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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. 7 - Claude Monet's "Rouen Cathedral" Series (1892-94) Sep 06, 2016

Show notes

After centuries in the shadows, it's light's turn to shine.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "The Spinnet", "Lahaina", "Discovery Harbor", "Santre"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Ep. 6 - Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of a Woman" (1910) Jul 20, 2016

Show notes

You think your seven-year-old could paint this indecipherable abstract Cubist painting? Well, it's not abstract, it's totally understandable, and... he couldn't.

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Music used:

Paolo Pavan, “Blue Night Dance”

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Balti", "The Rampart", "Steadfast", "Beast on the Soil"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

Heftone Banjo Orchestra, "Peaceful Henry"

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Ep. 5 - Andy Warhol's "Red Disaster" (1962) Jul 05, 2016

Show notes

Elbow-deep in trauma, Andy Warhol plays with repetition and bores us into action.

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Music used:

Chris Zabriskie, “Cylinder Four”

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

Ketsa, “Catching Feathers”

The Blue Dot Sessions, “Drifting Spade”

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

Paolo Pavan, “Blue Night Dance”

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Ep. 4 - Edgar Degas' "Duchessa di Montejasi with Her Daughters, Elena and Camilla" (c. 1876) Jun 21, 2016

Show notes

Hey! You there! Don't walk by this seemingly-boring painting. You might miss the 19th century.

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Music used:

Reynold Philipsek, "Intro and Nuages" (Django Reinhardt cover)

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, “A Burst of Light”, “The Silver Hatch”

Lee Rosevere, “Wandering”

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

Chris Zabriskie, “Cylinder Four”

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Ep. 3 - John Singleton Copley's "Portrait of Samuel Adams" (1772) Jun 07, 2016

Show notes

While John Singleton Copley is busying himself with past and present art historical styles, Samuel Adams is getting all up in your biz.

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Music used:

Tri-Tachyon, “Little Lily Swing”

The Blue Dot Sessions, “Decompression”, “Turning on the Lights”

Velella Velella, “Hard Egg Timer”

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

Reynold Philipsek, "Intro and Nuages" (Django Reinhardt cover)

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Ep. 2 - Christian Boltanski's "Lumieres (blue square - Sylvie)" (2000) May 24, 2016

Show notes

Christian Boltanski tackles memory and death. We tackle Christian Boltanski.

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Music used: The Blue Dot Sessions, “That Horse Ithica”, “The Terrarium”, “That River Wide” The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Tri-Tachyon, “Little Lily Swing”

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