Speed of Life

Patti Smith, Piazza San Marco, Venice, 2025.07.07,  Beneath the Southern Cross Festival della Bellezza

"R.B. Kitaj was one of the pre-eminent figure painters working in post-war London. Despite the acclaim he achieved in his lifetime, since his death in 2007 he has not been widely exhibited in London and many areas of art historical research into his work await exploration. His paintings and drawings, especially those made in his Los Angeles period between 1997 and 2007, warrant more detailed appraisal than they have yet received. Outstanding research topics reach far beyond a consideration of his source materials and include his ambiguous interposition between modernity and post-modernity, his self-conscious use of eclectic styles as a vehicle for meaning, and the varied networks he connected with, from the swinging London of his friends David Hockney and Mick Jagger to the Beat scene of California. In short, Kitaj and his work are long overdue for reconsideration. In collaboration with Piano Nobile, the Courtauld Research Forum will contribute to that process of reconsideration. ...

From the BBC - "4-part BBC documentary series in which art historian James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world. James starts at the beginning of the 20th century, when an explosion of scientific and technological advances created radical new ways of looking at the world. From the impact of aerial photography on modern art to our ability to peer inside the body and freeze time itself, the first episode is a dizzying journey of visual invention, which makes fascinating connections between the work of artists, film-makers, photographers and scientists. Revealing Salvador Dali’s debt to Einstein, the groundbreaking trickery of Buster Keaton and shockingly modern fakery of WWI photos, James Fox offers an endlessly surprising, eye-opening look at the beginnings of our image-saturated age."

  PRIDE (Last of Us) 30"x22" pastel, color pencil, ink, and wash on paper 2025 by Gregg Chadwick My multi-media drawing on paper "PRIDE (Last of Us)" was inspired by a poignant scene in the HBO Max series which is based on the storytelling in the video game "Last of Us". In my artwork queer lovers Dina and Ellie ride on horseback through dystopian Seattle's Capitol Hill. In this perhaps eerily prescient future, PRIDE celebrations have ceased and anti - LGBTQIA bigotry is present. As they ride, Dina and Ellie notice the PRIDE flags, but don’t know their meaning. "What's up with all the rainbows?” Dina asks. “I dunno. Maybe they were all optimists,” Ellie responds. But, we the audience know what the PRIDE symbols mean and the loss is heartbreaking. As we near the end of June 2025 - the world is in a particular tough place. My artwork is a visual meditation to remind us all that "Love is Love!"

From the National Gallery in London: "Parmigianino is one of the most inventive and influential artists of the Italian Renaissance. His huge altarpiece, originally intended for a burial chapel in San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome, has had a particularly precarious life - or so the art historian Giorgio Vasari tells us. Hear from Project Curator Maria Alambritis the story of how both Parmigianino and his painting survived the Sack of Rome, one of the most destructive events of the 16th century." 🎨 Find out more about the painting, 'The Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Jerome' https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa... 🖌️ Find out more about Parmigianino https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ar... #NationalGallery #ArtHistory #Parmigianino

Exploring the Garden of Earthly Delights will introduce the practice of drawing and painting in Santa Monica’s hidden green spaces. Soon to be a Great Park, the asphalt and concrete of the Santa Monica Airport will in the not-too-distant future give way to green fields, flowers, and foliage. Even now, magical places exist at the airport where nature expresses itself alongside hangars and workspaces.   During the workshop, we will venture into the garden area behind the City of Santa Monica Airport Arts Center Studios and engage with the natural forms that fill the space. In this urban oasis of lush green foliage and blooming flowers, workshop participants can draw or paint living botanicals on the spot, or draw or paint portraits of two costumed models. We will step out of our homes and workspaces, and bathed in Southern California light, will be inspired by the works of Hieronymus Bosch, Frida Kahlo, and John Singer Sargent.   We will respond to this intimate garden by making...

  Nezza performs The Star Spangled Banner in Spanish at Dodger Stadium 

  ICE Out Of L.A.! In acts of cruelty and cowardice, the current administration sends masked ICE cosplay goons into our streets to abduct our friends, neighbors, and loved ones to please dear leader. Props to so many of you who are standing for Humanity and against this tyrannical attack. Thank You  @chirla_org ,  @boyleheightsbt ,  @aclu_socal ,  @lataco  , @lindseyphorvath  ,  @ted.lieu  ,  @mayorofla  bass and so many more. Please Join in and Fight Back! ACT NOW! POST NOW!! SHOW UP TODAY AND EVERYDAY!!!! You too CAN make a difference. Showing up en masse will send a message. #fightfascism   #stopice   #protectvulnerablecommunities   #iceoutofla   #chirla   #familiesbelongtogether ICE raids hit across Los Angeles today—and locals are rising up. This is what resistance looks like. ✊🏾 This was about an hour ago… [image or embed] — Christopher Webb ( @cwebbonline.com ) June 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM A mu...

  My Buddhist inspired artwork “Steps of Time” begins its journey today to a new home in Enns, Austria. Enns is a picturesque city along the Danube in Upper Austria. Enns began as the Roman outpost Lauriacum and became Austria’s first chartered town in 1212. Currently Enns is part of the Cittàslow network, which promotes a slower pace of life and a focus on quality of life. In our spinning world, there is a parallel universe that asks us to pause, to appreciate, and to reconnect. The monk in “Steps of Time” evokes the passage of time and the accumulated wisdom inherent in a spiritual journey. Thank you  @singulartofficial  for arranging the sale! #peace #hope #beauty #Austria #art #contemporaryart #travel #buddhism

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...

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 voi...

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...

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...

"I wrote all these country songs at the same time I wrote 'The Ghost of Tom Joad,' Those sessions completely overlap each other. I’m singing 'Repo Man' in the afternoon and 'The Line' at night. So the country record got made right along with 'The Ghost of Tom Joad.' Very similar to 'Born in the U.S.A.' and 'Nebraska'..." — Bruce Springsteen

Jack White's Sonic Attack Last Night at the Hollywood Palladium! Jack White at the Hollywood Palladium 5/13/2025 photos by Gregg Chadwick