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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. 27 - Roy Lichtenstein's "Ohhh... Alright..." (1964)
Mar 7, 201800:26:59Tap to summarizeCan a comic strip be elevated to fine art? Or is Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein just plain dotty? See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2018/3/5/episode-27-roy-lichtensteins-ohhhalright-1964 Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Le Marais", "The Molerat", "Lemon and Melon", "Via Verre", "Lord Weasel", "Entrap" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Support the show! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette Thanks to our sponsors: https://audioboom.com/channel/empty-frames https://valt.io/lonely/
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Ep. 26 - C.M. Coolidge's "Dogs Playing Poker" (1903)
Feb 15, 201800:38:56Tap to summarizeYour Listener Patreon Challenge has been accepted! And now, let's dive together into kitsch: the frequency low enough for us all to hear. See the images: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2018/2/13/episode-26-cm-coolidges-dogs-playing-poker-1903 Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Rose Ornamental," "Flattered," "Arizona Moon," "Laser Focus," "Alchemical," "Two in the Back," "Maisie Dreamer," "Gullwing Sailor," "Maldoc" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Support the show! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette Today's sponsors: https://www.artiststrong.com/drawing-drills-art-challenge/ https://valt.io/lonely/
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SpecialEp. 0.3 - Keepers of the Culture (Live Event at the PRX Podcast Garage)
Feb 7, 201800:36:33Tap to summarizeIn this special episode, we listen to the audio from the live event at the PRX Podcast Garage, "Keepers of the Culture: A Celebration of Meduna and Holmes," which I had the privilege of participating in at the end of January. In it I chat with collage artist Ekua Holmes, play her some audio I produced on her work, and then we listen to art historian Barry Gaither give the curator talk to end all curator talks on art, artists, viewers, and why we do what we do. Special thanks to PRX, the PRX Podcast Garage, and WGBH. Support the show! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette Thank a sponsor! https://www.artiststrong.com/drawing-drills-art-challenge/
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Ep. 25 - Mission: Mona Lisa
Dec 22, 201700:47:57Tap to summarizeOur lady of the hour, muse of Dan Brown, satisfier of bucket lists, those eyes, that smile, La Gioconda, El Hefe. Just in time for the holidays, we bring you a super-sized episode on a super-sized love affair with a dinky little portrait. See the images: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2017/12/17/episode-25-mission-mona-lisa Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Tar and Spackle", "Welcome Home Sonny", "Caprese", "Tiny Putty", "Festering", "Inamorata", "Sunset at Sandy Isle", "Spins and Never Falls" Nat King Cole, "Mona Lisa" Support the show! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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Ep. 24 - Meditations on Mark Rothko
Nov 21, 201700:29:56Tap to summarizeWhether you think Mark Rothko is the portal to spiritual transcendence or emotional-ambulance-chasing bunk, let's take the necessary time to explore his work without feeling like our souls are at stake. See the images: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2017/11/20/episode-24-meditations-on-mark-rothko Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "A Simple Blur", "Thematic", "Cases to Rest", "Plate Grayscale", "Drone Thistle," "Sage the Hunter" Dar Williams, "Mark Rothko Song" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Support the show! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette. Our Year-End Listener Challenge is ON. Become a patr(e)on by December 15th and yours truly will produce an episode on "Dogs Playing Poker" because of course.
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Ep. 23 - Umberto Boccioni's "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" (1913)
Oct 31, 201700:25:02Tap to summarizeAt the intersection of past and future sits a pack of hormonal dudes punching each other and making beautiful art. See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2017/10/30/episode-23-umberto-boccionis-unique-forms-of-continuity-in-space-1913 Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" Podington Bear, "Kaleidoscope" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Chase and We Follow", "The Telling", "Trelaga", "Thirteens" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Support the show! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette
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MiniEp. 0.1 - Happy Birthday, Lonely Palette!
May 4, 2017Tap to summarizeThe Lonely Palette is ONE! And what a year it's been. We here at One Lonely Palette Plaza are celebrating with the launch of our own Patreon Campaign! Please consider checking it out, and supporting the podcast. All the information can be found at: www.patreon.com/lonelypalette Thank you for an artful, soulful, paint and cathedral and electric chair and torqued ellipse and apple and Pollocky-spatter and Aunt Fanny-ful year, and here's to the next! Music used: The Blue Dot Sessions, "Helado", "Red City Theme"
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Ep. 14 - Paul Gauguin's "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" (1897-98)
Jan 25, 201700:24:06Tap to summarizeThe gospel according to Gauguin is basically an existential hodgepodge that you and I were never supposed to understand. See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2017/1/25/episode-14-paul-gauguins-where-do-we-come-from-what-are-we-where-are-we-going-1897-98 Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Flagger", "Pacing", "Open Flames", "One Quiet Conversation" Mathieu Lamontagne & Emmanuel Toledo, "Point de vue" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”
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Ep. 13 - Edward Hopper's "Room in Brooklyn" (1932)
Jan 3, 201700:21:16Tap to summarizeWelcome to Edward Hopper's specific, yet schematic, love letter to the alienation of the modern American city. See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2016/12/28/episode-13-edward-hoppers-room-in-brooklyn-1932 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”
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Ep. 12 - Jackson Pollock's "Number 10, 1949" (1949)
Dec 13, 201600:21:15Tap to summarizeDust off your verbs, it's time to make sense out of chaos. See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2016/11/30/episode-12-jackson-pollocks-10-1949-1949 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”
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