Best Tamar Avishai Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. 69 - Yee Sookyung's "Translated Vase" (2011) 23:40

22d ago23:40

23:40

“It is not about fixing or mending, but about celebrating the vulnerability of the object and ultimately myself.” - Yee SookyungShattered porcelain is impossible to repair. As impossible as fully, and accurately, reconstructing the past. But who needs that pressure? What if, instead of tossing those shards in the dustbin of history, we acknowledged…

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TLP Interview with Annea Lockwood, Artist and Composer 1:06:21

2M ago1:06:21

1:06:21

"It's the close focus that draws me into a sound. And then it sort of spreads out and spreads through my body. And I let that happen, and I'm listening in a different way." - Annea Lockwood The artist and composer Annea Lockwood is not just any musician. She is an artist of sound. She is a composer of art. Her music is performance art, and her art …

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Ep. 68 - Felix Gonzalez-Torres' "Untitled (March 5th) #2" (1991) 31:14

2M ago31:14

31:14

"The only thing permanent is change." - Felix Gonzalez-Torres There is no way around it. The work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a gay, Cuban-American artist who responded to - and died during - the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 90s, is sad. His work is a memorial, both to a lost generation and to his own partner, Ross. Yet it is through these seemingly …

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TLP Interview with Sebastian Smee, Art Critic, The Washington Post 1:00:18

3M ago1:00:18

1:00:18

“In the end, what interests me is the way art connects with life. Because otherwise, I don’t quite understand what it’s for.” - Sebastian SmeeSebastian Smee has been the art critic for the Washington Post since 2018, but has written extensively about art for every publication you can think of, from here to his native Australia, and winning a Pulitz…

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Ep. 67 - Cy Twombly's "Second Voyage to Italy (Second Version), 1962" 26:28

3M ago26:28

26:28

"My line does not illustrate. It is the sensation of its own realization." - Cy Twombly Critics have described the work of consummate scribbler Cy Twombly as at once "barely there" and overly academic, but what about us art civilians? What is it about these half-baked scraps, scratch, and scrawl that speaks to our own creative impulses, our own inn…

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Official Trailer: The Lonely Palette's Upcoming Season 3:06

3M ago3:06

3:06

**Update! Norovirus has entered the chat. The episode will be released on Monday, January 27. Thank you for your patience!Mark your calendars! The new season of The Lonely Palette drops Thursday, January 23rd! This season, we've got a stellar line-up: Cy Twombly, Lawren Harris, Käthe Kollwitz, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, to name just a few. We've go…

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Bonus - Introducing "The Rabbis Go South" 23:09

6M ago23:09

23:09

Tamar is alive! The Lonely Palette is alive! But in the year since we last spoke, she's been elbow-deep in audio projects galore - good for the pocketbook, but bad for independent art history podcast productivity. But your patience will be rewarded! And in the meantime, a few announcements: - Join me and my fellow H&S colleagues at the PRX Podcast …

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BonusEp. 18 - A TLP Announcement! And Introducing The Rabbis Go South 23:09

6M ago23:09

23:09

Tamar is alive! The Lonely Palette is alive! But in the year since we last spoke, she's been elbow-deep in audio projects galore - good for the pocketbook, but bad for independent art history podcast productivity. But your patience will be rewarded! And in the meantime, a few announcements:- Join me and my fellow H&S colleagues at the PRX Podcast G…

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Ep. 66 - Bringing Monuments Home (from PRX's Monumental) 1:00:18

1y ago1:00:18

1:00:18

In this special episode of The Lonely Palette, I’m sharing the episode I made for the PRX limited-run podcast series "Monumental," which interrogates the state of monuments across the greater U.S. and what their future says about where we are now and where we’re going. This was the concluding episode, exploring how some monuments are larger than li…

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BonusEp. 17 - The Hub & Spoke Radio Hour 50:22

1y ago50:22

50:22

The Lonely Palette, as you've heard so often, is an enormously proud founding member of the Hub & Spoke Audio Collective, a group of fiercely independent, story-driven, mind-expanding podcasts. Since 2017, we've supported each other while forging our own paths, prioritizing craft and humane storytelling above all else.Now, if you haven't noticed, m…

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Bonus - The Hub & Spoke Radio Hour 50:22

1y ago50:22

50:22

The Lonely Palette, as you've heard so often, is an enormously proud founding member of the Hub & Spoke Audio Collective, a group of fiercely independent, story-driven, mind-expanding podcasts. Since 2017, we've supported each other while forging our own paths, prioritizing craft and humane storytelling above all else. Now, if you haven't noticed, …

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TLP Interview with Lucy R. Lippard, Art Writer 45:11

1+ y ago45:11

45:11

Since her arrival on the art scene in the 1960s, legendary art writer Lucy Lippard’s work - searing, novelistic, crisp, and endlessly curious - as well as her insights, activism, entrenchment in the art world, and friendships have secured her role as one of the most important minds in art criticism of her generation. Now, at 86 years old, all of th…

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BonusEp. 16: Tamar Avishai interviews Lucy R. Lippard, Art Writer 45:11

1+ y ago45:11

45:11

Since her arrival on the art scene in the 1960s, legendary art writer Lucy Lippard’s work - searing, novelistic, crisp, and endlessly curious - as well as her insights, activism, entrenchment in the art world, and friendships have secured her role as one of the most important minds in art criticism of her generation.Now, at 86 years old, all of the…

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TLP Interview with Prudence Peiffer, Author & Content Director, MoMA 55:13

1+ y ago55:13

55:13

In the 1950s and 60s, Coenties Slip—an obscure street on the lower tip of Manhattan overlooking the East River—was home to some of the most iconic artists in history, and who would define American Art during their time there: Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As fri…

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BonusEp. 15: Tamar Avishai interviews Prudence Peiffer, Author and Content Director, MoMA 55:13

1+ y ago55:13

55:13

In the 1950s and 60s, Coenties Slip—an obscure street on the lower tip of Manhattan overlooking the East River—was home to some of the most iconic artists in history, and who would define American Art during their time there: Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As fri…

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Bonus - The Lonely Palette Reads Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word 7:02

1+ y ago7:02

7:02

www.patreon.com/lonelypalette Music used: Glenn Miller, “Tuxedo Junction” The Blue Dot Sessions, "No Smoking," "Mercurial Vision" Our website: www.thelonelypalette.comBy The Lonely Palette

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BonusEp. 14: The Lonely Palette Reads Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word 7:02

1+ y ago7:02

7:02

Taking a break from writing about astronauts, Tom Wolfe donned his white suit and strolled to the art museums of New York City, letting the incomprehensible literary works of the movement wash over him like a warm bath of clam broth, and producing what, in the words of art critic Rosalind Krauss, "hit the art world like a really bad, MSG-headache-p…

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Bonus - The Lonely Palette Reads Giorgio Vasari on Sandro Botticelli 21:21

1+ y ago21:21

21:21

This is a free edition of The Lonely Palette Reads, a perk that will be going out exclusively to Patreon patrons in the future. To become a patron, go to patreon.com/lonelypalette and sign up at any level of support. Thank you! Got suggestions for other intimidating-until-read-aloud-texts for future episodes of The Lonely Palette Reads? Email the s…

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BonusEp. 13: The Lonely Palette Reads Giorgio Vasari on Sandro Botticelli 21:21

1+ y ago21:21

21:21

Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) may have gone down in history as the very first Western art historian, but he is also a messy bench who loves drama, and we are here for it. Listen to his take on Sandro Botticelli from “The Lives of the Artists” (Bondanella trans., 1991), particularly his practical jokes, from which no friend or neighbor escaped unscathed.…

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Ep. 65 - Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" (1485-86) 35:40

1+ y ago35:40

35:40

I can't help the way I'm feeling/Goddess of love, please take me to your leader/I can't help, I keep on dancing. - Lady Gaga The neoplatonic ideal of beauty, the girl on the half-shell, the naked chick riding a clam. Her tilted head and fluttery hair are recognized by everyone and their grandma, but no one - experts included - can explain just why …

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Ep. 64 - Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Your Body is a Battleground)" (1989) 30:17

1+ y ago30:17

30:17

In April 1989, Barbara Kruger - an artist, activist, and former magazine layout editor - created a flyer for a pro-choice women’s march in Washington, DC to protest the Supreme Court’s potential overturning of Roe vs. Wade. But this flyer was never meant to be a picket sign. Instead, it has become a timeless artwork all its own: directly addressing…

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Ep. 63 - James Abbot McNeill Whistler's "Symphony in White No. 1: The White Girl" (1861-62) 32:40

2y ago32:40

32:40

See the Images: bit.ly/3PMpK3o Music Used: Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger” The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, “Slate Tracker,” “Laser Focus,” “The Griffiths,” “Crumbtown,” “Discovery Harbor,” “Leave the TV On,” “Pickers,” “Caraval, “Lady Marie” Support Hub & Spoke's Independence Fundraiser: www.hubspokeaudio.org…

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Ep. 62 - Helen Frankenthaler's "Madame Butterfly" (2000) 27:08

2y ago27:08

27:08

See the images: bit.ly/3ChhuAE Music used: Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger” The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, “Bedroll,” “A Common Pause,” “Palms Down,” “Desmontes,” “Delamine,” “Greylock,” “Angel Tooth,” “Dear Myrtle” Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees" Episode sponsor: The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 …

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BonusEp. 12 - The Lonely Palette presents Rumble Strip 16:52

2y ago16:52

16:52

The new season of The Lonely Palette is achingly close to starting up on Wednesday, June 7, but in the meantime, this week and next we're giving our feed over to some fellow Hub & Spoke shows that might pique your eardrums.Hub & Spoke, as you know, is our mighty audio collective of proudly independent podcasts. We aim to expand minds, viewpoints, k…

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BonusEp. 11 - The Lonely Palette presents Out There 23:36

2y ago23:36

23:36

The new season of The Lonely Palette is achingly close to starting up on Wednesday, June 7, but in the meantime, this week and next we're giving our feed over to some fellow Hub & Spoke shows that might pique your eardrums.Hub & Spoke, as you know, is our mighty audio collective of proudly independent podcasts. We aim to expand minds, viewpoints, k…

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Bonus - The Lonely Palette Live at On Air Fest (and an update!) 39:29

2y ago39:29

39:29

Happy 7th birthday, The Lonely Palette! We're ringing in our itch with an quick update on next season, which starts in June, and a recording of our live show at On Air Fest, which was held in Brooklyn this past February. Please enjoy this revamped and refreshed episode of Mary Kelly's "Post-Partum Document," smash that subscribe button, and we'll s…

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BonusEp. 10 - The Lonely Palette Live at On Air Fest (and an update!) 39:29

2y ago39:29

39:29

Happy 7th birthday, The Lonely Palette! We're ringing in our itch with an quick update on next season, which starts in June, and a recording of our live show at On Air Fest, which was held in Brooklyn this past February. Please enjoy this revamped and refreshed episode of Mary Kelly's "Post-Partum Document," smash that subscribe button, and we'll s…

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Re-ReleaseEp. 36 - Behold The Monkey 40:41

2+ y ago40:41

40:41

We're in THE HOME STRETCH of our Patreon Listener Challenge! This is indeed the time to pull up your socks and start supporting the show, all to the dulcet tones of a re-release of our second and most lauded Patreon listener-supported episode from 2019 on the Ecce Homo restoration fiasco, wherein a well-intentioned, though, uh, untrained parishione…

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Re-ReleaseEp. 26 - C.M. Coolidge's "Dogs Playing Poker" (1903) 39:28

2+ y ago39:28

39:28

Our Patreon Listener Challenge is ongoing! And if you're on the fence about supporting the show, why not sit back with a re-release of our first-ever Patreon listener-supported episode from 2018 on C.M. Coolidge's "Dogs Playing Poker," where we dive into the trials and tribulations of kitsch, the battle between the Sams and Dianes of the world, and…

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TLP Interview with Avery Trufelman, Design & Fashion Podcaster 1:10:26

2+ y ago1:10:26

1:10:26

Episode webpage: bit.ly/3jtcOBl Music used: The Blue Dot Sessions, “Swapping Tubes” The Kinks, “Dedicated Follower of Fashion” Support our year-end fundraiser! bit.ly/3An5jSdBy The Lonely Palette

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BonusEp. 09 - Tamar Avishai interviews Avery Trufelman, Design and Fashion Podcaster 1:10:26

2+ y ago1:10:26

1:10:26

A number of years ago, my Twitter pinged. Then it pinged again. All of a sudden, a whole host of people were following the show, and when I giddily found the source, it was the soulful and stylish Avery Trufelman, longtime 99% Invisible producer, currently of Articles of Interest, and fashionista tastemaker, who had pronounced The Lonely Palette he…

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Ep. 61 - Under the Midnight Sun 29:12

2+ y ago29:12

29:12

They say that those who can do and those who can’t teach. But “they” don’t seem to have ever met a proper teacher. In honor of the Norwegian town of Bodø’s recognition as a 2024 European Capital of Culture, we dive into Bodø’s most famous artist, Adelsteen Normann, the teacher you’ve never heard of, the picture-postcard modernist who introduced us …

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Ep. 60 - Caravaggio's "The Crucifixion of St. Andrew" (1607) 37:36

2+ y ago37:36

37:36

Light and dark. Frozen action. Angels with dirty faces. Infamously both a hothead punk and one of the most extraordinarily potent and virtuosic painters in the canon, Caravaggio is nothing if not a man of contrasts.See the images:https://bit.ly/3iNqpTYMusic used:Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"Charles …

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TLP Interview with Dar Williams, Singer-Songwriter 1:13:26

2+ y ago1:13:26

1:13:26

Dar Williams has been described by The New Yorker as “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters,” but to thirteen-year-old Tamar she was, quite simply, a personal hero: a songwriter whose poetry, poignancy, and humor could capture at once the authentic voices of an inner child, a searching young adult, and a wizened sage. We met in person in 20…

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BonusEp. 08 - Tamar Avishai interviews Dar Williams, Singer-Songwriter 1:13:26

2+ y ago1:13:26

1:13:26

Dar Williams has been described by The New Yorker as “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters,” but to thirteen-year-old Tamar she was, quite simply, a personal hero: a songwriter whose poetry, poignancy, and humor could capture at once the authentic voices of an inner child, a searching young adult, and a wizened sage. We met in person in 20…

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Preview: "Death of an Artist: Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre Split the Art World" 10:05

2+ y ago10:05

10:05

Hello, friends to art podcasts! I'm giving my feed over today to a preview of a new podcast from Pushkin Industries, Somethin’ Else, and Sony Music Entertainment: "Death of an Artist". The show examines a tragedy in the art world. For more than 35 years, accusations of murder shrouded one of the art world’s most storied couples: was the famous scul…

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TLP Interview with Adam Gopnik, Critic, The New Yorker 1:07:59

2+ y ago1:07:59

1:07:59

Episode webpage: bit.ly/3COhnOp Music used: The Blue Dot Sessions, “Balti” Mandy Patinkin, “Finishing the Hat” from Sunday in the Park with George Support the show: www.patreon.com/lonelypaletteBy The Lonely Palette

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