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  Happy Pride Month! On June 26, 2015 Marriage Equality became the law of the land. With hundreds of others I celebrated on the Supreme Court steps because the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, making marriage equality legal, granting due process and equal protection to hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples. Later that glorious day, I chatted with President Obama’s official photographer Pete Souza in front of the White House which was lit up in rainbow colors in celebration of the LGBTQ community. While we watched, the Presidential Marine Corps unit arrived. Onboard was President Obama returning from his moving speech at the memorial service for the church folks who were gunned down by a young white supremacist in South Carolina. President Obama sang "Amazing Grace" that day. Arrivals and departures… Gregg Chadwick Arrivals and Departures (June 26, 2015)  48”x36” oil on linen #art   #contemporaryart   #HappyPride   #Pride...

Live at Ullevi Gothenburg 06/26/2023

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...

Music video for The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte by Sparks, from the new album of the same title.  Starring Cate Blanchett

Juneteenth as a federal holiday is meant to breathe new life into the very essence of America. To make sure all Americans feel the power of this day and the progress we can make for our country. Earlier this week, I felt that power at the White House. pic.twitter.com/Ogo6SBvZBA — President Biden (@POTUS) June 17, 2023 Six Art-Filled Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth in New York City https://t.co/9gF54bqlr0 via @hyperallergic — Gregg Chadwick 🇺🇦 🟧 (@greggchadwick) June 17, 2023

From the Guardian : "Astrud Gilberto, whose dreamy interpretation of The Girl from Ipanema became the most popular version of the song, has died aged 83. Paul Ricci, a collaborator with Gilberto, confirmed the news on social media, writing that he had been asked to announce it by Gilberto’s son Marcelo. “She was an important part of ALL that is Brazilian music in the world and she changed many lives with her energy,” he added. Born in 1940 in the Brazilian state of Bahia and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Astrud Weinert married musician João Gilberto in 1959. In 1963, she accompanied him on a trip to New York where he would record with jazz artist Stan Getz and fellow Brazilian bossa nova star Antônio Carlos Jobim. The session’s producer wanted an English-language singer to help The Girl from Ipanema cross over to a US audience, and Astrud – who had no previous recording experience – was the only person who could speak it." Gregg Chadwick City of Desires (Rio de Janeiro) 72"x...

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  Gregg Chadwick Elephant Song at the Los Angeles Zoo 30"x24" oil on linen 2023 My painting "Elephant Song" has made its journey to the Los Angeles Zoo and is available for bidding NOW at the Beastly Ball. The painting is on display with a selected group of environmentally oriented artworks at this link  https://one.bidpal.net/beastlyball2023/browse/all(details:item/7) "Elephant Song" depicts an African Elephant in its natural environment.  The title refers to the low frequency method of elephant communication. Elephants sing using the same physical principles as humans - using their immense larynx to produce very low notes. Pitched below the range of human hearing, these infrasounds can travel long distances and enable elephants to connect with other elephants in hearing range.  "Elephant Song" is featured at tonight's Beastly Ball benefit for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association. The event is held each Spring at the L.A. Zoo and this is ...

45 years ago today, Bruce Springsteen released his highly-anticipated fourth studio album “Darkness On The Edge Of Town.” To celebrate the anniversary, fans can now dive even deeper into the sonic world of “Darkness.” Listen to a new 20-song live playlist from The Darkness Tour '78 — all previously unavailable on major streaming platforms — including performances of every song from “Darkness On The Edge of Town” and a trove of bonus material from that period.

From the Van Gogh Museum: "Vincent van Gogh lived in Auvers-sur-Oise from 20 May 1890 until his death on 29 July of the same year. He was tremendously productive in these months and made several of his most renowned masterpieces, including 'Wheatfield with Crows' and 'Tree Roots'. In the anniversary year of 2023, the Van Gogh Museum and Musée d’Orsay are organizing a major exhibition about the final months of Vincent van Gogh’s life, which he spent in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise. The exhibition 'Van Gogh in Auvers. His Final Months' is on view from 12 May until 3 September 2023." Find out more: https://www.vangoghmuseum.com/vangogh...   ✨ A "Starry Night" ending to our 50th-anniversary celebration on the Museumplein. @StudioDrift brought Vincent's works to life against the evening sky. Watch the full drone performance here: https://t.co/EkHwol0P80 pic.twitter.com/SqQGJMUW0u — Van Gogh Museum (@vangoghmuseum) June 3, 2023

Official Music Video for 'Walk With Me' (always centered at night Version) by moby ft. Lady Blackbird. Out now on Deutsche Grammophon. Taken from the new moby album, Resound NYC, out now on Deutsche Grammophon. More info at https://www.moby-resound.com/ Subscribe to Moby: http://moby.la/subscribeytYo​ For info on Moby music, merch, tour dates & more, please visit https://moby.com/

Amy and Ludek Drizhal with their new Chadwick painting. “New York Stories”   Love the smiles when collectors are about to take their new artworks home. Thank you to all who spent time in my studio at our latest Art at the Airport event! What a night! Props to Ailsa Chang for surprising me and bringing such a sense of inspiration into my studio. Thank you to @rebecca.youssef_studio and @alexandradillonartist for your incredible hard work and drive to make this happen. Excited for the next one!!! #LosAngeles   #ArtOfRecovery   #ArtAtTheAirport   #CityOfSantaMonica   #SantaMonicaArtsCommunity   #SantaMonicaArtScene   #BuyArtFromArtists   #SupportLocalArtists   #SantaMonicaArtCollective   #SantaMonicaCulturalAffairs   #artistssupportingartists   #Art   #Hollywood   #P22   #NPS   #MountainLion   #clocks   #Grand Central

Watch the the 58th Annual Nebula Awards Ceremony! This year's Toast Master is Cheryl Platz, and the awards will be presented by multiple notable figures in the science fiction and fantasy community including Christine Taylor-Butler, Chinaka Hodge, Gay Haldeman, Mur Lafferty, Leigh Bardugo, and more!

100 million records sold 25 Grammys An Oscar RnB Hall of Fame Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  Songwriters Hall of Fame Helped make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday United Nations Messenger of Peace Presidential Medal of Freedom Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder!

  Imagine Dragons' video for Crushed was filmed on the front lines of Ukraine. It follows Sasha, a young boy who endured months of shelling in his town. Sasha's story is heartbreaking, and there are thousands more like him who desperately need help. Even today, his family is without electricity and other basic utilities. Please consider donating to United24 and raising your voice for this cause. Credits: Director: Ty Arnold Producer: Ty Arnold, Roman Ostrovskyi, and Igor Shcherbyna Production company: Black Box Films Lyrics: I suppose she’s supposed to be exactly what they want her to be So pretty in pink Necklace and ring, don’t be heard Just be seen But that’s not who I am She said I can feel, I can feel too much And I wish they’d go away, go away Cause it’s crushing me It’s crushing me Don’t you know that you don’t have a say and the scarlet “A” on Your neck so pretty in red, eyes are all dead What they haven’t said gets stuck in your head The silence is deafening and y...

From PBS: "It’s not unusual for a singer-songwriter to perform songs written by others. But it is unusual for an artist to take on performing an entire album’s worth of someone else’s material, particularly if that someone else is a giant of the music world. Grammy-winning musician Aoife O’Donovan is doing that on her latest tour. Tom Casciato has this story for our arts and culture series, CANVAS." Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Also -  Of Songs and Stories: What Bruce Springsteen Learned From Flannery O’Connor Great Excerpt from "Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska" by @WarrenZanes https://lithub.com/of-songs-and-stories-what-bruce-springsteen-learned-from-flannery-oconnor/ via @lithub