Speed of Life

LRM Online's Gig Patta spoke with guests Yareli Arizmendi and Sergio Arau on the red carpet at the premiere of The American Ballet Theater's Like Water for Chocolate. Nothing could be sweeter than the U.S. Premiere of Like Water for Chocolate for American Ballet Theatre’s Spring engagement at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. This full-length ballet created by the brilliant choreographer Christopher Wheeldon brings the famous novel by Laura Esquivel to mouth-watering life. Reuniting the award-winning team of Wheeldon (fresh from his Tony Award victory for MJ: The Musical) with composer Joby Talbot, and Tony-winning costume designer Bob Crowley, you’ll journey into the captivating family saga where the central character’s emotions spill out through cooking to influence everyone around her in startling and dramatic ways. Like Water for Chocolate tells the story of Tita, a young Mexican woman whose restrictive upbringing prevents her from marrying until her mother dies. Overwhelm...

  Gregg Chadwick The Golden Hour - Venezia 30"x24" oil on linen 2023 Do you cherish a city or place that takes your breath away? For me, Venice, Italy has been a world of wonder since I first visited. My oil on linen painting "The Golden Hour" was inspired by my time over the years in the magical city of Venice. Poised between sea and land, Venice is a place where light, shade, color, and reflection merge and recombine in a watery environment. In this mirrored world, past and present seem to coexist.History's shadows slide in and out of darkened alleys. The color and light found in the artworks of the Venetian painters Bellini, Carpaccio, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and Tiepolo, seen up close in the city of their creation, have been revelatory for me. Their works glow like light upon water. This effect of reflected, sparkling light bouncing off canals, is called gibigiane in Venetian dialect. The liquid nature of transparent oils glowing from within...

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Anechoic Chamber Music · Petrichor Cherry Blossom Rain - Kyoto by Gregg Chadwick 24"x18" oil on wood 2023

‘His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met Check out this article from @nytimes . Because I'm a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. https://t.co/O7W7yVm2i2 — Gregg Chadwick 🇺🇦 🟧 (@greggchadwick) August 14, 2023 Jeremy K. Simien, an art collector from Baton Rouge, spent years trying to find “Bélizaire” after seeing an image of it online in 2013, following its restoration, that featured all four figures. Bélizaire and the Frey Children (After and Before Restoration) Attributed to Jacques Amans (French artist Jacques Amans was a leading portraitist in New Orleans during the 1840s- 1850s) Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection, New York