The Lonely Palette

Tamar Avishai
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The Lonely Palette

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.

  1. BonusEp. 18 - A TLP Announcement! And Introducing The Rabbis Go South

    01/11/2024

    BonusEp. 18 - A TLP Announcement! And Introducing The Rabbis Go South

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    23 min
  2. Ep. 66 - Bringing Monuments Home (from PRX's Monumental)

    07/03/2024

    Ep. 66 - Bringing Monuments Home (from PRX's Monumental)

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    1 hr
  3. BonusEp. 17 - The Hub & Spoke Radio Hour

    14/02/2024

    BonusEp. 17 - The Hub & Spoke Radio Hour

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    50 min
  4. BonusEp. 16: Tamar Avishai interviews Lucy R. Lippard, Art Writer

    29/12/2023

    BonusEp. 16: Tamar Avishai interviews Lucy R. Lippard, Art Writer

    Since her arrival on the art scene in the 1960s, legendary art writer Lucy Lippard’s work - searing, novelistic, crisp, and endlessly curious - as well as her insights, activism, entrenchment in the art world, and friendships have secured her role as one of the most important minds in art criticism of her generation. Now, at 86 years old, all of the stuff that she’s collected along the way – photographs, drawings, relationships, grandchildren – is the subject of her new memoir, or, actually, what she calls “Stuff (Instead of a Memoir).” She joined me to talk about the book, but also more than 60 years of writing about art in the way that centered life. After all, “art,” she often quotes, “is what makes life more interesting than art.” Art is the artists, the world they inhabit, their shared cultural references, their shared understanding of the art world and art history. Their human experiences rendered in paint. The stuff they leave behind.

    45 min

  5. 13/10/2023

    BonusEp. 15: Tamar Avishai interviews Prudence Peiffer, Author and Content Director, MoMA

    1 play1 The Lonely Palette 1,321 followers1,321 115 tracks115 In the 1950s and 60s, Coenties Slip—an obscure street on the lower tip of Manhattan overlooking the East River—was home to some of the most iconic artists in history, and who would define American Art during their time there: Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, these artists created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation. Prudence Peiffer is the kind of art historian who understands the importance of context and place, and her book, “The Slip: The New York City Street that Changed American Art Forever” provides the kind of rich context and human detail that textbooks could only dream of. She joined me to discuss the history of these artists, why we have such a hard time seeing artists as people, the friction between accessible artists and their inaccessible art, why watching Robert Indiana eat a mushroom for 39 minutes is actually totally beautiful, and what it means to authentically nudge art history towards inclusion. Prudence Peiffer is an art historian, writer, and editor, specializing in modern and contemporary art. She is Director of Content at MoMA, New York. She was a Senior Editor at Artforum magazine from 2012-2017, and Digital Content Director at David Zwirner in 2018. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, New York Review of Books, Artforum, and Bookforum, among other publications. Her book, “The Slip: The New York City Street that Changed American Art Forever” has been longlisted for the National Book Award.

    55 min
  6. BonusEp. 14: The Lonely Palette Reads Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word

    03/10/2023

    BonusEp. 14: The Lonely Palette Reads Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word

    Taking a break from writing about astronauts, Tom Wolfe donned his white suit and strolled to the art museums of New York City, letting the incomprehensible literary works of the movement wash over him like a warm bath of clam broth, and producing what, in the words of art critic Rosalind Krauss, "hit the art world like a really bad, MSG-headache-producing, Chinese lunch." For you, dear listeners, here is the headache-inducing introduction to "The Painted Word," read aloud, as was always intended. This free preview is available to all listeners, but the full chapter, and all future chapters, will be going to $2 (and above) per episode patrons, so pledge that support to find out just what in the heck Wolfe defines as an "apache dance." It's so not what you think it is that it might just be what you think it is. The next chapter will be released on Tuesday, October 17. Don't miss a word, painted or otherwise, by becoming a patron.

    7 min
  7. BonusEp. 13: The Lonely Palette Reads Giorgio Vasari on Sandro Botticelli

    14/09/2023

    BonusEp. 13: The Lonely Palette Reads Giorgio Vasari on Sandro Botticelli

    Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) may have gone down in history as the very first Western art historian, but he is also a messy bench who loves drama, and we are here for it. Listen to his take on Sandro Botticelli from “The Lives of the Artists” (Bondanella trans., 1991), particularly his practical jokes, from which no friend or neighbor escaped unscathed.

    21 min
  8. Ep. 65 - Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" (1485-86)

    12/09/2023

    Ep. 65 - Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" (1485-86)

    The neoplatonic ideal of beauty, the girl on the half-shell, the naked chick riding a clam. Her tilted head and fluttery hair are recognized by everyone and their grandma, but no one - experts included - can explain just why in the heck this painting is so iconic. Shell we take on the challenge?

    36 min
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About

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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  • Creator
    Tamar Avishai
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2024
  • Episodes
    114
  • Rating
    Clean
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