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Bringing together five decades of work, this exhibition explores the prodigious talent and influence of Merz’s understudied body of work.

Jun 4–Aug 20, 2017

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On View

This exhibition features recent acquisitions in the Hammer Museum's collections.

May 20–Aug 13, 2017

Hammer Projects: Oliver Payne and Keiichi Tanaami
May 6–Aug 27, 2017
This series of collaborative works represents a world populated by Japanese idols, monsters, and ancient deities set amid icons from popular Japanese “bullet hell” arcade games.
Three-channel video, color, sound. 8 min. Image courtesy of the artist.

Hammer Projects: Jeanine Oleson: Conduct Matters
May 6–Aug 6, 2017
Following her residency at the Hammer Museum, Jeanine Oleson presents a new body of work and performance related to the production of copper.
Installation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, May 20–August 13, 2017. Photo: Brian Forrest.

Hammer Projects: Judith Hopf
May 20–Aug 13, 2017
Hopf uses humor and wit to address the politics of art making, group dynamics, and the impact of technology on perception and human experience.

Rebel Rebel
THURSDAYS: JULY 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2017
Rebel Rebel is this summer's concert series presented with KCRW. Join us Thursdays in July for an eclectic line-up of groundbreaking, female-fronted bands.
Expanded Digital Archive
Collection UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Corita Kent Bequest.

Corita Kent in the Grunwald Center Collection
Just launched!
This archive features more than 600 of Corita Kent's works, a biography of the artist, a selection of scholarly essays, an exploration of the artist's process, and other resources.

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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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