LA Phil Insight Presents:
Listening to the Great Wall of Los Angeles Exhibition
An exhibition illuminating the history and mural-making process behind Judy Baca's seminal artwork The Great Wall of Los Angeles and her historic collaboration with the LA Phil.
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Sat Mar 7, 2026 12am
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Listening to the Great Wall of Los Angeles Exhibition
On March 7, 2026, the LA Phil premiered The Great Wall of Los Angeles concert, featuring new music inspired by Judy Baca’s monumental public artwork. For more than five decades, Baca’s mural has traced histories often left out of official narratives—stories painted across concrete, carried by the hands of young people, and rooted in the communities of Los Angeles. Now, those histories resound in music.
In Listening to the Great Wall of Los Angeles, an exhibition curated by LA Phil Insight with the Social and Public Art Resource Center, you will encounter the mural’s origins and its community-driven process; the stories embedded in its imagery; the partnership between SPARC and the LA Phil; and the composers who translated painted histories into sound. You will glimpse how visual research becomes musical gesture, how collective memory becomes orchestration, and how a public artwork along a river can echo inside a concert hall and beyond.
Listening to the Great Wall of Los Angeles is on view at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Library of Congress / Ira Gershwin Gallery through September 7, 2026. The exhibition is open to ticketholders before concerts and free to the public from 10AM to 3 PM daily when visiting Walt Disney Concert Hall on a self-guided tour.
Insight
Dive deeper into our concert programming with Insight activities ranging from commissioned installations and panel discussions to print publications and live podcast recordings.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S Grand Ave Los Angeles, California 90012
Transportation
We suggest arriving at least 1 hour before your event's start time
Metro
Get to the Hall via the A or E Line to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station, or take the B or D Line to Civic Center/Grand Park Station. The Metro J Line busway also stops nearby at Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill.
Rideshare
All rideshare, access, and drop-off vehicles are welcome to unload passengers on Grand Avenue in front of the concert hall.
Parking
Parking is available directly beneath Walt Disney Concert Hall. Enter on 2nd Street or Lower Grand Avenue.
Accessibility
Walt Disney Concert Hall offers accessibility options for individuals with mobility, auditory, or visual impairments.
LA Phil Store
The LA Phil Store is the exclusive source of goods as uplifting as the music of the LA Phil! Visit the store at intermission or catch an artist signing after the concert.
