Annika Petras, August 12, 2024 Began as an effort by artist Judith Baca to bring together neighborhoods and cultures of Los Angeles, “The Great Wall of Los Angeles” mural is to be extended to one mile in length. Already one … Read More

By Kristopher Gee Los Angeles PUBLISHED 6:00 AM PT Jul. 23, 2024 LOS ANGELES — Artist Judy Baca and a team of artists from the Social and Public Art Resource Center, also known as SPARC, have been working inside LACMA’s gallery space … Read More

NATIONAL 1:30PM JULY 04, 2024 by A Martínez Listen to the audio clip here: 0:00/7:17: https://www.wfdd.org/story/half-mile-long-mural-los-angeles-celebrates-history-california Transcript A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: On this Fourth of July, we bring you a story about a celebration of American history. One of the world’s largest … Read More

A lecture by Ignacio Darnaude at the Museum of Latin American Art highlighted how renowned Latin American artists, such as Frida Kahlo and Claudio Bravo, as well as Chicanx artists like Carlos Almaraz and Joey Terrill, created astonishing queer imagery … Read More

May 2, 2024, Deliasofia Zacarias, Director’s Office Executive Assistant and Fellow, Acquisitions One of America’s leading visual artists and LACMA’s 2023 Art+Film Honoree, Los Angeles–based Chicana muralist Dr. Judith F. Baca has been creating public art for over five decades. Striking … Read More

March 29, 2024 Dhyandra Lawson, Andy Song Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, Alexander Schneider, Associate Editor, Deliasofia Zacarias, Executive Assistant and Fellow, Director’s Office “Hi, César,” Judy Baca said as she began to paint on top of a sketch of César Chávez, inaugurating the … Read More

By Jori Finkel | 1 March 2024 A feminist who muscled her way into the Mexican muralist tradition, Judy Baca tends to work outside of museum spaces. She created the celebrated mural known as The Great Wall of Los Angeles on site … Read More

BY ARMANDO PULIDO IN FRIEZE LOS ANGELES , FRIEZE WEEK MAGAZINE | 29 FEB 24 Judy Baca has transformed the Los Angeles County Museum of Art into her studio. In the museum’s Resnick Pavilion, behind a railed platform, a mural is taking shape, accompanied by archival … Read More

Schools have taught alternative versions of United States history for decades — a fact that continues to be the source of controversy. Hundreds of books have been devoted to reviewing and reinterpreting the country’s founding. Political discourse has changed too, … Read More

BY THE EDITORS OF ARTNEWS Chicana artist Judith F. Baca first conceived of what would become the half-mile-long Great Wall of Los Angeles in 1974, with the first stretch of it being painted in 1976. Beginning in prehistoric time and extending into the … Read More