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Made in L.A. 2020: a version

OPENING 2021
While we await L.A. County approvals to safely reopen for Made in L.A. 2020: a version, you can experience three artworks right now.

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Tours & Talks

Lunchtime Art Talk on Diane Severin Nguyen

WEDNESDAY DEC 9, 2020 12:30 PM PST
Made in L.A. 2020 co-curator Lauren Mackler leads a live, online discussion of Diane Severin Nguyen's works.
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Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

THURSDAY DEC 10, 2020 12:30 PM PST
The free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.
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Screenings

Clemency with director Chinonye Chukwu

THURSDAY DEC 10, 2020 5 PM PST
A special screening of this Sundance winner is followed by a live Q&A with the film’s writer and director, Chinonye Chukwu.

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Videos

Artist Profiles

Learn more about the artists who have been a part of exhibitions, projects, and residencies at the Hammer through these insightful interviews and profiles.
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Collections

Digital Archives

Explore collection areas and past exhibitions online through these in-depth repositories of images and research materials.
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Watch + Listen

Watch hundreds of videos from our extraordinary slate of past programs.

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Tours & Talks

Lunchtime Art Talk on Monica Majoli

Curatorial assistant Nicholas Barlow leads a live, online discussion of Monica Majoli's work.
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LECTURE SERIES

Rembrandt Here and Now

Watch the full series of online lectures as esteemed art historian, curator, and museum director John Walsh examines Rembrandt van Rijn's career in detail.
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Conversations

Alex Ross: Wagner & Hollywood

The New Yorker writer Alex Ross, author of the new book Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music, discusses Richard Wagner’s pivotal, complex role in Hollywood movie history.
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Hammer Store

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Audrey at the Hammer

Audrey is temporarily closed.
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Museum Transformation

We are working on a new entrance, more galleries, and an expanded lobby.

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Discussing Social Justice

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

Her Dream Deferred Series

This series explored the status of black women and girls in the United States, lifting their voices and stories to find solutions to social injustice. Copresented with the African American Policy Forum

The Watts Rebellion: 50 Years Later

Three historians discuss the past and present of race relations in the United States.

Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980

This digital archive of the 2011–2012 exhibition examines the legacy of African-American artists in L.A., many of whom were connected to civil rights and Black Power movements.

“Bad” Feminism

Re-watch one of our most popular programs. In October 2016, Roxane Gay, Andi Zeisler, and the Hammer’s Connie Butler discuss the political, social, and cultural relevance of contemporary feminism.

Social Justice in Church and State

Watch this 2014 program with Sister Simone Campbell who discussed the resurgence of social justice issues in the Catholic Church

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

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