The Lonely Palette

Series produced by Tamar Avishai

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The podcast that returns art history to the masses, one painting at time.

Art is everywhere. Why shouldn't it be for everyone? Based out of - but not affiliated with - the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, host Tamar Avishai picks a painting du jour, interviews unsuspecting passers-by, and then dives deeply into the object, the movement, the social context, and anything and everything else that will make it as exciting to you as it is to her.


13 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Dust off your verbs, it's time to make sense out of chaos.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 21:37
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The darlings, the crown jewels, the moneymakers. Just what the heck is it about these girls?!

  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 22:22
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Think abstraction is totally inaccessible? Pull up a chair.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 21:38
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In which German Expressionists get hot, and Nazis get bothered.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 20:51
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This big bully is about to give you a lesson in contrasts you won't soon forget.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 18:41
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Art is everywhere. Why shouldn't it be for everyone, no matter how fluent you are in art history? This podcast says it should.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 17:03
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Just how did Cezanne keep that fruit from tumbling every which way? We have theories.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 16:38
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Christian Boltanski tackles memory and death. We tackle Christian Boltanski.

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 1
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While John Singleton Copley is busying himself with past and present art historical styles, Samuel Adams is getting all up in your biz.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 15:14
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Hey! You there! Don't walk by this seemingly-boring painting. You might miss the whole 19th century.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 12:30
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Andy Warhol plays with repetition and consequently bores us into action.

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 12:12
  • Purchases: 1
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You think your seven-year-old could paint this indecipherable abstract Cubist painting? Well, it's not abstract, it's totally understandable, and.....

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 15:32
  • Purchases: 1
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After centuries in the shadows, it's light's turn to shine.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 18:08