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Huguette Caland: A Life in a Few Lines

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Lebanese by birth, French by marriage, and American by choice, Caland’s life and work spanned continents and media, challenging the aesthetic and social conventions of her time in each place her diasporic migrations brought her.
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Hammer Projects: Gê Viana

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The first institutional presentation in the U.S. of Viana, a visual artist working in collage, sound, video, and installation to explore material culture, oral history, and syncretism within the African diaspora across Brazil.
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Hammer Projects: Vibeke Mascini

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Mascini presents a new installation in which electrical cables and aerial root systems intermingle by electroforming plants including ceiba trees and orchids, rendering otherwise nonelectrical subjects into carriers of electricity.
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Hammer Projects: Mike Cloud

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Chicago-based artist Mike Cloud makes mixed-media assemblages that are typically composed of stretcher bars configured into geometric shapes and universal forms with objects embedded in thick oil paint.
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Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70, Part II

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This exhibition marks the 70th anniversary of the Grunwald Center, celebrating its history through a selection of significant works that reflect the collection’s breadth and diversity.
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Armand Hammer Collection

This impressive collection of European and American paintings and drawings reflects the interests and passion of the museum’s founder, Armand Hammer.

Opening Soon

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Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images

Opens Oct 11
An important figure in geometric abstraction, Jamaican-born artist Mavis Pusey created rich abstract paintings and works on paper that reflect her wide-ranging engagement with fashion, printmaking, and the urban environment.

Upcoming Programs

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Special Programs

Fall Exhibitions Celebration

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Celebrate a pair of retrospectives featuring two prolific and trailblazing abstract artists, Huguette Caland and Mavis Pusey, with galleries open late and music in the courtyard.
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Tours & Talks

Lunchtime Art Talk on Monica Majoli

Curatorial assistant Azul Silverio leads an in-person discussion of Monica Majoli's work.
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Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursday Oct 8, 2026 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.
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Members

Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images Member Preview

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Members can experience the exhibition before it opens to the public, along with up to four guests. Coffee and tea provided.

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Art

The Sea Around Us: Panel discussion of Rebeca Méndez's cinematic installation

Co-presented with the UCLA Department of Media Arts and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
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Akinsanya Kambon: The Hero Avenges

April 2026

Kambon, a Vietnam war veteran and Black Panther, avenges personal and historical injustices through art imbued with African mythology, resilience, and revolutionary spirit.
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