Monday, October 31, 2022
U2’s Bono Talks with David Remnick
Bono joined David Remnick at the 2022 New Yorker Festival to talk about his new memoir, “Surrender.” “When I sang in U2, something got ahold of me,” Bono said. “And it made sense of me.” They discussed how the band almost ended because of the members’ religious faith, and how they navigated the Troubles as a bunch of young men from Dublin suddenly on the world stage. Bono shared a life lesson from Paul McCartney, and he opened up about the early death of his mother. “This wound in me just turned into this opening where I had to fill the hole with music,” Bono said. In the loss of a loved one, “there's sometimes a gift. The opening up of music came from my mother.”
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Japanese Pumpkin Monster for Halloween
もうすぐハロウィンということで、今年も江戸時代版ジャック・オー・ランタンをご紹介。歌川芳員が描いた「砂村の怨霊」というカボチャの妖怪です。砂村は現在の東京都江東区。カボチャの産地として知られていました。顔がカボチャの実。手足が葉と蔓でできているのにご注目。※現在展示していません。 pic.twitter.com/Q6DO7zS7HB
— 太田記念美術館 Ota Memorial Museum of Art (@ukiyoeota) October 29, 2022
Halloween is coming up soon, so this year the Ota Memorial Museum of Art shows us the Edo period version of the Jack-O-Lantern. It is a pumpkin monster called "Sunamura no Onryo" drawn by Yoshikazu Utagawa. Sunamura is present-day Koto Ward in Tokyo. It was known for producing pumpkins. The limbs are made of leaves and vines.
Friday, October 28, 2022
Georgia Grassroots Event with Barack Obama
We’ve come a long way, but the work isn’t done. Thanks for seeing us in Georgia, @BarackObama! pic.twitter.com/XvGDmMqKq2
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) October 29, 2022
We deserve better, Georgia. And better is worth fighting for.
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) October 29, 2022
Thank you President @BarackObama for reminding Georgians of our extraordinary power to change history and to make history. It’s time to get it done. pic.twitter.com/BaRG52XWZH
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Monday, October 24, 2022
Happy Diwali!
To everyone celebrating the Festival of Lights here in the United States and around the world, happy Diwali! pic.twitter.com/0DPlOaqhMO
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) October 24, 2022
This Diwali, may we remember that from darkness there is power in the gathering of light. That the American story depends not on any one of us, but on all of us.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 24, 2022
To those celebrating and connecting with one another during this festival of lights: Happy Diwali. pic.twitter.com/yrByVDXAvr
Happy Diwali! In honor of the beginning of the Hindu New Year, scholar Lakshika Senarath Gamage offered her perspective on the design, construction, and use of the spectacular bronze oil lamps in the Fowler’s collection. Watch the video to learn more!https://t.co/0UFnL7qcaQ
— Fowler Museum @ UCLA (@FowlerMuseum) October 25, 2022
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Honoring a Life: RIP Peter Schjeldahl
In 2005, during the Q&A after a lecture at SFMOMA, I asked Peter Schjeldahl about the place of beauty in contemporary art. Peter leaned forward and spoke from the heart." This is an important, if not controversial, question that I write about often. In the 60s and 70s in academia it was the forbidden word. A group of art historians could look up at the blue sky and and declare it a beautiful day on their way to a conference on contemporary art. But once in the doors of the conference room, beauty ceased to exist." Peter concluded by stating, "Art does not have to address beauty- to reach for beauty. But it sure is great if it does."Quite a loss - My thoughts on Peter Schjeldahl from April 2005
— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) October 21, 2022
Speed of Life: Peter Schjeldahl at SFMOMA https://t.co/1gKhLJMePZ pic.twitter.com/C6oO1Mm6h3
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American Featured on U.S. Currency
My Anna portrait hangs in my new house now -- but here's where she resided during my first few months in this beautiful, sometimes brutal city. She reminds me to hold on to my ferocity. I still love staring at her unflinching gaze, depicted by fellow SoCal resident @greggchadwick pic.twitter.com/fOG89TaI7k
— Ailsa Chang (@ailsachang) October 19, 2022
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36"x48"oil on linen
painting by Gregg Chadwick
Ailsa Chang Collection
Monday, October 17, 2022
On Saatchi Art's Front Page
Honored that Saatchi Art has included my painting "A Walk With Obama" in their New This Week 10-17-2022 collection.
Artworks curated by Rebecca Wilson - Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory
A nice early birthday present which is upcoming on October 23rd.
Link at - https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/New-This-Week-10-17-2022/153961/700687/view
Direct Link at - https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-A-Walk-With-Obama/25560/9700617/view
Gregg Chadwick
30"x22" Gouache on Paper 2022
Friday, October 14, 2022
Thursday, October 13, 2022
January 6th Select Committee Hearing - October 13, 2022
I am going to include here something I tweeted on the day of the attempted coup. I KNEW what I was watching on Jan 6 was an attempted coup. https://t.co/iGy0Hp75YY
— HawaiiDelilah™ is a Citizen Patriot (@HawaiiDelilah) October 13, 2022
Schiff: Secret Service knew this was coming. On January 5, someone threatened to bring a sniper rifle, and SS knew there were "quick reaction forces" in case Trump invoked the Insurrection Act. #HATH
— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) October 13, 2022
The January 6th committee shows a text from Kylie Kremer to Mike Lindell indicating awareness, days before the attack, of Trump’s plan to send the crowd to the Supreme Court/Capitol after his speech.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 13, 2022
NEW: “Their plan is to literally kill people. Please please take this tip seriously and investigate further.” — tip about the Proud Boys received by the FBI and relayed to Secret Service in the days before the Jan. 6 attack.
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) October 13, 2022
Head of Trump's detail passed info about those crowds onto Tony Ornato, White House operative. Outside groups were armed and the SS knew it. Committee has the texts. Wow. #HATH
— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) October 13, 2022
These Secret Service texts & emails are clear -- they KNEW there could be violence at The Capitol. The SS knew about the Proud Boys plan to occupy buildings 10 days in advance. They fucking KNEW. That agency is rotten & corrupt. Disgusting.
— HawaiiDelilah™ is a Citizen Patriot (@HawaiiDelilah) October 13, 2022
Monday, October 10, 2022
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day - Connor Chee - Pathways (from Scenes from Dinétah) | Navajo Piano
Connor Chee - Pathways (from Scenes from Dinétah) | Navajo Piano
Chee’s piece is inspired by the traditional Navajo practice of running east toward the rising sun in the morning. The tradition is rooted in the Diné belief that a healthy life path is guided by balance, spirituality, and community.