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.

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 and artist lived and worked. VERY skimpy on the life of the artist (example: Mary Cassatt was extremely thin on details about her BUT long on woman being ignored in the art world). Not really whay I am looking for.

The Lonely Palette is so well produced (the sound editing, the pre-prod research, the background music, the natural feel of the museum visitors that start each podcast, etc etc). More importantly, The Lonely Palette is so very entertaining and educational (two words that hardly go together). But that is the whole point of Ms Avishai … she wants us to feel the excitement of art and art history even if museums can feel aloof and stuffy. Museums are not inaccessible, they are as fun for me as the NFL is for football fans. And The Lonely Palette makes each art topic Ms Avishai wants to tackle as thrilling as seeing a Steph Curry three-point game-winner. 10/10 !

As an international student who struggled a lot in my art history class during college, I wish I found out about this podcast earlier!!! Tamar can go in depth on an art work, an era or an artist without overwhelming me. Her voice is calm, inviting and beautiful. I learnt so much from listening to her channel and felt like I can fall in love with art history too!!(instead of being intimidated by it)