This 12 months’s Gucci-sponsored LACMA Art + Film gala will honor two cultural giants: music video, TV and film director David Fincher and Los Angeles public art pioneer Judy Baca.

Known for his neo-noir influences, fascination with sinister themes and perfectionist working style, Fincher got his start in music videos within the late Nineteen Eighties and early ’90s, directing Madonna’s “Express Yourself” and “Vogue,” before making his film directorial debut with “Alien 3” (1992), soon followed by the critically acclaimed “Seven” (1995), “Fight Club” (1999) and “Zodiac” (2007).

He received best director nominations on the Academy Awards for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (2008) and “The Social Network” (2010). He also directed “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” (2011) and “Gone Girl” (2014), Netflix series “House of Cards” and “Mindhunter.”

Baca has been creating public art for 4 many years, founding the City of Los Angeles’ first mural program, which produced greater than 400 murals and evolved into the Social and Public Art Resource Center, with a digital lab at UCLA now using technology to advertise social justice through digital art.

Her works concentrate on connecting diverse communities, and harnessing people to co-create “sites of public memory” reflecting the lives of historically disenfranchised peoples, including women, immigrants and the working poor. Her best-known work is the Great Wall of Los Angeles, spanning half a mile within the San Fernando Valley and still a piece in progress engaging multiple generations of youth. In 2017, the mural was named to the National Registry of Historic Places.

Recent work by Baca shall be presented in an exhibition at LACMA opening in the autumn.

“Judy Baca is one of the vital essential American artists working today. Drawing inspiration from her hometown of Los Angeles, Baca gives permanence to local histories through her monumental artworks, equivalent to The Great Wall of Los Angeles. We’re thrilled to honor Judy for her achievements, for her commitment to public art, and for her impact within the cultural landscape of Los Angeles and beyond,” Michael Govan, LACMA chief executive officer and Wallis Annenberg director, said in an announcement. “Through his award-winning movies, David Fincher tells compelling stories and sheds light on human psychology. His unique vision pulls audiences deeper into his cinematic world. We look ahead to honoring Judy and David this November and celebrating the essential role that art and film plays in telling human stories.”

The twelfth annual event shall be co-chaired by Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio and supported by Gucci on Nov. 4 in L.A.

Gucci’s latest creative director Sabato de Sarno will present his first collection for the home in September during Milan Fashion Week. Brand representatives couldn’t confirm if he would travel to L.A. for the LACMA event, which has traditionally been attended by his predecessor Alessandro Michele.

The home will proceed to host several tables of celebrity guests and friends for the gala, who presumably shall be dressed out of the ultra-luxe Gucci Salon store that debuted in L.A. on Melrose Place in April.

“We look ahead to celebrating Judy Baca and David Fincher’s careers and accomplishments at this 12 months’s Art + Film Gala,” said gala co-chair Chow. “For the reason that inception of this event, Gucci has been our longstanding partner and we’re grateful for his or her continued support.”

Proceeds from the annual Art + Film Gala help underwrite film programming initiatives on the museum, which is within the midst of constructing a latest $750 million constructing — the David Geffen Galleries — designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor with a projected late 2024 completion.

The 2022 Art + Film Gala, honoring California Light and Space movement artist Helen Pashgian and South Korean director Park Chan-wook, featured a performance by Elton John and raised greater than $5 million. The gang included Billie Eilish and Jesse Rutherford, Olivia Wilde, Jared Leto, Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Maneskin, Blackpink’s Rosé, Jodie Turner-Smith, Julia Garner, Catherine Opie, Mark Bradford, Idris Elba, Andrew Garfield, George Clinton and lots of more.