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

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

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

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (November 2021)
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

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

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

References

  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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