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The Lonely Palette
Presentation
Hosted byTamar Avishai
GenreArt history
LanguageEnglish
Production
No. of episodes50, plus 4 bonus (as of December 2020)
Publication
Original release2016
ProviderHub & Spoke
Related
Websitewww.thelonelypalette.com

The Lonely Palette is an art history podcast hosted by Tamar Avishai, a lecturer at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[1][2][3][4] In each episode, Avishai focuses on a single work of art, explaining its historical context and significance. The podcast has been received positively by critics and won several awards.

Format

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Each episode examines a single work of art. Avishai begins with a montage of person on the street interviews with museum-goers at the Museum of Fine Arts reacting to the work. She then explains its historical context and significance.[5]

Reception

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The podcast has been received positively and recognized on a number of best-of lists. It won The Improper Bostonian's 2018 best podcast award.[6]

Episodes

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No.TitleOriginal release date
1"Paul Cézanne's Fruit and Jug on a Table (c. 1890–94)"May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)
2"Christian Boltanski's Lumieres (blue square – Sylvie) (2000)"May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)
3"John Singleton Copley's Portrait of Samuel Adams (1771)"June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07)
4"Edgar Degas' Duchessa di Montejasi with Her Daughters, Elena and Camilla (c. 1876)"June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)
5"Andy Warhol's Red Disaster (1962)"July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)
6"Pablo Picasso's Portrait of a Woman (1910)"July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)
7"Claude Monet's Rouen Cathedral Series (1892–94)"September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07)
8"Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipses (1998)"September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)
9"Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Reclining Nude (1909)"October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)
10"Piet Mondrian's Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue (1927)"October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)
11"John Singer Sargent's The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1882)"November 15, 2016 (2016-11-15)
12"Jackson Pollock's Number 10 (1949)"December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14)
13"Edward Hopper's Room in Brooklyn (1932)"January 4, 2017 (2017-01-04)
14"Paul Gauguin's Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897–98)"January 25, 2017 (2017-01-25)
15"El Anatsui's Black River (2009)"March 8, 2017 (2017-03-08)
16"Vincent van Gogh's Postman Joseph Roulin (1888)"March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29)
17"Marcel Duchamp's Fountain (1917)"April 18, 2017 (2017-04-18)
18"J. M. W. Turner's The Slave Ship (1840)"May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)
19"Guanyin, Bodhisattva of Compassion (Song Dynasty, 12th c. CE)"June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14)
20"Henryk Ross's Photographs of the Lodz Ghetto"July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)
21"Mary Cassatt's In the Loge (1878)"September 6, 2017 (2017-09-06)
22"Jasper Johns' Target (1961)"September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27)
23"Umberto Boccioni's Forms of Continuity in Space (1913)"November 1, 2017 (2017-11-01)
24"Meditations on Mark Rothko"November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22)
25"Mission: Mona Lisa"December 22, 2017 (2017-12-22)
26"C.M. Coolidge's Dogs Playing Poker (1903)"February 15, 2018 (2018-02-15)
27"Roy Lichtenstein's Ohhh...Alright... (1964)"March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)
28"Yoko Ono's Cut Piece (1964)"March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29)
29"Egon Schiele's Nude Self-Portrait (1910)"April 26, 2018 (2018-04-26)
30"Donatello's Madonna of the Clouds (c.1425–1435)"May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31)
31"Hiroshi Sugimoto's Byrd Theater, Richmond, 1993 (1993)"July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)
32"René Magritte' The Son of Man (1964)"August 28, 2018 (2018-08-28)
33"Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Desired Moment (c. 1770)"September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)
34"Dance Dance Revolution"November 14, 2018 (2018-11-14)
35"Cecilia Vicuña's Disappeared Quipu (2018)"December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
36"Behold the Monkey"January 31, 2019 (2019-01-31)
37"Ansel Adams' The Tetons and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (1942)"March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)
38"Wassily Kandinsky's Untitled (1922)"March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)
39"Rembrandt van Rijn's Portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh (1632)"June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07)
40"Frida Kahlo's Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia) (1928)"July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19)
41"Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait (1434)"November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)
42"Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa (C.1829–1831)"February 26, 2020 (2020-02-26)
43"Carmen Herrera's Blanco y Verde (no. 1) (1962)"March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)
44"Louise Bourgeois' Pillar (1949–50)"March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)
45"Georgia O'Keeffe's Deer's Skull With Pedernal (1936)"March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)
46"Patty Chang's Melons (At A Loss) (1998)"March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)
47"Georges Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte (1884)"May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)
48"Anselm Kiefer's Margarete and Sulamith (1981)"August 3, 2020 (2020-08-03)
49"Claes Oldenburg's Giant Toothpaste Tube (1964)"September 10, 2020 (2020-09-10)
50"Carrie Mae Weems's Not Manet's Type (1997)"December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)

Special Episodes

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No.TitleOriginal release date
0"Art! What is it Good For?"May 4, 2016 (2016-05-04)
0.2"Introducing Hub & Spoke (by way of Soonish)"October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25)

Interviews

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No.TitleOriginal release date
TBA"Keepers of the Culture: A Celebration Of Maduna And Holmes (Live Event at the PRX Podcast Garage)"February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)
TBA"Cecilia Vicuña, Poet & Artist"December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
TBA"Dan Byers, Director of the Carpenter Center, Harvard University"March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)
TBA"The Guerrilla Girls, Feminist Activists & Artists"November 12, 2019 (2019-11-12)
TBA"Ralph Steadman, Artist & Illustrator"December 18, 2019 (2019-12-18)

References

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  1. ^ Pfitzinger, Julie (September 1, 2020). "LISTEN: 'The Lonely Palette' Podcast Makes Art Accessible". Next Avenue. Twin Cities PBS. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Finkel, Jori (March 20, 2020). "10 Binge-Worthy Art Podcasts in the Age of Coronavirus". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Mathiowetz, Adrianne (July 20, 2017). "Meet Tamar Avishai, Podcast Producer Behind "The Lonely Palette"". Scout Somerville. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Griffin, Grace (March 3, 2020). "At the MFA, a new podcaster-in-residence spotlights women artists". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  5. ^ Locke, Charley (December 7, 2016). "Get Inside the Creative Process With These 5 Podcasts". Wired. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Podcast 2018 Winner: The Lonely Palette". The Improper Bostonian. 2018. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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