I am updating my review - The new content and side roads in art and culture are wonderful. Find this podcast and make it a great antidote to the madness befalling these times. This is STILL the best podcast on the planet. This podcast is the best thing coming into my head while I paint. Her gentle voice, exquisite delivery, cool music choices, and astounding depth of knowledge of the art I have loved all my life is extraordinary. She really does bring the art through the air of a museum I may never see into my studio like an indulgent friend reading to me while I paint. I highly recommend this podcast for creators. Lorna Barth Storyhengeart

Please stop with the people giving their opinion/ bad description of the painting in the bginning of the podcast! (I know, ironic that I am giving my opinion but hey...) I think everyone here googles the painting before the episode. I can't fast forward fast enough but sometimes this segment goes on WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too LONG! Also, there is no exploration of how the painting was made or the artist's working methods : oil on canvas, painted from models, ...etc. It's more philosophy than nuts and bolt of how an artist lived and worked. VERY skimpy on the life of the artist (example: Mary Cassatt episode was extremely thin on details about her BUT long on woman being ignored in the art world). Not really whay I am looking for.

About 6 years ago I came across “The Lonely Palette” and I truly valued Tamar Avishai’s thoughtful, eloquent and personable insights on Art History and the cultural meaning of the works featured in each episode. Avishai has brought new meaning to works I already love and introduced me to new works and artists I may have missed in Art History class after pulling all those all-nighters.

I'm revisiting my review as I re-listen my favorite art history podcast, ever. Still feel the same!!! While listening, it's like seeing with your ears! You will experience works of art at a depth previously reserved for those with a fine arts degree. Quite a lot of fun, with wisdom inspired by or gleaned from the artist and works discussed ... the wisdom will sneak up on you at any moment! And what a voice! I could listen to this all day ... and have, many times.