Thank You! On to 2024

Leonard Cohen lifts his hat in appreciation of all of you who ventured to my studio this year and to those who engaged with my artwork online! 

Deepest thanks to my collectors, supporters, and friends who helped make 2023 memorable. Thanks to my fellow @18thstreetarts artists who worked tirelessly to make this happen - especially @rebecca.youssef_studio and @alexandradillonartist!!!! 

And deep thanks to the folks at @18thstreetarts who support us day in and day out. And thanks to the city of Santa Monica for your financial support for our events. Leonard has found a new home and I am more inspired than ever to create. 

On to 2024!

Happy New Year! 

#art #contemporaryart #santamonica #santamonicarts #LosAngeles #music

Why did Frans Hals paint monsters in his friend's portrait?

From the National Gallery in London:

"Curator Bart Cornelis explains the meaning behind a hidden monster and skull in this 17th-century portrait by Frans Hals, and how they helped to identify the sitter as Isaac Massa.

He's accompanied by one of our restorers, Paul Ackroyd, and Larry Keith, Head of Conservation and Keeper, who help reveal this painting's secrets.

🎨  Find out more about the artist Frans Hals: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/frans-hals

🎨 Book tickets now for 'The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Frans Hals'

Open 30 September 2023 – 21 January 2024

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/the-credit-suisse-exhibition-frans-hals

Hals was one of the most sought-after painters of his generation. A gifted artist whose deft brushwork was unparalleled, he built his reputation on a new style of portrait – highly unusual in his time – that showed relaxed, lively sitters, often smiling, and even laughing.

This exhibition, the first major retrospective of Hals in more than thirty years, means a new generation can discover why he deserves his place as one of the greatest painters in Western art."

 

Merry Christmas!

‘Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented - into something whole.' - Louise Bourgeois, born on Christmas Day in 1911. #LouiseBourgeois, Maman, Outside Tate Modern 2008 https://bit.ly/3xN04J1

A Milwaukee Christmas!

While in Milwaukee, President Biden stopped by Rashawn Spivey’s small business. Merry Christmas delivered to my friends and family in MKE

PERFECT DAYS from Wim Wenders - Official Trailer

Hirayama is content with his simple life cleaning toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Unexpected encounters reveal more of his story in a deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the world around us.

A Film by Wim Wenders

Starring Koji Yakusho

Anselm (2023) by Wim Wenders

Hear The Painting With Remko Kühne | Almond Blossom | Music Inspired By Van Gogh

Happy Winter Solstice!

On the #WinterSolstice, we're dreaming of the first snow ❄️

🖼️: #ChildeHassam, "Charles River and Beacon Hill" (about 1892), oil on canvas pic.twitter.com/0gcHx9gnx1

— Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (@mfaboston) December 21, 2023

Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere & the first day of winter! What causes our planet’s shift in seasons? Its tilt. Today, Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is at its most-tilted away from the Sun. pic.twitter.com/cFJs2ZNGUo

— American Museum of Natural History (@AMNH) December 21, 2023

R.B. Kitaj | London to Los Angeles | Exhibition Film

In London, the Piano Nobile Gallery presents the exhibition -  R.B. Kitaj: London to Los Angeles. This short film features interviews with Marco Livingstone, a leading specialist on Kitaj’s work; Simon Martin, Director of Pallant House Gallery; and the artist’s daughter Dominie Kitaj.

R.B. Kitaj: London to Los Angeles is the first retrospective of the artist’s work in a decade. It provides a chronological overview of Kitaj's career, exploring the relationship between his art and the places he lived. 

The Piano Nobile Gallery explains that "Although he travelled widely, spending seasons and sometimes whole years in California, Catalonia, Paris and New York, Kitaj made London his home from 1959 – the year he entered the Royal College of Art – until 1997. For the last decade of his life, from 1997 to 2007, he lived in Los Angeles. The exhibition includes little-known early work of the fifties, the groundbreaking ‘collagist’ work of the sixties that established his reputation, and the life drawings and glowing paintings of the seventies, continuing through to Kitaj's rediscovery of painting in the eighties and his final period in Los Angeles. An accompanying publication includes original essays by Andrew Dempsey, Marco Livingstone and Colin Wiggins, in addition to extended excerpts from Kitaj’s letters to Livingstone, now held by the Tate Archive and published here for the first time."

Much more on Kitaj at: https://greggchadwick.blogspot.com/2007/10/rb-kitaj-exits.html

Gregg Chadwick
The Diasporist (Portrait of R.B. Kitaj)
30”x22” monotype on paper 2011

 

« Les animaux sont des gens comme les autres ! » | Exposition Gilles Aillaud | Centre Pompidou

Lions, giraffes, seals… Gilles Aillaud, who died in 2005, painted animals a lot, often in captivity. Asked about his choice of animals as subject matter, Gilles Aillaud replied: “because I love them”. The fragility of our relationship with living things shows the relevance of his work.

Vinciane Despret, philosopher of science, shows us four paintings by the artist, in the company of Didier Ottinger, curator of the exhibition “Gilles Aillaud. Political animal »

👉 Info: https://bit.ly/CP_ExpoAillaud

👉 Ticket office: https://bit.ly/CP_Billetterie_Aillaud

Gilles Aillaud with one of his paintings in 1995

Jeff Koons Killed Her Review

The decision by an arts journal to allow the famous artist to veto a historian’s essay about his work created “a chilling effect on the critical culture,” a journalism expert said.

Gift Link Below:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/17/arts/design/jeff-koons-brooklyn-rail-tulips-golan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G00.hR-u.zIeVAr45iyK6&smid=tw-share

From the Article:

A 1937 mural by Fernand Léger and Charlotte Perriand, titled “Essential Happiness, New Pleasures,” at Tate Liverpool in 2018. The outstretched hand with flowers reminded Romy Golan, a historian and author, of Koons’s Paris sculpture and she decided to write about the two works.Credit...Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris; Photo by Paul Ellis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Christmas With the Colonel by Yukari Sakamoto

Delighted to share my @KFC_jp #Christmas in #Japan story with @cathaypacific inflight magazine.

Ever grateful to my first #Tokyo editor Tama san who still supports me 20 years later. Arigatō. 🥰 pic.twitter.com/OzC5H32P63

— 🌾Food Sake Tokyo🍙🌻坂本ゆかり (@YukariSakamoto) December 15, 2023

 

1982: STEVEN VAN ZANDT on The Old Grey Whistle Test

Holiday Gathering and Open Studios Sunday, December 3, 2023

Gregg Chadwick
The Golden Hour - Venezia
30" x 24" oil on linen 2023 


 I am excited to invite you to my studio at the Santa Monica Airport for an afternoon of art and camaraderie.

 

Holiday Gathering and Open Studios 
Sunday, December 3, 2023 from 11 AM-3 PM
Location:
Studio #15, 18th Street Arts Center, 3026 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405
 

 

Free to all. Feel free to invite friends and family. All ages are welcome!
Free Parking
Please register in advance:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-at-the-airport-1-year-anniversary-event-tickets-742947795857?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

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Art At The Airport is made possible by Art of Recovery, an initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, https://www.santamonica.gov/programs/art-of-recovery

To learn about upcoming Art At The Airport events, visit: https://www.artattheairport.org/

Pattie Gonia - Won't Give Up (feat. Yo-Yo Ma and Quinn Christopherson)

From 

Yo-Yo Ma

@YoYo_Ma

Out today! “Won’t Give Up” with

@pattiegonia

and Quinn Christopherson (

@BucketHatQuinn

), a song reminding us not to give up on nature or each other.

Pattie Gonia, Yo-Yo Ma and Quinn Christopherson came together to write a song about not giving up on this planet and not giving up on each other. Climate justice and environmental justice are inextricably linked. How we treat this planet is how we treat each other. Produced by Grammy award-winning Producer Tyler Chester (Madison Cunningham, Blake Mills, Andrew Bird) and with performances by players violinist Paul Cartwright (Kendrick Lamar, Bright Eyes, Olivia Rodrigo) and drummer James McAllister (Taylor Swift, Ed Sheerhan, Sufjan Stevens) – the new single was created as a climate movement anthem.

Follow Pattie Gonia: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pattiegonia/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@pattiegonia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pattiegonia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pattiegonia/
LYRICS We’ll I’m not I’m not gonna say goodbye I won’t see you on the other side Even when I feel tired I won’t stop You & I Made up of the same things Nature running in our veins Even when I feel tired I won’t stop trying I’ve seen the sun shine before all this gray Always find light still the breaking of day I won't give up for a minute Never giving up on you Never giving up on you Well we’re caught Caught up in the fire of time How do we stay strong, stay kind? We don’t have to say goodbye Don’t say goodbye I saw you burning Up in the night I’ll always keep searching Searching for light I won't give up for a minute Never giving up on you Never giving up on you I won’t give up for a minute Never giving up on you Never giving up on you I won’t give up for a minute Never giving up on you Never giving up on you VIDEO CREDITS A Wondercamp Production Directed by: Abdul Kassamali Executive Producer: Davis Goslin Producer: Katie Graham Assistant Producer: Ellen Bradley Production Supervising: Jenny Dugan Cinematographer: Greg Balkin First AC: Ethan Scoma Photographer: William Woodward Editors: Tim Kressin, Abdul Kassamali Color: Zachary Hetlage CREATIVE CREDITS Outfits/Dress by: Lisa Jiang Wig by: Drag Daddy Wigs Boots: Xtratuf SPECIAL THANKS Native Movement Our Common Nature Jose Alvarado Zion Jackson Ben Mandelkern Sophie Shackleton Liquid Adventures The Office Performing Arts and Film SONG CREDITS Songwriters: Pattie Gonia, Quinn Christopherson, Tyson Motsenbocker, Tyler Chester Produced by: Tyler Chester Recorded by: Tyler Chester Recording assistant: Aaron Feeny Mixed by: James Krausse Mastered by: James Krausse String arrangements: Paul Cartright Yo-Yo Ma’s cello arranged by: Hrishikesh Hirway and Jesse Lewis Yo-Yo Ma’s cello recording engineers: Téa Mottolese, Carl Talbot, Christopher Moretti Yo-Yo Ma’s cello mix engineer: Kyle Pyke Vocals: Pattie Gonia, Quinn Christopherson Cello: Yo-Yo Ma Synths, Pianos, Guitars, Programming, Bass: Tyler Chester Strings: Paul Cartwright Drums: James McAllister

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

This short documentary film explores artist Betye Saar’s process creating "Drifting Toward Twilight," a site-specific installation at The Huntington, and her recollections of her life and career. Learn more about the exhibition at Huntington.org Directed by Kyle Provencio Reingold Digital video, 16mm film, still photographs, archival video, animation, sound. Cover Art by YAYA Studio (@yaya_studio_)

Tom Morello/Rage Against The Machine - Induction Speech Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

and...

The one and only @JimmyPage is in the building, absolutely rocking the stage with "Rumble" in tribute to 2023 Inductee @Link_Wray.
Stream #RockHall2023 NOW on @DisneyPlus! pic.twitter.com/6QgI4dBIuo

— Rock Hall (@rockhall) November 4, 2023

Happy Halloween! - Conservation: revealing a hidden skeleton of death at the V&A Museum

Sarah Jarosz - Columbus & 89th (Official Video)

THE BOY AND THE HERON from Hayao Miyazaki

Miyazaki!

THE BOY AND THE HERON from Hayao Miyazaki.

Mark the date -

In North American theatres and IMAX on December 8. http://TheBoyandtheHeron.com

More on Miyazaki at:

https://greggchadwick.blogspot.com/2022/01/happy-birthday-hayao-miyazaki.html

Unity, Strength, Resistance: 1968 - 2023

In this 1968 Mexico Olympics photo everyone knows the raised fists that enraged many were a Black Power salute (gloves borrowed from the Australian athlete on podium) but Tommy Smith is also shoeless (protesting poverty) & has a black kerchief around his neck (protesting lynching). pic.twitter.com/Sdeg7NozAG

— Tom Morello (@tmorello) October 16, 2023

On this day in 1968 during the 200-meter race at the Mexico City Olympics US Olympic Team member Tommie Smith won the Gold Medal and his teammate Dr. John Carlos placed third.  After receiving their medals on the podium and standing for the US National Anthem, they both raised their fists — creating an iconic moment of political activism. 

The athletes were protesting the abuse of human rights in apartheid-era South Africa while displaying a show of solidarity with the struggle for civil rights in the United States. Organized as part of the Olympic Project for Human Rights, Smith and Carlos wanted to bring visibility to the oppression faced by many across the globe. The clenched or raised fist has often been used as a sign to express unity, strength, and resistance. 55 years on, Dr. John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s iconic protest remains a powerful call for social justice. Their message still resonates today. Let’s keep the dream alive and work towards the change they dared us to imagine all those years ago.

Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith

With my Fist Raised High

Artist Glenn Kaino has collaborated with Tommie Smith to create several works of art using his iconic fist, which has ignited and sparked change throughout the world

Bono and The Edge: Tiny Desk Concert

I was a bit busy in March, so I missed this wonderful Tiny Desk Concert.

Catching up now -

Robin Hilton | March 17, 2023 It's hard to overstate the kindness and good-natured humor Bono and The Edge brought to the Tiny Desk. When they first arrived at the NPR Music offices, Bono spoke on an imaginary phone, "The talent's here! The talent's coming through," poking fun at their own fame, while carrying The Edge's guitar. (The Edge called Bono the best roadie he's ever had.) The two never stopped beaming, like two overjoyed newcomers thrilled at the chance to play for someone. The performance was a preview of U2's new album, Songs Of Surrender, featuring stripped-down versions of songs from across the band's catalog. To help pull off several reimagined songs from the 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind, Bono and The Edge invited a teen choir from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., to join them. During rehearsals, Bono told the students to think of "Beautiful Day" as the kind of "post-drinking" singalong you'd bellow with friends after leaving a bar. He then quickly realized none of them are old enough to drink, before feigning a heart attack. Traveling without bassist Adam Clayton or drummer Larry Mullen Jr., Bono and The Edge made the trip from Ireland to the States specifically for the Tiny Desk, arriving in D.C. after five days of rehearsals at Bono's New York apartment. When they settled in for the performance, they treated the office to four songs, including a deeply emotional version of "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of," written for the late INXS singer Michael Hutchence, and a reworked version of "Walk On," which Bono said was inspired by and dedicated to the people of Ukraine. SET LIST "Beautiful Day" "In a Little While" "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" "Walk On" MUSICIANS Bono: vocals The Edge: guitar, vocals Duke Ellington School of the Arts Choir: Petra Munter, Ayan Yacob, Kirsten Holmes, Jayla Norwood, Dyor Taylor, Jaylyn Pickney, Jevon Skipper, Joshua Jennings, Jordan Freeman Patrick Lundy: choir director Special thanks to: Sandi Logan (principal/HOS), Isaac Daniel (assistant principal) TINY DESK TEAM Producer: Bob Boilen Director: Joshua Bryant Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin Series Producer: Bobby Carter Editor: Maia Stern Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Sofia Seidel, Michael Zamora Audio Assistant: Alex Drewenskus Production Assistant: Jill Britton Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Marissa Lorusso, Hazel Cills, Ashley Pointer, Pilar Galván VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann #nprmusic #tinydesk #u2 #bono #theedge

Cassiel's Song - Nick Cave

For obvious reasons - I have always loved this!