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Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965-2016

Oct 7, 2018–Jan 6, 2019

The most comprehensive West Coast exhibition to date of the work of Adrian Piper, featuring more than 270 works from the wide range of mediums that Piper has explored for over 50 years.

Oct 7, 2018–Jan 6, 2019

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Brown ink and wash and white gouache on paper. 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.2 × 26.4 cm). Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris / Guernesey, MVHP.D.927 © Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris / Guernesey / Roger-Viollet

Stones to Stains: The Drawings of Victor Hugo
Sep 27–Dec 30, 2018
Over 75 drawings and photographs that shed new light on Hugo’s experimental and enigmatic practice as a draftsman.
Oil on canvas. 50 x 48 3/4 in. (127 x 123.8 cm). The Armand Hammer Collection, Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

Armand Hammer Collection
ONGOING
This impressive collection of European and American paintings and drawings reflects the interests and passion of the museum’s founder, Armand Hammer.
Installation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, September 29, 2018-February 17, 2019. Photo: Brian Forrest.

Hammer Projects: Math Bass
Sep 29, 2018–Feb 17, 2019
Los Angeles-based artist Math Bass creates a site-specific mural for the Hammer’s lobby wall.

The Hammer is an official polling place for the November 6 General Election.

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Black and gray-blue ink and wash on paper. 17 7/16 × 21 5/8 in. (44.3 × 55 cm). Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAF 24807, fol. 41‒42 © Bibliothèque nationale de France

Ceiling of Shadows (La voûte des ombres): A Night of Victor Hugo
Monday Oct 22, 2018 7:30pm
A multimedia celebration of Victor Hugo’s writing, in which performers bring to life Hugo's novels, plays, poems, speeches, and political essays.
Photo: Michael Bogner

Future L.A.: Engineering a Sustainable Supercity
Ongoing Series
This yearlong series explores the technology, infrastructure, and ideas that can transform the region and make Los Angeles the first entirely sustainable megacity in the United States.

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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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