Elvis in the swimming pool of his home on Audubon Drive, July 4, 1956, Memphis, TN. Copyright © Estate of Alfred Wertheimer. All Rights Reserved.
Self-portrait, 2014. Frame by Gold Leaf Studios. Copyright © Walter Egan. All Rights Reserved. Govinda Gallery has organized an exhibition of Walter Egan’s paintings Martyrs of Rock that opens in Los Angeles next Thursday evening, January 15, at Mr Musichead Gallery. The evening before Egan’s exhibition opening he will be appearing at the Clive Davis […]
Junior Marvin’s Wailers backup singer Simone Gordon with artist William Adair and the Bob Marley Door. Copyright © Chris Murray/Govinda Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved. Junior Marvin’s Wailers gig at Hamilton Live was a strong groove. It became something of an arts festival with a fantastic show of David Burnett’s photographs of Jamaica and the […]
Backstage at the Birchmere: John Waters, Govinda artist Carlotta Hester, and Chris Murray. Copyright © Zeid Masri/Govinda Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved. Part of our holiday festivities was going to see John Waters’ Christmas show at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. This was our fifth year in a row seeing John’s show and it gets […]
Exodus Tour, Brussels, 1977. Left to right: The I Threes, Bob Marley, and Junior Marvin. Copyright © David Burnett. All Rights Reserved. If you like reggae music and Bob Marley’s songs it’s hard to beat Junior Marvin’s Wailers. Junior Marvin was the guitarist for Bob Marley from the Exodus album to his passing. His previous […]
Govinda Gallery director Chris Murray in Havana, holding Danny Clinch’s photograph of Tupac Shakur. Copyright © Carlotta Hester/Govinda Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved. It has been one of the highlights of my work at Govinda Gallery to have organized four exhibitions in Havana, Cuba, as well as three exhibitions of Cuban photographers at Govinda Gallery. […]
James Dean 1955 Copyright © Phil Stern. All Rights Reserved. Phil Stern, one of the great Hollywood photographers of all time, has passed on. It was a tremendous honor and pleasure to host Phil’s first exhibition over 20 years ago at Govinda Gallery, Phil Stern’s Hollywood, which was also a launch for his first book […]
The cast of Diner pointing to the neon Diner sign on the set at the closing curtain. Copyright © Carlotta Hester/Govinda Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved. It’s not every day you get to attend the premiere of a theatrical musical event with the writer and composer. Last night Barry Levinson’s story of youth transitioning from […]
Sheryl Crow, Barry Levinson, and Peter Marks. Copyright © Carlotta Hester. All Rights Reserved. Last night at the Signature Theatre in Shirlington, Virginia, Sheryl Crow and Barry Levinson made an appearance to talk about the new musical based on Levinson’s classic film Diner. The talk was moderated by Washington Post theater critic Peter Marks. Nine-time […]
Bobby Keys was one of the great rock and roll sidemen of all time. He performed and recorded with George Harrison, Chuck Berry, Donovan, Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, B.B. King, Graham Nash, Sheryl Crow, and The Rolling Stones, to name a few. His sax riffs on “Brown Sugar” for example, are the heart […]