Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 2024 Was A Huge Success!

 

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 

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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

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

 

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 Diaz: Wait ‘til Your Mother Gets Home in the Propeller Gallery. Open through June 22.

Participating Artists: Sally Lamb, Daniela Schweitzer, Crystal Michaelson, Wendy Edlen, Rebecca Youssef, Luigia Martelloni, Susie McKay Krieser, Margaret Oakley, Ameeta Nanji, Gregg Chadwick, Alexandra Dillon, Gwen Samuels, Sabine Pearlman, Maddy LeMel, Annette Miae Kim, Paula Rosen, Melinda Smith Altshuler, Claudia Concha, Julie Wiess, Sheila Karbassian, Pamela Simon, M Susan Broussard, Lola Del Fresno, Joan Wulf, Labkhand Olfatmanesh, Mobina Nouri, Isabel Van Aalst, Randy Lopez, Leili Hashemi, Laraine Mestman, Shelly Corwin, Fielden Harper, Gus Harper + Elsie Simms, and Pilot Outfitters.

#art #santamonica #peace #hope

History of Women Artists at Tate Britain

#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!

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

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 of Western art. 💛 Find out more about National Treasures: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ex... 💙 Find out more about 'The Wilton Diptych': https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa... 💙 Find out more about Renoir's 'Umbrellas': https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa... #NationalGallery #ColourTheory #ArtHistory"

Through Tibetan Eyes

 

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, but to me it felt as if all time collapsed within that point. For that moment, it seemed as if the Dalai Lama yearned to see with my eyes as I, in turn, learned to see through his. I have been working on this painting ever since to put my experience of that moment of empathy and connection down on canvas.

The Santa Monica Airport Art Walk will return on May 18, 2024

 

Great News! The Santa Monica Airport Art Walk will return on May 18, 2024 from 1-4 PM.

My studio - #15 at 3026 Airport Ave will be open from 1-4. 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 Diaz: Wait ‘til Your Mother Gets Home in the Propeller Gallery. Open through June 22. Participating Artists: Sally Lamb, Daniela Schweitzer, Crystal Michaelson, Wendy Edlen, Rebecca Youssef, Luigia Martelloni, Susie McKay Krieser, Margaret Oakley, Ameeta Nanji, Gregg Chadwick, Alexandra Dillon, Gwen Samuels, Sabine Pearlman, Maddy LeMel, Annette Miae Kim, Paula Rosen, Melinda Smith Altshuler, Claudia Concha, Julie Wiess, Sheila Karbassian, Pamela Simon, M Susan Broussard, Lola Del Fresno, Joan Wulf, Labkhand Olfatmanesh, Mobina Nouri, Isabel Van Aalst, Randy Lopez, Leili Hashemi, Laraine Mestman, Shelly Corwin, Fielden Harper, Gus Harper + Elsie Simms, and Pilot Outfitters.

But We Had Music

But We Had Music (The Universe In Verse, 2024 feat. Nick Cave) from Daniel Bruson on Vimeo.

How, knowing that even the universe is dying, do we bear our lives? The finitude and yet vastness of both our deeds and the cosmos through a fleeting moment of contemplation.

"But We Had Music" is a poem written by Maria Popova, performed here by Nick Cave and transformed into animation by Daniel Bruson, using charcoal drawings, light caustics and optical distortions with glass. The film was made as part of the seventh annual Universe in Verse — a many-hearted labor of love, celebrating the wonder of reality through science and poetry, that took place on April 7th, 2024, on the eve of a total solar eclipse.

More information on The Marginalian: themarginalian.org/2024/04/06/but-we-had-music/?mc_cid=4012e1f8d6&mc_eid=dee49e1ab2

Poem by Maria Popova
Reading by Nick Cave
Animation and Direction by Daniel Bruson
Music by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Voice edit by Pêu Ribeiro

Created for The Universe In Verse, a project by Maria Popova.

Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill · James McCartney Primrose Hill ℗ 2024 James McCartney Released on: 2024-04-12 Composer, Writer: James McCartney Composer, Writer: Sean Ono Lennon

Bruce Springsteen April 7 2024 Inglewood Los Angeles Kia Forum "Open All Night"

3 to 1: rafa esparza

From the San Jose Museum of Art:

"3 to 1 is a video series that presents three unique perspectives on one artwork from the SJMA’s permanent collection. Watch as artists, curators, educators, designers, scientists, engineers, and more provide their take on the creative moment. In this video, singer San Cha, poet Yosimar Reyes and his grandmother Mardonia Galeana, and SJMA registrar Anamarie Alongi offer insight into rafa esparza’s artistic practice, his work with adobe, and being a Brown queer artist living in the United States."

rafa esparza, "Yosi con Abuela," 2021. Acrylic on adobe, 72 x 57 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisitions Committee. 2021.12.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wild God - Album Trailer

Bruce Springsteen w/ Tom Morello performs "American Skin (41 Shots)"

Bruce Springsteen w/ Tom Morello performs American Skin (41 Shots) 

Los Angeles Night 2 4/7/2024

Moss Garden - David Bowie on Koto

Thank You Frieze Week Visitors

Thanks to everyone who visited my studio during Frieze week. I’m pictured here with a group of visiting journalists from the UK. 🇬🇧 great conversations throughout the week. And for those of you who brought Chadwick artworks home - a hearty thank you. Thanks @18thstreetarts and all my artist colleagues. Already looking forward to next year.

Press visitors included:

Ian Sturgess, Assistant Chief Sub-Editor, The Mirror (circulation 245,655)

Natasha Colyer, Editor, Seen in the City (Circulation: 21,500)

Amber O’Connor, Writer, Cosmopolitan (Circulation: 39 million)

Cassam Looch, Director of Content, Culture Trip (Circulation: 4 million)

Neeru Sharma, Lifestyle Editor, Bauer Media (circulation: 1 million)

Tom Miller, Santa Monica Travel & Tourism UK Representative

Lauren Salisbury, Senior Director of Communications at Santa Monica Travel & Tourism

Artist Mobina Nouri was one of many amazing artists to visit during Frieze week in Santa Monica 

As the city transitions away from an active runway to more art events like Frieze and eventually a Great Park, we are in the midst of the creation of the Santa Monica Artport.

#frieze #art #contemporaryart #artport

Harlem Is Everywhere

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

Sargent and Fashion Moves from Boston to the Tate

With strings of pearls and collars of lace - #SargentAndFashion is now open at Tate Britain. ✨

Discover Sargent’s use of fashion as a powerful tool to express identity and personality with nearly 60 portraits ➡️ https://t.co/JzJOYA2XCU

Until 7 July 2024. Members go free. 💅 pic.twitter.com/52lHp8FgAB

— Tate (@Tate) February 22, 2024

With strings of pearls and collars of lace - #SargentAndFashion is now open at Tate Britain. Discover Sargent’s use of fashion as a powerful tool to express identity and personality with nearly 60 portraits https://bit.ly/3RTc3iA  

Until 7 July 2024. Members go free.  

As everyone on TwiX seems to be an expert on the subject of John Singer Sargent - see my timeline! - here are some more of my favourite works in the big Tate Britain tribute to Sargent and Fashion. I know they are all portraits of women but that’s where Sargent hit his bullseyes! pic.twitter.com/aboj665YNq

— WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK (@JANUSZCZAK) February 22, 2024

Happy Birthday Ansel Adams!

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Gregg Chadwick

Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

11"x14" black and sanguine conté with wash on paper

 

Happy President's Day!

#PresidentsDay2024
President Obama
By 🎨@greggchadwick https://t.co/8TSjrITCsC

— ArtOnArtsBlog (@ArTallks) February 19, 2024

Day of Remembrance

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Really Enjoyed this article in the Washington Post:

Zen masters: How ‘Perfect Days’ connects to ‘The Matrix,’ and ‘Barbie’

An appreciation of films that recognize the karmic tragicomedy of life

Gift Link - https://wapo.st/3I8MEwJ

Koji Yakusho, left, as Hirayama, and Arisa Nakano as Niko in ‘Perfect Days.’ (Neon)

How did Degas change the way artists used oil paint?

How did Degas change the way artists used oil paint? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/jPEQPq86lC

— National Gallery (@NationalGallery) February 15, 2024

The Bicycle Rider - Verona

Gregg Chadwick

The Bicycle Rider - Verona (Il Ciclista)

40"x30" oil on linen 2024

Back in the studio after a sojourn to Pebble Beach, California. Just put the finishing touches on my latest painting. My oil on linen artwork "The Bicycle Rider - Verona (Il Ciclista)" is set in the city center of Verona, Italy. Inspired by an art residency I had in this magical city, "The Bicycle Rider" celebrates the beauty and mystery of contemporary life. As day moves to night, a red headed woman stands tall near her bicycle in the Piazza delle Erbe, the ancient Roman forum of Verona. Has her journey ended or just started?

Sleater-Kinney - Say It Like You Mean It (6 Music Live Session)

Sleater-Kinney - Say It Like You Mean It (LIVE from 88.5FM The SoCal Sound)

Jimmy Buffs!

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Martin Luther King Jr. at UCLA 4/27/1965

In 1965, over 4,500 UCLA students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered to hear Dr. King's powerful message of civil rights.

Today we celebrate the life and impact of Dr. King and his dedication to equality and justice. #MLKDay https://t.co/a9Gr7VvSIa

— UCLA (@UCLA) January 15, 2024

Happy Martin Luther King Day!

Michael Stipe Reads Selections 

from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Strength to Love

An August Dream (Martin Luther King Jr.)

24"x36" oil on linen 2022

painting by Gregg Chadwick 

Today, we reflect on the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and recommit to honoring his vision.⁰⁰It's up to us to march forward choosing democracy over autocracy and a "Beloved Community" over chaos — to take up Dr. King's mantle and make his dream a… pic.twitter.com/LEpoicEZwg

— President Biden (@POTUS) January 15, 2024

Creating Character: Volker Hermes and Peter Brathwaite’s Artists on Artists - National Gallery London

Baritone and author Peter Brathwaite takes a closer look at Frans Hals's magnificent group portraits with artist Volker Hermes.

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych (1490 - 1500)

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

It's Winter in California

Snow is falling in the Sierra A late-arriving winter in California. 

Enjoy wintry Yosemite National Park captured by @ando2chill

Snow is here!

Snow is finally falling in the Sierra over the past week. It looks like we will have a late-arrival of winter in California. Check out Yosemite National Park captured by @ando2chill pic.twitter.com/ap7Vwe9A9R

— Los Angeles Magazine (@LAmag) January 7, 2024