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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.

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 17 - Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" (1917) Apr 18, 2017

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On the occasion of its hundredth birthday, we dive into the art world's greatest joke (splash!).

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Music Used:

Podington Bear, "A1 Rogue", "In My Head"

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "In The Back Room", "Rafter", "FasterFasterBrighter", "Nesting", "Lamplist"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Ep. 16 - Vincent Van Gogh's "Postman Joseph Roulin" (1888) Mar 29, 2017

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You've just had a manic break, cut off a piece of your ear, and gifted it to a prostitute. Who ya gonna call? Your get-a-grip postman friend, of course!

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Step In Step Out", "Scratcher", "Over the Fence", "Scalloped", "On Belay"

Lee Rosevere, "Curiosity"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

Podington Bear, "A1 Rogue"

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Ep. 15 - El Anatsui's "Black River" (2009) Mar 07, 2017

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One man's trash is Ghanaian fiber artist El Anatsui's treasure.

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Music used:

Podington Bear, "Down and Around"

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Coronea", "Mercurial Vision", "Stipple", "Our Quiet Company", "Step In Step Out"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Ep. 14 - Paul Gauguin's "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" (1897-98) Jan 25, 2017

Show notes

The gospel according to Gauguin is basically an existential hodgepodge that you and I were never supposed to understand.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Flagger", "Pacing", "Open Flames", "One Quiet Conversation"

Mathieu Lamontagne & Emmanuel Toledo, "Point de vue"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Ep. 13 - Edward Hopper's "Room in Brooklyn" (1932) Jan 03, 2017

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Welcome to Edward Hopper's specific, yet schematic, love letter to the alienation of the modern American city.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Lacquer Groove", "In Passage", "Cats Eye", "Tranceless", "Simple Melody", "Flagger"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Ep. 12 - Jackson Pollock's "Number 10, 1949" (1949) Dec 13, 2016

Show notes

Dust off your verbs, it's time to make sense out of chaos.

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Music used:

Eric Dolphy, "Out To Lunch"

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Parade Shoes", "Inessential", "City Limits", "Lacquer Groove"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Ep. 11 - John Singer Sargent's "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" (1882) Nov 15, 2016

Show notes

The darlings, the crown jewels, the moneymakers. Just what the heck is it about these girls?!

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Brass Buttons", "Heliotrope", "Vittoro", "Filing Away"

Lobo Loco, "White Shapes Beauty"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

Eric Dolphy, "Out To Lunch"

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Ep. 10 - Piet Mondrian's "Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue" (1927) Oct 25, 2016

Show notes

Think abstraction is totally inaccessible? Pull up a chair.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "The Provisions", "A Certain Lightness", "A Rush of Clear Water", "Brass Buttons"

Lee Rosevere, "Puzzle Pieces"

Tamar Avishai, "Grid (after Sol LeWitt's Drawing Series)"

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Ep. 9 - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's "Reclining Nude" (1909) Oct 04, 2016

Show notes

The German Expressionists get hot. Nazis get bothered.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

David Szeszlay, "Night Surfing"

Michael Howard, "The Tallest Man in Idaho (Instrumental)"

Jason Leonard, "Ritual Twelve"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Stilt", "Manele", "The Provisions" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Ep. 8 - Richard Serra's "Torqued Ellipses" (1996) Sep 20, 2016

Show notes

This big bully is about to give you a lesson in contrasts you won't soon forget. Featuring Dar Williams!

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Turning", "Downhill Racer", "Cloud Line"

Lee Rosevere, "Reflections"

Dar Williams and the WASTM Good Times House Choir, "The Water is Wide"

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