Speed of Life

Join Elaine Sciolino, author of Adventures in the Louvre ,  on a virtual visit to the Louvre, introducing us to her favorite artworks, and to the people who are the museum’s lifeblood: the curators selecting and arranging the works, the artisans producing frames and engravings, the builders overseeing restorations, the firefighters protecting the aging structure.

Gregg Chadwick Connoisseurs (Getty Museum)  24"x22"   acrylic, watercolor, pastel, and Conté on paper   2025 My artwork Connoisseurs (Getty Museum)  was inspired by my love of museums and the beautiful folks that spend contemplative time engaging in the life affirming creations housed in these treasure houses. In the past four months, I have visited the Getty Museum in Los Angeles multiple times to bask in the collected works of Gustave Caillebotte in the marvelous exhibition "Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men" which closed on Sunday, May 25, 2025. I was at the Getty, on both opening and closing days for this inspiring show.  In my view museums are wonderfully equipped to inspire human connections and mutual understanding through art. "Connoisseurs (Getty Museum)" is richly painted in layers of acrylic colors imported from Australia, Schminke watercolors from Germany, and Sennelier pastels & Conté crayons from France on 100% cotton deckled paper from S...

Thank You Bruce for Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Rocking All Night!

Eddie Vedder Supports Bruce Springsteen and Denounces Trump's Insults and his administration's policies such as withholding Funding for Universities and not giving due process to Immigrants -  Rockin in the Free World, Pearl Jam, PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, May 18th, 2025; Dark Matter World Tour, Final Night of Dark Matter World Tour Video by Jim Powers

Thank You Eddie!

Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour in Manchester, England. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs “Land of Hope and Dreams,” “House of a Thousand Guitars” and “My City of Ruins.” Below are the transcripts of all three spoken segments. Introduction to Land of Hope and Dreams "Good Evening! It’s great to be in Manchester and back in the U.K. Welcome to the Land of Hope & Dreams Tour! The mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock ‘n’ roll in dangerous times. In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration. Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices ag...