Salvador Dali's most famous painting is The Persistence of Memory from 1931. The painting is surprisingly small just 9 ½ by 13 inches or slightly larger than the average sheet of paper. It is one of the most widely recognized and referenced images of the surrealist movement. For those who don’t know it by name, you will likely recognize the description of cl ... Show More
Oct 26
My Top 7 After 7 Years: Podcast Done.
I have been making Who ARTed for seven years, and I appreciate everyone who has supported the show and learned along with me over that time. To wrap it all up, I put together a collection of seven of my favorite mini episodes. Learn about all sorts of works, including Paul Van Ho ... Show More
1h 14m
Oct 19
Author Interview: Doreen Carvajal | The Girl in Blue
My guest this week was Doreen Carvajal, author of The Girl in Blue: Renoir's Portrait of a Dynasty Erased. In our conversation, Carvajal shared her insights into the girl behind the portrait, her family and what happened to them during World War 2. Find Doreen Carvajal online: ht ... Show More
46m 30s
May 2013
Salvador Dali
<p>John Cooper Clarke, poetry's Punk Laureate, nominates Salvador Dali, the surrealist behind melting clocks, lobster telephones, and that trademark moustache.</p><p>Matthew Paris asks whether Dali was a genius artist or just a gifted marketeer of his own brand image, who latterl ... Show More
27m 52s
Aug 2018
Ep. 32 - René Magritte's "The Son of Man" (1964)
Ever have a day when you just feel a little... blocked? Well, sure as God made little green apples, Surrealist René Magritte feels you.
See the images:
http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2018/8/24/episode-32-ren-magrittes-son-of-man-1964
Music used:
Django Reinhardt, "Djang ... Show More
29m 12s
Sep 2023
Ep. 65 - Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" (1485-86)
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 in the heck this painting is so iconic. Shell we take o ... Show More
35m 40s
Jul 2019
Ep. 40 - Frida Kahlo's "Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia)" (1928)
In which we go beneath the flowers, the unibrow, the broken body, and the shadow of her marriage, to reframe the fame of Frida Kahlo: the Cult Icon of Humanness.
See the images:
http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2019/7/14/episode-40-frida-kahlos-dos-mujeres
Music used:
Dja ... Show More
37m 52s