By Matt Pawlik You’ve heard of the great outdoors, but what about the great artdoors? We all know Los Angeles is a hiking haven — coastal, desert and mountain habitats are all easily accessible by trail — but our urban … Read More
Mary Daily | Photo by David Esquivel Judith Baca has come home. The renowned muralist’s latest monumental work celebrates the campus where she spent her career. The nearly 80-foot mural, titled La Memoria de la Tierra: UCLA (or The Memory … Read More
Hailed for her rich depictions of California history and social struggle, the Chicana artist says the attention, after decades of being overlooked, surprises her. By Adam Nagourney LOS ANGELES — It has never been easy to see a Judith Baca … Read More
The second edition of the digital art partnership features Snapchat lenses by artists Judy Baca, Kang Seung Lee and Sandra de la Loza by Scarlet Cheng The second round of augmented reality (AR) projects organised by the Los Angeles County … Read More
Decades after she created one of the longest murals in the world, the Chicana artist and scholar is receiving long overdue mainstream recognition by Sam Levin Judy Baca still recalls the day in the 1970s when the curator of an … Read More
by Philip Kennicott LOS ANGELES — When Judy Baca and a team of 80 kids began painting “The History of California” in 1976, almost no one considered the 1,000-foot-long mural project a monument. Since then, the painting has grown to … Read More
By Shana Nys Dambrot The first clue you’re in for something special with Judy Baca: Memorias de Nuestra Tierra, a Retrospective at the Museum of Latin American Art, is the color. Emanating from the work and radiating from the walls, … Read More
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By Jeffrey Brown & Lena I. Jackson A new exhibit at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California, looks at the monumental scale and achievement of an artist capturing the untold stories of Los Angeles. Jeffrey Brown … Read More
by Jordan Karney Chaim September 12, 2021 Decades of entrenched art-world racism, gender bias, and resistance to overtly political displays in art have delayed a comprehensive treatment of Baca’s career until now. LONG BEACH, Calif. — For 50 years Los Angeles-based … Read More