Speed of Life

  Gregg Chadwick Riveter 16"x20" oil on linen 2025 On International Worker's Day, I honor the struggles and gains made by laborers since the Industrial Revolution. May Day began as a commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Tragedy in Chicago. The tragic event has inspired generations of labor leaders, activists, and artists and has been commemorated in monuments, murals, and posters throughout the world, especially in Europe and Latin America. In 1893 the Haymarket Martyrs Monument was erected in a cemetery in the Chicago suburb of Forest Park. I paint in an old hangar at the Santa Monica Airport across the street from Barker Hangar. In these hangars during WWII, a women’s army of aeronautical workers built the Douglas aircraft that helped bring down the fascists across the globe. My painting "Riveter" honors these fierce laborers of the past, present, and future who use their tools of the trade to fight against tyranny and injustice across the globe. Keep the faith...

Blue Velvet (David Lynch) 30"x24" oil on linen 2025 by Gregg Chadwick My oil on linen painting "Blue Velvet (David Lynch" is an homage to a visionary director and his artistic vision. Lynch thought of Los Angeles as a place of hidden mysteries and breathtaking light. Lynch said: “What I really like about {Los Angeles} if you drive around – especially at night – you can get a little gust of wind of the great days of the silver screen. All there in, like, living memory... it was an incredible place to be at the beginning of cinema.” In my artwork, David Lynch stands beneath the Aero Theater marquee in Santa Monica, California which is emblazoned with the words - "David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Sold Out." Just days after his death, the American Cinematheque held a special screening in his honor. I walked up to the Aero to honor the memory of David Lynch. As I arrived the sun was setting across the Pacific and an elegiac glow lit up the theater on Montana Aven...

  Today and Every Day I Stand for Science! Many dedicated researchers/educators/scientists attended  @standupforscience2025  rallies all around the country today to protest funding cuts, illegal firings, and censorship of scientists. In response to the attacks, one of the most important things we can do is to visually show that science has strong support in this country, so please join the cause! My painting "Evidence Based Science" is in the collection of the esteemed Dr. AfAf Meleis: Professor of Nursing and Sociology and Dean Emerita at  @uofpenn  where she served from 2002 through 2014. This followed her 34-year tenure as a nursing faculty professor at  @uclanursing  and  @ucsfnurse #science   #medicine   #health   #publichealth   #environment   #climatechange   #standupforscience   #nursing   #art   #artandsocialjustice What an incredible honor to be on @scifri.bsky.social talking about why scien...

  Wonderful weekend at the  @gettymuseum  - "To be human is to crave light. We rise and sleep according to the rhythms of the sun, and have long associated light with divinity. Focusing on the arts of western Europe, Lumen explores the ways in which the science of light was studied by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers, theologians, and artists during the “long Middle Ages” (800-1600 CE). During this period science (or the study of the physical universe) served as the connective thread for diverse cultures across Europe and the Mediterranean, uniting scholars who inherited, translated, and improved upon a common foundation of ancient Greek scholarship. Several contemporary artworks, including special installations by Helen Pashgian and Charles Ross will extend the exhibition’s reach throughout the Museum." Lumen The Art and Science of Light at the Getty Museum photo by Gregg Chadwick This exhibition is presented in English and Spanish. Esta exhibición se presenta...

  Wow! Over 1400 folks visited our studios during the latest 2024 edition of the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk. Thanks to all the folks who visited my studio and engaged with me, my family, and my art. Producer and creator Austin Ross and his partner the amazing (The Harder They Fall) Annabel Durst brought scintillating energy into my studio. My recent painted homage to Basquiat found a moment with Austin while  @sergioarau  looked on from the background with a copy of  @la_weather_novel  by  @mariaescandon  in his hands. Good vibes, good folks, good hope! Thank you  @18thstreetarts  ,  @cityofsantamonica ,  @stgactor   More at: Art walk draws impressive crowd to airport https://smdp.com/2024/05/23/art-walk-draws-impressive-crowd-to-airport/  #art   #santamonica   #contemporaryart   #airport   #basquiat

From OzArts Nashville -  "Dazzling animation meets live performance in the ingenious work of Miwa Matreyek.  The LA-based multimedia artist confronts the climate crisis with her creation, using multiple projectors to interact with her dreamlike animations as a silhouette."

#NowYouSeeUs is open now at Tate Britain! Discover the story of how women artists in Britain championed access to art training and broke boundaries, forging a path for generations to come. Book your tickets today. Until 13 October https:// bit.ly/3It10IG #NowYouSeeUs is open now at Tate Britain! 🎨 Discover the story of how women artists in Britain championed access to art training and broke boundaries, forging a path for generations to come. 🎟️ Book your tickets today. Until 13 October ➡️ https://t.co/NrTXXGg8hA pic.twitter.com/fLieXDaP80 — Tate (@Tate) May 16, 2024

100 years ago, artists and writers were forging new visions of Blackness—across America and abroad. 🎧 NOW STREAMING 🎧 Tune in to "Harlem Is Everywhere," a new five-part podcast reflecting on the legacy of the #HarlemRenaissance , hosted by writer and critic Jessica Lynne… pic.twitter.com/cWWciMDgBY — The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) February 26, 2024

How did Degas change the way artists used oil paint? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/jPEQPq86lC — National Gallery (@NationalGallery) February 15, 2024

El tríptico del "Jardín de las delicias" es la obra más compleja y enigmática del Bosco. Obra comentada por Alejandro Vergara, jefe de conservación de pintura flamenca y escuelas del norte hasta 1700 del Museo del Prado pic.twitter.com/AVN3f2knc9 — Museo del Prado (@museodelprado) January 7, 2024

Conference "Velázquez, troppo vero. The painter and his techniques", given by Jaime García-Máiquez (technician of the Technical Documentation Cabinet of the Prado Museum), on February 23, 2021. It is part of the Francisco Calvo Serraller "Velázquez" series of lectures, organized by the Fundación de Amigos del Museo del Prado. Transcript (Rough Translation from Spanish to English) 0:00 [Applause] Good afternoon, thank you very much for the 0:06 invitation first of all to Javier portús to the foundation of friends of the Prado Museum, I like to say 0:11 affectionately to the friends of the friends of the Prado Museum, word from a friend of 0:17 friends of friends of the Prado Museum And thank you very much for your assistance, so important and so necessary. 0:22 For so many things, not only brave but of epic or medical dimensions, it is 0:29 here Le sulysses and now you a year ago María Antonia ledó Álvarez 0:36 curator an exhibition tribute to the Prado with painting...