Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles
Archive of Judith F. Baca’s The History of California mural (1976-84)
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded by the film-maker George Lucas and his wife, the investment executive Mellody Hobson, and due to open in 2023, has acquired an archive relating to Judith F. Baca’s mural
The History of California (1976-84). Better known as
The Great Wall of Los Angeles, the monumental half-mile-long work in the San Fernando Valley traces the history of California from prehistoric times to the mid-1900s, encompassing the displacement of indigenous communities (pictured above), the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War and the civil rights movement. The archive of drawings, blueprints, notes and correspondence documents Baca’s artistic practice and her partnerships with scholars, artists, community leaders and young people during the making of the mural. It complements other works in the Lucas collection that will
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Openings and Closings: February 17 to February 23 Elizabeth Lanza
Scenes 55 and 56 of
the Bayeux Tapestry (Duke William lifts his helmet to be recognized on the battlefield of Hastings, Eustace II, Count of Boulogne points to him with his finger. In the bottom margin, a row of archers), c. 1070.
Image via Wikimedia Commons.
You’ve all heard of the Bayeux Tapestry the 11
th-century, 70-meter-long tapestry that depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Oh, you’re not familiar? Well, the good news is that the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux launched an online initiative that allows you not only to learn about the tapestry from home, but to explore its intricacies digitally. It has never been easier to see the loomwork, and viewers will never run out of details to investigate with 1500 individual designs and 58 scenes to explore. Or you can search for the seams that join all nine sections of the tapestry together. This monumental piece of history is well worth the sc
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