Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick Cypresses  Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise)  June 1889 Oil on canvas 36 3/4 x 29 1/8 in. (93.4 x 74 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York “To give an idea of Provence it’s vital to do a few more canvases of cypresses and mountains. … It took me all the time to observe the character of the pines, cypresses, &c. In the pure air here, the lines which don’t change and which one finds again at every step.” Vincent Van Gogh to Theo Van Gogh ,  Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 4 January 1890  836 “Van Gogh’s Cypresses” is the perfect exhibition for this moment in time. In our pixel soaked, AI drenched, climate change endangered world we are in need of a sojourn to physical reality and a soulful engagement with the natural world. This exhibition at the Met in New York brings together Van Gogh's paintings, drawings, and illustrated letters that engage the theme of cypress trees. Many of the artworks are fragile and light se...

From Atlas Obscura: "At least 750,000 people visit New York's Grand Central Station each day. It's hard to see past the buzz of tourists snapping photos and commuters moving quickly between trains. But if you linger for just a moment, you might see the iconic landmark from a different perspective. If you'd like to go beyond the landmarks on your next visit to New York City, check out all the 310 hidden wonders our community has found: https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-t... Or see more of what the world has to offer by browsing our database of over 14,000 unique sights to visit around the world: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places " Gregg Chadwick Mercury Above Grand Central 30"x22"gouache on paper 2020 Brandon Mauldin Collection, Nashville, Tennessee Sold March 2023

“New York Comeback” (Feat. Bruce Springsteen & Patti Scialfa) Gregg Chadwick New York Minute 74"x44" oil on linen 2013 Private Collection, Orinda, California

  Gregg Chadwick New York Stories (Five Minutes to Midnight) 30"x 40" oil on linen  Happy New Year! 明けましておめでとうございます Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu In my painting "New York Stories" it’s five minutes to midnight. Waiting for 2022 to move into 2023 like the hands of a clock spinning into the next hour, figures move around the iconic Grand Central clock like foxes huddling beneath a tree in Andō Hiroshige's "New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji" It’s raining this New Year’s Eve in Santa Monica. I’m listening to a recording of a 10,000-member choir in Japan singing “Ode to Joy” in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Enthusiasm for Beethoven is particularly strong in Japan. Every year in December, singers gather in a concert hall in Osaka to sing the final chorus from Beethoven's Ninth. Gregg Chadwick Passing View of Shohei Bridge  30"x24" oil on linen 1990 Again , my thoughts trace a circuit from this moment back to an earlier New Yea...

New York Public Library · 1. To See an Underground Show New York Public Library · 2. Romancing Rush Hour New York Public Library · 3. Serenity Is a Rowdy City Park New York Public Library · 4. Out in Left Field New York Public Library · 5. For the Love of Noisy Neighbors New York Public Library · 6. I'd Call a Cab to Anywhere New York Public Library · 7. Never Call It a Night Again New York Public Library · 8. The Not-Quite-Quiet Library The New York Public Library along with creative agency Mother New York has created an aural love letter to NYC: "an album of audio landscapes that evoke the sounds of New York City." The NYPL explains: "The New York we know and love is one click away: cabs honking, pigeons cooing, bike messengers whizzing by, strangers gossiping, the hum of a local library. Anywhere you are can now become the city—all you need is  Missing Sounds of New York , The New York Public Library’s new album.  M...

by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Evidence Based Science 30"x24" oil on linen 2018 Evidence Based Science! I'm getting ready for the April 14, 2018  March for Science Los Angeles: Rally and Science Expo. Mark your calendars for the second March for Science Los Angeles event! This year instead of marching we are focusing on programming and our Science Expo. With the event we hope to bring people together around science, point to concrete policy options and give people tools to explore science and support evidence-based policies throughout the year. The Science Rally will run from 10 AM - 11 AM. We are proud to announce our confirmed speakers include Astrophysicist and Curator Dr. Laura Danly, Malik Ducard of YouTube, Dr. John Fleming of Center for Biological Diversity, Dr. Carlos G. Gutiérrez Professor of Chemistry at Cal State LA, Dr. Mona Patel of Children's Hospital LA, and Neurobiologist Dr. Tepring Piquado.  Our Science Expo booths will be ope...

by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Cinematographer's Dream 30"x40" oil on linen 2018     I created Cinematographer's Dream in honor of the first Women Illuminated Film Festival which takes place March 12, 2018 at the Anthology Film Archives in New York, parallel to the United Nation’s 62nd Annual Commision on the Status of Women (CSW). The one­ day event showcases documentary, short, and feature length films by women filmmakers, grappling with the most pressing issues of our time. The Women Illuminated Film Festival is particularly timely, as this year’s CSW review theme is “participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communications technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women.” My painting Cinematographer's Dream is part of a series of  artworks on the history of the movie business and Los Angeles. Set in the early 21st Century, Cinematographer's Dream  depicts...

Loved this card from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Reminds me of the many holiday seasons that I have spent in Japan. Especially the year that I spent chasing Hiroshige in Tokyo.  

Walk with Ai Weiwei through his newest outdoor art project in New York, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors,” which tackles issues of immigration and inclusion. Publish Date October 13, 2017.  Photo by Jean Yves Chainon/The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.. By HILARY SWIFT, JEAN YVES CHAINON and KAITLYN MULLIN 

Gregg Chadwick   @ greggchadwick  ·  49s 49 seconds ago Yoko Ono @ yokoono and MoMA, Together at Last http:// nyti.ms/1Jq6dKB  

by Gregg Chadwick Yesterday in Coventry, Bruce Springsteen dedicated a live full-album performance of  Born to Run  to the recently-departed actor James Gandolfini. Born to Run is a cinematic album that conjures up the  noirish romance of New York and New Jersey seen through the eyes of a youthful protagonist. Unspoken desires and Jersey lowlifes haunt this character as he roams a landscape of broken dreams from the break of day until the dark morning hours.   Gandolfini's characters seemed to embody this endless search for something more, something bigger, something more real.  Gandolfini will be deeply missed. Video: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Play Meeting Across The River  for James Gandolfini in Coventry on June 20, 2013 Little Steven and James Gandolfini on April 7, 2002, during a Hard Rock Cafe Presents "Little Steven's Underground Garage" radio show at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. photo by Kevin Mazur / Wi...

Remarks by the President at the Democratic National Convention (Full Text and Video) Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, North Carolina September 6, 2012 10:24 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  I am so thrilled and so honored and so proud to introduce the love of my life, the father of our two girls, and the President of the United States of America -- Barack Obama.  (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you so much. AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years! THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much, everybody.  Thank you. Photo Courtesy PBS NewsHour Michelle, I love you so much.  A few nights ago, everybody was reminded just what a lucky man I am.  (Applause.)  Malia and Sasha, we are so proud of you.  And, yes...