Retrospective coverage for October 13, 2026. First published October 26, 2026 06:07 -07:00 (Pacific time). This is an AI-assisted brief compiled from linked public source records; the coverage date is not the publication date.
UC San Diego outlined plans Oct. 13 for a public artwork composed of 260 ceramic signs at Triton Center, with an opening scheduled for Nov. 2. The installation, La asamblea del barro, is by Mexican artist duo RojoNegro: Noé Martínez and María Sosa. University feature
The work draws on archaeological, ethnographic and oral-history research to explore how knowledge among Indigenous peoples of Mexico continues and changes. Its signs are mounted on tall structures, and a companion book is planned to document the research and ceramic figures.
The university identified the project as the Stuart Collection’s first commission by Latinx artists and its 23rd artwork. It is part of the collection’s Emerging Artists program.
In a university-published interview, chief campus curator Jess Berlanga Taylor described the commission as a way to broaden whose histories and forms of knowledge the collection represents. The October announcement previewed a work still being installed rather than documenting an opening that had already occurred.