Pet Shop Boys - The Last To Die (Audio)

"We were ill-prepared... if you ignore science and scientific fact in 2020... people will pay the price..." @petshopboys ask who'll be the "Last to Die" for a mistake on "From His Home to Yours," now on @SiriusXM @springsteen

— Backstreets Magazine (@backstreetsmag) May 6, 2020

Stay Safe Folks! - The Rolling Stones - Living In A Ghost Town

Speaking of Mourning in America: Bruce Springsteen - Death To My Hometown (Live Video)

Mourning in America

📺 NEW VIDEO @realdonaldtrump’s failed presidency has left the nation weaker, sicker, and teetering on the verge of a new Great Depression.

There’s mourning in America. pic.twitter.com/QoEWJVNEXc

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 4, 2020

Please VOTE for Biden in November!

Michelle Obama's "Becoming" Premieres on Netflix on May 6

I’m thrilled to give you a sneak peek of BECOMING before it premieres on Netflix on May 6. This movie tells my story, from my childhood on the South Side of Chicago to my life today—and it celebrates the powerful stories of the people I met along the way. #IAmBecoming pic.twitter.com/jXqGTMRIZc

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 4, 2020

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Elgar's "Salut d'Amour."

❤️ For the canceled weddings, separated lovers, new loves found, and loved ones near and far. This is Elgar's "Salut d'Amour." #songsofcomfort ❤️ pic.twitter.com/2MkquXnN4B

— Yo-Yo Ma (@YoYo_Ma) May 1, 2020

Missing Sounds of New York

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. Missing Sounds of New York, connects New Yorkers around the familiar sounds of urban life that they love and miss during this unprecedented time of social separation.Each track uses a combination of sounds to create familiar, ambient canvases on which mini stories are placed: a glass breaking in a bar, a dance performance on the subway, an overly enthusiastic baseball fan. Missing Sounds of New York reminds us of what makes New York so special for so many people."

Spotify users can head here to listen (listening on Spotify requires using or creating a Spotify account, including free accounts). Or you can take a listen above!

Dorothea Lange | Live Q&A with Sarah Meister and Sally Mann | VIRTUAL VIEWS

Explore how Dorothea Lange’s iconic works redefined how we see America . Our next #MoMAVirtualViews, “Dorothea Lange: Words & Pictures,” launches this Thursday, April 30, with a live Q&A with curator Sarah Meister and photographer Sally Mann

OVER AND OVER BY JESSIE WAGNER

Venice Art Walk: Benefit Auction 2020

Gregg Chadwick
The Reader (Botanical Garden)
14"x11" oil on panel 2019

I am honored to have my painting The Reader (Botanical Garden) up for auction in this year’s Venice Family Clinic Art Walk and Auction. I’ve donated a painting to the auction for 15 years now and am excited to have this sensitive artwork in this year's auction.

To pick up a book and be transported to another world is one of life's great pleasures. In my oil on panel painting, a woman sits with quiet dignity and reads. One can almost smell honeysuckle in the air and feel a cool breeze on a warm day.

The Venice Family Clinic Art Walk and Auction has moved exclusively to an online art auction for 2020. From May 3 - May 19, visit artsy.net/veniceartwalk to view the online collection. Art lovers and artists unite to benefit Venice Family Clinic, now commemorating 50 years of providing quality health care to people in need. Venice Family Clinic + Artsy are thrilled to present Venice Art Walk: Benefit Auction 2020 featuring works by artists including John Baldessari, Gregg Chadwick, Trine Churchill, Deborah Lynn Irmas, Claudy Jongstra, Alex Prager, the Haas Brothers, Ramona Otto, Gwen Samuels and more. 

Browse lots and place bids before the sale closes on Tuesday, May 19th, at 12:00pm PDT (3:00pm EDT).

Auction proceeds will provide vital health care to nearly 28,000 low-income, uninsured and homeless patients in Los Angeles. Venice Family Clinic's innovative, integrated approach includes primary medical care as well as specialty care, dental, behavioral health, substance use treatment, vision, early child development, health education, pharmacy, domestic violence counseling, HIV services, street medicine for people experiencing homelessness and health insurance enrollment services.

Now more than ever, we need healthcare for everyone. Auction proceeds will also help strengthen Venice Family Clinic's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Venice Family Clinic’s patients are among the most vulnerable in our community, and they need you more than ever. If you can, please give generously to the Venice Family Clinic so they can make healthcare a reality for all. 

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[🎨: Gregg Chadwick, The Reader (Botanical Garden), 2019. 14”x11”. Oil on panel. 

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#GwenSamuels #18thStreetArtsCenter #18athome #18thStreetAIR #VisitFromHome #ArtCanHelp

#ConcertsFromHome (Day 40 - Springsteen Day): Melissa Etheridge Live Stream

All Art is Political

I know I shouldn't let it get under my skin, but it always irks me when people say "You're an author, stop being so political!" Writing, like any art, IS political. Part of my job as an author is to comment on the world I live in. If you think art can be apolitical, you're wrong.

— Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) April 27, 2020

Don't Forget to Dance!

pic.twitter.com/36UFw26jJG

— Calling All Astronauts (@CAA_Official) April 27, 2020

Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Celebration

Needed to Watch This Again Today: Future Islands - "Seasons" @ Letterman 3/3/14

Miley Cyrus: Wish You Were Here (At Home) - SNL

Musical guest Miley Cyrus covers Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” on a special at-home edition of Saturday Night Live.

X - Delta 88 Nightmare (Official Video)

The world's a mess, and X is back https://t.co/68Djs3gsC9

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) April 26, 2020

Thanks for Singing San Francisco!

#SingOutSF pic.twitter.com/mPzLD9uALE

— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) April 25, 2020

🎶I Left My Heart in San Francisco 🎶#SingOutSF | @RenelSFVoyce | #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/pfcJ4sHAdb

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) April 25, 2020

#SingOutSF @LondonBreed @itstonybennett pic.twitter.com/uiHL1vP23j

— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) April 25, 2020

Please Sing "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" With Tony Bennett Today at Noon PDT

I am proud to invite the citizens of San Francisco to raise their voices in song. This Saturday, April 25 at 12pm PDT, join as we sing I Left My Heart in San Francisco from our homes. Let's spread the love and strength throughout the bay! #SingOutSF pic.twitter.com/7sYkPfskR2

— Tony Bennett (@itstonybennett) April 23, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins with San Franciscans around the world, and others, to salute our brave health care workers in the fight against COVID-19: encouraging participation in the sing-a-long of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" on Saturday, April 25 at 12 noon PDT.

Hashtag #SingOutSF

Bruce Springsteen Chats About Art, Inspiration and "Journey to Nowhere"

From 1996 in Youngstown, Ohio - Bruce Springsteen Chats About Art, Inspiration and the Book "Journey to Nowhere"

Blacklist Royals - "Semper Liberi" - The Promised Land

Making six huge frames for Titian's mythological paintings | National Ga...

Peter Schade, the Head of the Framing department at the National Gallery, shows the process of creating six huge matching frames for the Titian: Love Desire Death exhibition. Matthias Wivel, Curator of 16th-century Italian paintings, and curator of the exhibition, discusses how these frames complement the paintings, known as Titian's 'poesie'. Watch the process of these frames being created, from workshop to exhibition. This includes sourcing materials, planing, carving, gilding, and toning the frames. Titian: Love, Desire, Death 16 March – 14 June 2020 🎟️Book now: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ex... Learn more about Titian the artist 🖌️: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ar... Paintings shown in this video: 🎨Venus and Adonis - https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-c... 🎨Diana and Actaeon - https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa... 🎨Diana and Callisto - https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa... 🎨Death of Actaeon - https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa... 🎨Rape of Europa - https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experie... 🎨Perseus and Andromeda - https://wallacelive.wallacecollection... Subscribe to our channel and never miss a video: http://bit.ly/1HrNTFd Follow us on social media: Like the National Gallery on Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/thenationa... Follow the National Gallery on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NationalGallery Follow the National Gallery on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nationalgallery

Happy Earth Day - When the Earth Moves Film

When the Earth Moves reclaims the authentic story and original vision of Earth Day as a bipartisan and socially just environmental movement and highlights the need for people across generations and on both sides of the political aisle to play an active part. It also calls attention to the urgent need for Americans to unite around a common goal and purpose.

Jersey 4 Jersey - Bruce Springsteen & Patti Scialfa

Land of Hope and Dreams and Jersey Girl

Happy Earth Day!

by Gregg Chadwick

"The thing that really surprised me was that it [Earth] projected an air of fragility. And why, I don’t know. I don’t know to this day. I had a feeling it’s tiny, it’s shiny, it’s beautiful, it’s home, and it’s fragile."

— Michael Collins, Apollo 11

Gregg Chadwick

Terra Nostra

30”x36” oil on linen 2020 

My oil on linen painting Terra Nostra was inspired by the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the first photograph taken by a human of the globe from space. On December 7, 1972, the astronauts on board Apollo 17 looked out of their spacecraft and saw the entire earth illuminated by the sun. It glowed like a blue jewel. From then on, our conception of our shared earth changed. Eugene Cernan, the pilot of that flight said to Al Reinert in an interview in Atlantic Magazine: "You have to literally just pinch yourself and ask yourself the question, silently: Do you know where you are at this point in time and space, and in reality and in existence, when you can look out the window and you're looking at the most beautiful star in the heavens -- the most beautiful because it's the one we understand and we know, it's home, it's people, family, love, life -- and besides that it is beautiful. You can see from pole to pole and across oceans and continents and you can watch it turn and there's no strings holding it up, and it's moving in a blackness that is almost beyond conception."

I thought it important to get a sense of what NASA astronauts described as the Overview Effect. From space the Earth is revealed to be fragile with a thin atmosphere. And from space, there are no boundaries. No lines demarcating countries or regions. We are united as citizens of earth and we need to protect each other and our planet. 

I first became aware of the fragile nature of our planet as an elementary school student. For Christmas one year, I asked my parents for the book “Wildlife in Danger” published by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). They are still an important organization providing information, plans, and hope for our endangered earth. Worried about the environment as a kid, I drew pictures of animals constantly. Now I am bringing out a series of paintings inspired by the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, 2020, that shed light on climate change, the beauty of the natural world, and our place with other species.

Our Earth, Planetary, and Space Scientists have key roles with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. We're excited to see its data used in such a thrilling, educational, and fun way! https://t.co/md5q2nnKRM

— UCLA Physical Sciences (@uclaphyssci) April 22, 2020

Please take a moment today to celebrate #EarthDay. @RRauschenberg had the vision 50 years ago to create an iconic image that juxtaposed hope and fear. What will you write, compose, draw, or paint today on #EarthDay2020 to inspire future generations? https://t.co/wMD6xQcSA9

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) April 22, 2020

One World: Together At Home Special to Celebrate COVID-19 Workers

BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT - official US trailer

Kerry James Marshall: In Conversation | Tate Talks

Watch acclaimed American artist Kerry James Marshall discuss his career, work and explorations of black culture.

Yoshitoshi & Comics

More New Bob Dylan - I Contain Multitudes (Official Audio)

Beautiful! "I sing songs of experience like William Blake"

L.A. Love!

I want to remind all Angelenos that we are in this together. Each of us is worried. Each of us is hurting. But collectively, we are saving lives. Thank you for all you are doing. Let’s keep it up. #LALove

— MayorOfLA (@MayorOfLA) April 16, 2020

Elizabeth Warren Endorses Joe Biden for President

In this moment of crisis, it’s more important than ever that the next president restores Americans’ faith in good, effective government—and I’ve seen Joe Biden help our nation rebuild. Today, I’m proud to endorse @JoeBiden as President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/VrfBtJvFee

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 15, 2020

Let's Go! 

Barack Obama Endorses Joe Biden

I’m proud to endorse my friend @JoeBiden for President of the United States. Let's go: https://t.co/maHVGRozkX

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 14, 2020

Barack Obama Endorses Joe Biden for President!

The greatest long-term threat to climate change laws, universal health care, and numerous other progressive policies is an ultra conservative Supreme Court. The greatest short-term threat is @realDonaldTrump. This is why we need to rally around our amazing candidate, @JoeBiden. https://t.co/fW3ubVM4Tk

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 14, 2020

"Elections matter." @BarackObama outlines how Republicans have failed in this moment and how candidates should run against them in this election. pic.twitter.com/YEF9NtHJFp

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) April 14, 2020

Congrats Wisconsin for Electing Judge Jill Karofsky!

Thank you to everyone across Wisconsin who made this victory possible! pic.twitter.com/FkbPjnGsCH

— Judge Jill Karofsky (@judgekarofsky) April 14, 2020

Liberal-backed Jill Karofsky wins state Supreme Court race, defeating conservative-supported Daniel Kelly #WI #WIunion https://t.co/WWNoUT7Lvk via @WiStateJournal

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) April 14, 2020

Despite massive GOP voter suppression, progressive judge Jill Karofsky is projected to defeat @realDonaldTrump-endorsed Justice Dan Kelly in Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Huge upset & defeat for attempts to undermine voting rights https://t.co/SJEUJ9XO97 #wi #wiunion

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) April 14, 2020

Congrats Wisconsin! Despite massive GOP voter suppression, progressive judge Jill Karofsky is projected to defeat @realDonaldTrump-endorsed Justice Dan Kelly in Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Huge upset & defeat for attempts to undermine voting rights https://thehill.com/…/491622-democrat-backed-candidate-wins… #wi #wiunion #ThankYouForVoting

I want to congratulate @judgekarofsky on her hard-earned victory tonight. In the face of rampant voter suppression and GOP recklessness, the people of Wisconsin showed up and made their choice clear. I know Wisconsin will be a fairer, more just state with Jill on the court. https://t.co/Ch9PXnqekt

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 14, 2020

Andrea Bocelli: Music For Hope - Live From Duomo di Milano

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II joins former Vice President Joe Biden for a discussion on faith

Must Listen: Here's the Deal with @RevDrBarber and @JoeBiden

https://www.buzzsprout.com/961768/3325225-here-s-the-deal-with-rev-dr-william-j-barber-ii-on-faith

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II joins former Vice President Joe Biden for a discussion on faith and its intersection with today’s most pressing issues.

Episode Guide:

• 1:29 Reverend Barber Joins the Show
• 3:21 Reverend Barber Discusses Poor People's Campaign Response to COVID-19
• 10:08 Vice President Biden on Poverty and COVID-19
• 15:48 Reverend Barber on Faith and COVID-19
• 21:44 Vice President Biden and Reverend Barber on Health Care
• 33:30 Vice President Biden on Legacy and Faith 
• 39:51 Listener Question

Note: This episode was recorded on 4/9/2020

Nurses Save Lives!

Watch this moving video, and then let a nurse, doctor or health care worker you know that you are deeply grateful for their service.

Health care workers are risking their lives and health to treat patients infected by #COVIDー19. There is no higher calling than to save others. https://t.co/MAVnWoMjUz

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 11, 2020

Gregg Chadwick
Nurses Save Lives
(Marching to Save the School)
60"x48" oil on linen 2019
Collection UCLA School of Nursing 

Gerhard Richter: Painting After All

Get an inside look at a master painter at work in this feature-length documentary, streaming here for a limited time, premiering Saturday, April 11, 7 p.m.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition at The Met Breuer, Gerhard Richter: Painting After All, the film will remain available to stream through early July.

Much of this documentary is set in Richter's studio in Cologne, where the filmmaker quietly observed the artist's painting process, and in particular how he creates his large abstract series. The film follows Richter through mesmeric cycles of painting, viewing, and judging. Interspersed throughout are shorter sequences from historical interviews and footage of other aspects of Richter at work, including his interactions with curators, assistants, and family. Filmed principally in 2009, the documentary concludes with the artist completing a large series of mostly white abstract paintings.

The film is available for purchase at Kino Lorber (DVD and Blu-Ray) and Kino Now (digital download).

Credits:

Directed by Corinna Belz

© 2011 Zero One Film / Terz Film / WDR / MDR