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The first American survey of one of the UK’s most influential artists.

Jun 9–Sep 1, 2019

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Celebration of Our Enemies: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection
Jun 9–Sep 8, 2019
An intergenerational grouping of artists whose works have rarely been exhibited together.
Installation view, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin. November 29, 2014–January 24, 2015. Photo: Simon Vogel.

Hammer Projects: Andrea Fraser
May 18–Sep 15, 2019
Fraser's video installation "Men on the Line: Men Committed to Feminism, KPFK, 1972" highlights how social structures and identities shape our politics.
Installation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, March 28—October 27, 2019. Photo: Jeff McLane.

Hammer Projects: Yunhee Min
Mar 28–Oct 27, 2019
The L.A.-based artist adapts the vibrant abstract imagery of her paintings to the Hammer’s lobby staircase; the first Hammer Project to be oriented on the floor rather than the walls.

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Public Engagement Residency

Omniaudience: Side Three, Track Two
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019 7:30pm
In these intimate listening sessions, Alice Wang employs sounds captured from outer space, and Arshia Haq explores Sufi devotional music and the concept of sama’.
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Expanded Digital Archive

UCLA Artists in the Hammer Museum Collections

Our newest digital archive features over 1,100 works by more than 100 artists who taught or studied at UCLA.

Outdoor Art Moves - Kids learning about movement in the UCLA Sculpture Garden

Hammer Kids

Outdoor Art Moves, Summer 2019
Sunday, June 30, 2019 11AM & 12PM
Choreographer/ movement director Zoe Rappaport guides families through movement activities in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden on the UCLA campus.
Photographs of Brian Knappenberger & Joseph Menn

Conversations

Brian Knappenberger & Joseph Menn
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019 7:30pm
Menn, an investigative journalist whose new book tells the story of one of the oldest and most famous hacking groups, joins filmmaker Knappenberger, known for his documentaries about Internet activists.
Photocopy on paper, 85 3/4 x 124 in (218 x 315 cm). © Sarah Lucas. Courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London

Sarah Lucas Artist Walk-throughs: Jade Gordon & Megan Whitmarsh
Thursday Jun 27, 2019 6:00pm
In these informal, 45-minute gallery talks, artists and scholars discuss specific works in the exhibition.

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Image: Charles White, Love Letter #1, 1971. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase. Photo by Ed Glendinning

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