ralley” The Blue Dot Sessions, “Tiptoe Treadline,” “Gusty Hollow,” “Stately Shadows",” “Jog to the Water,” “Pinky” Exhibition site: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/women-take-the-floor Support the show: www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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Ep. 43 - Carmen Herrera's "Blanco y Verde (no. 1)" (1962)
Mar 1, 202000:23:22Tap to summarizeThe Lonely Palette is currently the podcast-in-residence at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, highlighting five objects from the ongoing exhibition "Women Take the Floor." This week: let's join 104-year-old Cuban-American Hard Edge painter Carmen Herrera in celebrating the straight line: not just the shortest distance between two points, but the most infinitely beautiful as well. See the images: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2020/2/5/episode-43-carmen-herreras-blanco-y-verde-no-1-1962 Music used: Lobo Lobo, “Old Ralley” The Blue Dot Sessions, “Throughput,” “Scallat,” “Rally,” “Where It All Happened,” “The Consulate” Exhibition site: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/women-take-the-floor Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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HiatusEp 0.4 - Hub & Spoke Presents: Ministry of Ideas
Oct 23, 2019Tap to summarizeThe Lonely Palette is on break until November 2019, so every Wednesday in October, a different Hub & Spoke producer will take the host's chair to present an episode of their show that Tamar is especially fond of. Enjoy this month's podcast petri dish of art, culture, history, and society, and subscribe to any and all Hub & Spoke shows at www.hubspokeaudio.org. This week: Zachary Davis's Ministry of Ideas is a small show about big ideas, presented as punchy secular sermons. This episode tackles that thorny issue, Modernity. Many think modernity is about the rise of science, the spread of democracy and capitalism, or the decline of religion or superstition. But those stories ignore the bigger picture about colonialism and race. Listen to Ministry of Ideas at www.ministryofideas.org, or wherever you get your podcasts. Next week: We hit up Art Prize with Culture Hustlers. Listen to The Lonely Palette archives! www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes Support The Lonely Palette! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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HiatusEp 0.3 - Hub & Spoke Presents: The Constant
Oct 16, 2019Tap to summarizeThe Lonely Palette is on break until November 2019, so every Wednesday in October, a different Hub & Spoke producer will take the host's chair to present an episode of their show that Tamar is especially fond of. Enjoy this month's podcast petri dish of art, culture, history, and society, and subscribe to any and all Hub & Spoke shows at www.hubspokeaudio.org. This week: The Constant is a podcast about our history of getting things wrong. In this episode, host Mark Chrisler introduces us to Laszio Toth, who, believing he was Jesus Christ, entered St. Peter's Basilica on May 21st, 1972 and took a hammer to Michelangelo's Pieta. What happened next would make the world wonder what separates a work of art from a forgery. Listen to The Constant at www.constantpodcast.com, or wherever you get your podcasts. Next week: Ministry of Ideas takes us to the World's Fair Listen to The Lonely Palette archives! www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes Support The Lonely Palette! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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HiatusEp 0.1 - Hub & Spoke Presents: Iconography
Oct 2, 2019Tap to summarizeThe Lonely Palette is on break until November 2019, so every Wednesday in October, a different Hub & Spoke producer will take the host's chair to present an episode of their show that Tamar is especially fond of. Enjoy this month's podcast petri dish of art, culture, history, and society, and subscribe to any and all Hub & Spoke shows at www.hubspokeaudio.org. This week: Charles Gustine's Iconography, a podcast about icons, real and imagined. Just in time for New England leaf-peeping, this episode tackles Plymouth Rock, which visitors tend to find...underwhelming - a small, scarred rock in a cage. Maybe the reason Plymouth Rock is so frequently seen as underwhelming is because all the fascinating stories of how people who love the Rock have hurt it aren’t well known enough. Maybe if we all knew more of Plymouth Rock’s scar stories, visitors would be appropriately ...whelmed. Listen to Iconography at https://iconographypodcast.squarespace.com, or wherever you get your podcasts. Next week: Radio Open Source and the Bauhaus. Listen to The Lonely Palette archives! www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes Support The Lonely Palette! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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Ep. 31 - Hiroshi Sugimoto's "Byrd Theater, Richmond, 1993" (1993)
Jul 12, 201800:31:58Tap to summarizeTrying to capture time in art is like trying to pin a wave upon the sand or hold a moonbeam in your hand. So leave it to Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto to do it so effectively by taking us to the Golden Age of Cinema. "Seeking Stillness" is on view at the MFA, Boston until September 3, 2018. See the images: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2018/7/5/episode-31-hiroshi-sugimotos-byrd-theater-richmond-1993-1993 Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Cash Cow", "Aourourou", "A Little Powder", "Delicious", "Astrisx", "Bliste" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Today's sponsors: www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/lonely http://www.theconversationpod.com/ Support the show! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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Ep. 30 - Donatello's "Madonna of the Clouds" (c. 1425-1435)
May 31, 201800:26:48Tap to summarizeJoin the OG Ninja Turtle as he guides you into the Renaissance by way of an exquisite tour of heaven. See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2018/5/28/episode-30-donatellos-madonna-of-the-clouds-c-1425-1435 Music Used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" Lobo Loco, "Piano Cora Theme" The Blue Dot Sessions, "UpUpUp and Over", "Slow Line Stomp", "Lakeside Path", "Perspiration", "Threads and Veils", "Moon Bicycle Theme" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Support the show: www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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Ep. 29 - Egon Schiele's "Nude Self-Portrait" (1910)
Apr 27, 201800:29:53Tap to summarizeWelcome to the cult of the punk: where the skin is flayed, the contortions are twisty, and the struggle is real. So why can't we get enough? See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2018/4/23/episode-29-egon-schieles-nude-self-portrait-1910 Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Taoudella", "Fifteen Street", "Smooth Stone", "Scraper", "Then A Gambling Problem", "Warm Fingers", "Chrome and Wax" Support the show: www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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Ep. 28 - Yoko Ono's "Cut Piece" (1964)
Mar 30, 201800:28:54Tap to summarizeYoko Ono. You may have heard of her. She hooked up with that musician that time. Just under the wire, we end Women's History Month with a peek beneath Ono's art and reputation - and why we need to reconsider both. See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2018/3/29/episode-28-yoko-onos-cut-piece-1964 Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Plaster Combo", "Valantis", "Strange Dog Walk", "Hundred Mile", "Down at the Bank"" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Support the show: www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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