The Lonely Palette

Interviews with museum visitors followed by deep dives into individual AI summary

Tamar Avishai Visit website › Arts · EN · 109 episodes · latest 2026-11-02

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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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  1. 2026-11-02 · 4 min · Episode 129

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  2. 2026-09-11 · 41 min · Episode 128

    “While the men prepared to replace the first flag, I was able to position myself for a picture, the elements of which were composed by the men themselves, and the wind, weather, midday lighting, and the luck of timing.”…

  3. 2026-06-23 · 1 hr 28 min · Episode 127

    "Art isn't what you see. It's what you help others see." - Edgar Degas | "Close your eyes/sometimes it helps." - Rhianna A little over ten years ago, on May 4th, 2016, I swallowed hard and hit publish on my very first…

  4. 2026-04-07 · 1 hr 36 min · Episode 126

    "The deeper you go, the less indulgent it will be.” - Helena's stickie note Helena De Groot is an audio maker, but, really, she’s an audio artist. Her series, Creation Myth, just dropped in full as part of the CBC’s…

  5. 2025-09-26 · 1 hr 22 min · Episode 125

    Earlier this year, I had a really, really great conversation with Dr. Lara Ayad, host of the podcast The Cheeky Scholar - and I'm proud to share it today. We cast our net really wide, talking at first about the role of…

  6. 2025-09-05 · 26 min

    It's September, and time to get back to work. That means defending public radio against federal defunding, exploring its core values, and taking an honest look at how we got here. I'm proud to share this conversation…

  7. 2025-08-07 · 21 min · Episode 124

    "You don't go look at a Rothko; you go inside a Rothko." - Claire, visitor, National Gallery of ArtModern art. Two little words that strike so much fear in the heart of the average museum goer. When you're used to…

  8. 2025-07-31 · 25 min · Episode 123

    "Questions and the search for answers, and the appreciation of beauty, and then wanting to share it with other people, to go look at it closely together. Then you realize you've got something that can feed you for the…

  9. 2025-07-24 · 26 min · Episode 122

    "There are different levels of looking. And it's exciting to bring people to the different levels." - Estelle Quain, docent, National Gallery of ArtHow do YOU feel when you walk into an art museum? Is it familiar?…

  10. 2025-07-04 · 38 min · Episode 121

    “I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed.” - Norman RockwellWhether arguing for soft versus hard taco shells or the Neo-Nazi right to march in Skokie, freedom of speech is a…

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Owner
The Lonely Palette
Oldest episode in feed
05/2016 · over 10 years
Typical length
33 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords
art, art history, museum, painting, podcast, arts, modern art

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