Monday, June 29, 2020
Herbie Hancock The Prisoner
So timeless, yet so timely. An ode to Martin Luther King Jr. and the continual struggle. Say it with me - Black Lives Matter!
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing.
Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead America when he can't even defend it? pic.twitter.com/oEbnc2cWbT— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2020
Cocktails with a Curator: Stubbs's 'Portrait of Warren Hastings'
Mentioned in the episode is William Dalrymple's The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR
Link at:
Friday, June 26, 2020
June 26, 2015 - Equality Shines on the White House
As the sun went down on this historic day five years ago, the White House lit up in brilliant colors—an act that would have stood regardless of the Supreme Court ruling earlier that day.— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) June 26, 2020
But as crowds gathered, it became a moment of celebration. Love had won. pic.twitter.com/f7pNxMPkMG
On June 26, 2015 Marriage Equality became the law of the land and with hundreds of others we celebrated on the Supreme Court steps. Later on that glorious day, I chatted with President Obama's 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 air unit returned with President Obama 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.
In her current Netflix film Becoming, Michelle Obama reflects upon that day as well. Michelle Obama describes how she and her daughter Malia sneaked outside that night, needing to share in the crowd's joy after all the terrible grief in Charleston. They let the jubilation soften their anguish. Arrivals and departures. The struggle for equality for all continues.
#art #artandsocialjustice #equality #marriageequality #humanrights #charlestonsc @petesouza #theotherartfairla #theotherartfair
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
John Prine Scores First No. 1 Single with "I Remember Everything"
John Prine Scores First No. 1 Single with "I Remember Everything" | Consequence of Sound https://t.co/KAbKK9VOBP— Paul Holdengraber (@holdengraber) June 25, 2020
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Stand Together!
It’s in some of our darkest moments of despair that we’ve made some of our greatest progress. If we stand together, as one America, we'll rise stronger than before. pic.twitter.com/buzkmkM1Gf— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 21, 2020
Christopher Knight: The Critic Whose Love for LA Uplifted Its Arts Community
EPISODE NOTES
In his current position as art critic at the Los Angeles Times, Christopher Knight has been speaking truth to power for almost four decades. He charted the contemporary art waters in a city that has since become one of the world’s art hubs before most people ever noticed. He doesn’t shy away from controversy, as his recent columns about the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s renovations suggest. This year he was awarded two special honors: the Rabkin Lifetime Achievement Award for Art Journalism and the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
In this episode, he shares stories about his years in LA, his work as a newspaper art critic, and even a very curious letter he received from actor Charleton Heston about artist Andrew Wyeth.
The music featured in this episode is the track “Zuma" by Austin David.
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Nils Lofgren "All God's Children"
As quoted by American Songwriter, Nils writes of his contribution:
I've been listening to Willie’s edgy, soulful rock 'n' roll for decades. Willie's always delivered. When asked to sing a track for this wonderful compilation I was sure my first song choice had to have been taken. I was thrilled the brilliant, "All God’s Children" was still available for me to record. A song of hope for the ages, more poignant now then ever as our entire human race strives for equality and peace, through a startling and collective insanity of hellish greed and moral corruption. I'm joined by a joyous choir to revel in this universal cry of hope for all. So raise your voices! We’re All God's Children! Believe, Nils
Saturday, June 20, 2020
JOIN THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN: A NATIONAL CALL FOR MORAL REVIVAL
Mass Poor People’s Assembly &
National Moral March on Washington, DC:
A Digital Gathering
June 20, 2020
Broadcast on 6/20 at 10 AM EST
& 6 PM EST; 6/21 at 6 PM EST
Text MORAL to 90975 or Visit June2020.org to Take Action!*
"Theomusicologist @YaraAllen calls upon the nation in song, to answer, "What Doth the Lord Require” as we get ready to hear opening remarks from co-chairs, @RevDrBarber & @liztheo.— Repairers of the Breach (@BRepairers) June 20, 2020
Join the #PoorPeoplesCampaign here: https://t.co/egSh0gJJQy pic.twitter.com/R25er5bwPa
Friday, June 19, 2020
Juneteenth 2020
“But I want you to know tonight...”— Be A King (@BerniceKing) June 19, 2020
My father’s last words to us.
A powerful connection to today.#Juneteenth #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/qyVC2QEAJ7
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Thoughts on Rooting Out Systemic Racism
Systemic racism pervades every part of our society, including law enforcement — and we have to do the hard work to root it out. In January, I sat down with Jake, a field organizer on our campaign, to listen to what he had to say and discuss how we can move forward: pic.twitter.com/mVkxpWxbod— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 16, 2020
"Systemic racism pervades every part of our society, including law enforcement — and we have to do the hard work to root it out. In January, I sat down with Jake, a field organizer on our campaign, to listen to what he had to say and discuss how we can move forward:" Joe Biden
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Monday, June 08, 2020
Sunday, June 07, 2020
Michelle Obama's 2020 Commencement Address | Dear Class Of 2020
"So much has changed so quickly. And if any of you are confused or scared or angry—or just plain overwhelmed—I just want you to know that you aren’t alone. I am feeling all that, too. And I have a few things I want to say about it." - Michelle Obama
Saturday, June 06, 2020
Welcome to Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC
— Muriel Bowser (@MurielBowser) June 5, 2020
Welcome to Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC #DCProtests #DC #Washington #BlackLivesMattter pic.twitter.com/RTq8pk5ygd— Brendan Gutenschwager (@bgutenschwager) June 6, 2020
I will always say it. I am a black man first before anything! #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/E8a5ZmiIDR— Khaled Abdelghany (@Khaled_Da_Juice) June 5, 2020
Senator Kamala Harris at Black Lives Matter Plaza
June 5, 2020
photo by Douglas Emhoff
Friday, June 05, 2020
Thursday, June 04, 2020
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
General Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
In an extraordinary condemnation in the Atlantic, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one other. Full Statement Below:
In an extraordinary condemnation in the Atlantic, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one other. Full Statement Below:
IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH
I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled. The words “Equal Justice Under Law” are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values as a nation.
When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens—much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside.
We must reject any thinking of our cities as a “battlespace” that our uniformed military is called upon to “dominate.” At home, we should use our military only when requested to do so, on very rare occasions, by state governors. Militarizing our response, as we witnessed in Washington, D.C., sets up a conflict—a false conflict—between the military and civilian society. It erodes the moral ground that ensures a trusted bond between men and women in uniform and the society they are sworn to protect, and of which they themselves are a part. Keeping public order rests with civilian state and local leaders who best understand their communities and are answerable to them.
James Madison wrote in Federalist 14 that “America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat.” We do not need to militarize our response to protests. We need to unite around a common purpose. And it starts by guaranteeing that all of us are equal before the law.
Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that “The Nazi slogan for destroying us…was ‘Divide and Conquer.’ Our American answer is ‘In Union there is Strength.’” We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis—confident that we are better than our politics.
Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.
We can come through this trying time stronger, and with a renewed sense of purpose and respect for one another. The pandemic has shown us that it is not only our troops who are willing to offer the ultimate sacrifice for the safety of the community. Americans in hospitals, grocery stores, post offices, and elsewhere have put their lives on the line in order to serve their fellow citizens and their country. We know that we are better than the abuse of executive authority that we witnessed in Lafayette Park. We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution. At the same time, we must remember Lincoln’s “better angels,” and listen to them, as we work to unite.
Only by adopting a new path—which means, in truth, returning to the original path of our founding ideals—will we again be a country admired and respected at home and abroad.
James Mattis
Black Lives Matter!
.@Markos @DailyKos & @Civiqs have the receipts. According to three years of daily tracking of attitudes toward #BlackLivesMatter, the protests are a massive success. For the first time ever, we have white majority support for BLM.https://t.co/Ijve8zubqX— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) June 3, 2020
Springsteen Tells It Like It Is!
Thank you @springsteen! #RestInPower #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #AmericanSkin https://t.co/Qbj34G646v— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) June 3, 2020
Monday, June 01, 2020
11 Anti-Racist Accounts Worth Following
⚡️ “11 Anti-Racist Accounts Worth Following” by @Variety https://t.co/6lOSDaSR7C— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) June 1, 2020
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Flag of Treason
No patriotic American should brandish or proudly celebrate the iconography of a rebellion that resulted in tremendous devastation, the loss of more than 620,000 American lives, and the continued subjugation of Black America.
Friday, May 29, 2020
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Mikel Jollet Talks With CBS About Hollywood Park
I had a great talk this morning with @AnthonyMasonCBS about my new book, Hollywood Park.— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) May 27, 2020
You can see the whole clip here: https://t.co/uknnKurcZA
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach Live
Yo-Yo Ma performs Bach's complete solo cello suites live as a memorial for those we have lost and a tribute to our resilience. #songsofcomfort #withme
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Who Knew That Penguins Enjoyed Caravaggio?
These penguins put on their best tuxedos to visit a local art museum 🖼🐧🐧 pic.twitter.com/KAYzeTsNRh— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 20, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Must Listen: Art Writer John Yau in Conversation with Hrag Vartanian
Wonderful John Yau Podcast Created BY HYPERALLERGIC
John Yau's "writing about contemporary art cuts through hierarchies and academic jargon while revealing his love of art and innovative ideas."
EPISODE NOTES
John Yau, has been part of the Hyperallergic Weekend editorial collective since it debuted in 2012.
In this podcast John talks about "his life, how he got into art writing, stories from his childhood, and other influences that help us understand a writer who continues to challenge both himself and readers to look at art with fresh and informed eyes. This special two-hour interview offers a window into the world of one of the country's most respected art critics and poets."
A special thanks to Vinson Valega for providing the music for this interview. You can learn more about his music at VinsonValega.com.
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Important Message from Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
My sister @ZerlinaMaxwell said it on @MSNBC today: Many of the people protesting to "reopen" the country are doing it to be served, not to be in the jobs that serve.— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) May 17, 2020
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Friday, May 15, 2020
Director's Pick: Gregg Chadwick
The Other Art Fair
presents
Travels With
Gregg Chadwick
I am honored to have been chosen this week by The Other Art Fair Los Angeles director Nicole Garton as her Director’s Pick.
Deep thanks to Nicole Garton, The Other Art Fair and Saatchi Art. Please take a journey with me in the paintings below.
Arrivals and Departures
On June 26, 2015 Marriage Equality became the law of the land and with hundreds of others we celebrated on the Supreme Court steps. Later on that glorious day, I chatted with President Obama’s 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 air unit returned with President Obama 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.
In her current Netflix film Becoming, Michelle Obama reflects upon that day as well. Michelle Obama describes how she and her daughter Malia sneaked outside that night, needing to share in the crowd’s joy after all the terrible grief in Charleston. They let the jubilation soften their anguish. Arrivals and departures. The struggle for equality for all continues.
While we watched, the Presidential Marine Corps air unit returned with President Obama 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.
In her current Netflix film Becoming, Michelle Obama reflects upon that day as well. Michelle Obama describes how she and her daughter Malia sneaked outside that night, needing to share in the crowd’s joy after all the terrible grief in Charleston. They let the jubilation soften their anguish. Arrivals and departures. The struggle for equality for all continues.
Steps of Time
In the morning light, a young monk walks along a path that has been traveled by other monks for centuries. This moment is an accumulation of all the moments that have come before and will occur again.
For 20 years, I have painted artworks inspired by the aspirational nature of Buddhism. “Gregg Chadwick paints scenes from the life of Asia that reminds us of the monastic life of pilgrimage which has been all but lost in the West.”
-Ratnagarbha and Thomas Jones
from “Urthona: Journal of Buddhism and the Arts” Issue 20
For 20 years, I have painted artworks inspired by the aspirational nature of Buddhism. “Gregg Chadwick paints scenes from the life of Asia that reminds us of the monastic life of pilgrimage which has been all but lost in the West.”
-Ratnagarbha and Thomas Jones
from “Urthona: Journal of Buddhism and the Arts” Issue 20
Bookseller’s Night
I was inspired by a sojourn in Paris near Montmartre. That summer the light hung on late into the evening until the sky rolled into the blue hour. While walking the Parisian streets under those deep blue skies, I would often stop to glance at books spread out like magical treatises on art and life. We lived that summer in the shadow of Monet, Manet, and Caillebotte. Two of Manet’s last studios were on our street and nearby on the Place de Dublin, Caillebotte set his magical painting Paris Street; Rainy Day (Rue de Paris, temps de pluie). Nearby was the Gare Saint-Lazare which inspired Monet to create Turneresque images of trains and steam. I carried those memories with me as I painted Bookseller’s Night along with time traveling thoughts of San Francisco and New York.
Spring Reader (Botanical Garden)
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 cause 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 on a spring day. One can almost smell honeysuckle in the air and feel a cool breeze on a warm day.
The Other Art Fair Online Studios can be found at the link https://www.saatchiart.com/studios/theotherartfair/los-angeles
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Cocktails with a Curator: Bellini's 'St. Francis in the Desert'
In the first episode of "Cocktails with a Curator," Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, hosts us for happy hour at his apartment. The subject of tonight's presentation is the Frick's beloved painting "St. Francis in the Desert," by Giovanni Bellini, and the complementary cocktail is the Manhattan.
To see this painting in detail, please visit our website: https://collections.frick.org/objects/39
Robert Pinsky & Bruce Springsteen Recite Pinksky's "Jersey Rain"
Jersey Rain
Now near the end of the middle stretch of road
What have I learned? Some earthly wiles. An art.
That often I cannot tell good fortune from bad,
That once had seemed so easy to tell apart.
What have I learned? Some earthly wiles. An art.
That often I cannot tell good fortune from bad,
That once had seemed so easy to tell apart.
The source of art and woe aslant in wind
Dissolves or nourishes everything it touches.
What roadbank gullies and ruts it doesn't mend
It carves the deeper, boiling tawny in ditches.
Dissolves or nourishes everything it touches.
What roadbank gullies and ruts it doesn't mend
It carves the deeper, boiling tawny in ditches.
It spends itself regardless into the ocean.
It stains and scours and makes things dark or bright:
Sweat of the moon, a shroud of benediction,
The chilly liquefaction of day to night,
It stains and scours and makes things dark or bright:
Sweat of the moon, a shroud of benediction,
The chilly liquefaction of day to night,
The Jersey rain, my rain, soaks all as one:
It smites Metuchen, Rahway, Saddle River,
Fair Haven, Newark, Little Silver, Bayonne.
I feel it churning even in fair weather
It smites Metuchen, Rahway, Saddle River,
Fair Haven, Newark, Little Silver, Bayonne.
I feel it churning even in fair weather
To craze distinction, dry the same as wet.
In ripples of heat the August drought still feeds
Vapors in the sky that swell to smite the state --
The Jersey rain, my rain, in streams and beads
In ripples of heat the August drought still feeds
Vapors in the sky that swell to smite the state --
The Jersey rain, my rain, in streams and beads
Of indissoluble grudge and aspiration:
Original milk, replenisher of grief,
Descending destroyer, arrowed source of passion,
Silver and black, executioner, font of life.
Original milk, replenisher of grief,
Descending destroyer, arrowed source of passion,
Silver and black, executioner, font of life.
On May 5, 2010, David Daniel put together Robert and Bruce for a conversation with Wesley Stace to explore the relationship between poetry and music and the "popular" and "literary" arts in general. What followed was a wonderful conversation and collaboration between two great artists, born in the same hospital a decade apart, who had never met until an hour before the show. In this clip, they perform "Jersey Rain" and "Promised Land" together. There were about 350 students and faculty in the audience, and both Robert and Bruce donated their time because, well, it was a really good idea. I had that idea three years before, when I put together the first WAMFEST: The Words and Music Festival with the idea of breaking down the barriers between the arts of the people and the arts of the academy in order to provide a model for my students in the creative writing program at FDU. Since then, I've produced over thirty performances along those lines. With a special thanks to Barbara Carr and Jan Stabile at Jon Landau Management, Inc. for their support and permission.
pTV--Poetry TV--is devoted to presenting collaborative work by poets, writers, songwriters, and visual and performing artists. Please subscribe. The rest of this hour and a half show along with many others will be released periodically. For more information, please contact David Daniel at fortheloveofitall@gmail.com.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Monday, May 11, 2020
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Saturday, May 09, 2020
Swans For Relief
32 premier ballerinas from 22 dance companies in 14 countries perform Le Cygne (The Swan) variation sequentially with music by Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by cellist Wade Davis, in support of Swans for Relief.
Organized by Misty Copeland and Joseph Phillips, 100% of the funds raised will be distributed to each dancer’s company’s COVID-19 relief fund, or other arts/dance-based relief fund in the event that a company is not set up to receive donations. To donate please visit, https://charity.gofundme.com/SwansFor...
Ballet companies are largely dependent on revenue from performances to pay their dancers and fund their operations, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, all performances have been halted.
Consequently, many dancers are unable to depend on paychecks and are facing the hardship of paying rent and/or buying food and other necessities.
Below are the featured ballerinas and their respective companies:
•Stella Abrera
American Ballet Theatre, USA
•Precious Adams
English National Ballet, England
•Nathalia Arja
Miami City Ballet, USA
•Isabella Boylston
American Ballet Theatre, USA
•Skylar Brandt
American Ballet Theatre, USA
•Misty Copeland
American Ballet Theatre, USA
•Monike Cristina
Joburg Ballet, South Africa
•Ashley Ellis
Boston Ballet, USA
•Greta Elizondo
Nacional de Danza Mexico, Mexico
•Nikisha Fogo
Vienna State Ballet, Austria
•Angelica Generosa
Pacific Northwest Ballet, USA
•Sarah Hay
Freelance Ballerina, USA
•Frances Hayward
The Royal Ballet, England
•Robyn Hendricks
The Australian Ballet, Australia
•Whitney Jensen
The Norwegian National Ballet, Norway
•Yuriko Kajiya
Houston Ballet, USA
•Maria Khoreva
Mariinsky Theatre, Russia
•Ako Kondo
The Australian Ballet, Australia
•Misa Kuranaga
San Francisco Ballet, USA
•Stephanie Kurlow
Freelance Hijabi Ballerina, Australia
•Sara Mearns
New York City Ballet, USA
•Ginett Moncho
Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Cuba
•Katherine Ochoa
Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Cuba
•Hannah O'Neill
Paris Opera Ballet, France
•Denise Parungao
Ballet Philippines, Philippines
•Tiler Peck
New York City Ballet, USA
•Tina Pereira
The National Ballet of Canada, Canada
•Ida Praetorius
The Royal Danish Ballet, Denmark
•Jemima Reyes
Ballet Philippines, Philippines
•Ingrid Silva
Dance Theater of Harlem, USA
•Bianca Teixeira
San Francisco Ballet, USA
•Xu Yan
The National Ballet of China, China
Le Cygne (The Swan) with music by Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by cellist Wade Davis (USA),
choreography by Michel Fokine
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