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Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 2024 Was A Huge Success!

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  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

Miwa Matreyek: Infinitely Yours

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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."

Santa Monica Airport Art Walk is today May 18, 2024 from 1-4 PM

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  Excited to show you my new artwork and old friends in a mix that emphasizes peace and beauty in a world spinning into violence and injustice. The Santa Monica Airport Art Walk is today May 18, 2024 from 1-4 PM.  My studio -  #15  at 3026 Airport Ave will be open from 12-5 PM  Santa Monica Airport ArtWalk Saturday, May 18 | 1-4 PM 18th Street Arts Center Airport Campus 3026 Airport Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90405 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!  RSVP Appreciated at https://18thstreet.org/event/santa-monica-airport-artwalk/ The Santa Monica Airport hosts a vibrant community of over 60 artists, creative venues, and a spirited aviation scene. You’ll have the chance to explore over 30 local artist studios, shop unique ceramics and glasswares created by Santa Monica College students and unleash your own creativity through free artist-led workshops. Don’t miss what is sure to be an unforgettable art-filled day! While you’re here, don’t forget to check out Karla Dia...

History of Women Artists at Tate Britain

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#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

May the Fourth Be With You!

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A long time ago, in a country far, far away… a martial art inspired cinematic history ⚔ Did you know that the lightsaber battles in Star Wars were heavily inspired by movements seen in the Japanese Kendo? 🥋 pic.twitter.com/Xhw3HpdNNF — British Museum (@britishmuseum) May 4, 2024   Gregg Chadwick Carrie Fisher - We Are the Resistance 12"x12" oil on panel 2018 Pepi Kelman & Coles Brewer Collection, Pacific Palisades, California

The Story of Ultramarine from the Silk Road to Renoir

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From the National Gallery in London: How did ultramarine go from being more expensive than gold to one of the cheapest pigements for artists? Follow the journey of this vibrant blue colour, ultramarine, one of the most celebrated and sought-after pigments in art. Joanna Russell from our Scientific Department looks at the use of this blue in 'The Wilton Diptych' and Renoir's 'Umbrellas'. The Chemistry of Colour series explores some of the weird and wonderful ways pigments were historically produced, and how we can identify them today. 🧪🔬 'The Wilton Diptych' and 'Umbrellas' are part National Treasures. 12 of the nation’s most iconic and well-loved paintings from our collection are being lent to 12 venues across the UK. The National Treasures displays open simultaneously on 10 May 2024, the 200th anniversary of the Gallery’s opening in London, enabling people from all over the country to see, up close, some of the greatest works in the history o...

Through Tibetan Eyes

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  Gregg Chadwick Through Tibetan Eyes 72"x96" oil on linen 2006-2024 "In old Arabic poetry love, song, blood and travel appear as four basic desires of the human heart and the only effective means against our fear of death. Thus travel is elevated to the dignity of the elementary needs of humankind." - Czeslaw Milosz on the poetry of travel Movement, travel and pilgrimage are themes that often appear in my paintings. Travel can involve a physical relocation or it can exist in the realm of the senses. In 2006 I attended "A Gathering of Hearts Illuminating Compassion," an interfaith meeting in San Francisco. The Dalai Lama was the keynote speaker at the event. He entered the packed hall, briskly moved up the center aisle, but stopped briefly to greet an elderly Tibetan woman a few feet from where I was seated. Then the Dalai Lama suddenly spun around and, with a beatific smile, gazed deeply and directly into my eyes. I was transfixed. The moment was short, ...