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Upcoming Online Programs

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Special Programs

ONLINE: Mindful Awareness Meditation

WEDNESDAY JUN 3, 2020 12:30 PM PDT
The free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently in life.
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Hammer Forum

POSTPONED: Truth, Lies & Propaganda: How Disinformation Will Infect the 2020 Elections

THURSDAY JUN 4, 2020 12:30 PM PDT
We have postponed tonight’s online program in light of the protests in Los Angeles and across the nation in support of Black lives.
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Tours & Talks

POSTPONED: Lunchtime Art Talk on Gustave Moreau

Wednesday Jun 3, 2020 12:30 PM
Deputy director of curatorial affairs Cynthia Burlingham leads a live, online discussion of a work by Gustave Moreau.
Christopher Richmond, Self-portrait as Asteroid, 2018
Conversations

POSTPONED: Take Two: Christopher Richmond

Thursday Jun 4, 2020 5:00 PM
A conversation between Los Angeles–based video artist Christopher Richmond and Hammer curatorial assistant Nicholas Barlow.

Conversations in Quarantine

Rafa Esparza, building: a simulacrum of power, 2014.

rafa esparza & Erin Christovale

Hammer associate curator Erin Christovale interviews Los Angeles–based artist rafa esparza about new strategies for collaboration in isolation.

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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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Videos

Watch + Listen

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

Watch Past Programs

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Conversations

Saidiya Hartman & Arthur Jafa

In 2019, writer and academic Saidiya Hartman spoke with filmmaker and artist Arthur Jafa about her book Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval.
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BEHIND THE SCENES

Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel

Chief preparator Jason Pugh cooks up two eggs for Sarah Lucas's Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab, part of the 2019 exhibition Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel.
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Conversations

Reimagining Myths for Our World

Director Peter Sellars and composer Matthew Aucoin discus the relevance of myths in contemporary society in celebration of LA Opera's new opera, Eurydice.
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Hammer Store

Books and products that celebrate fine artistry, excellent design, and exceptional craftsmanship.
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Audrey at the Hammer

Audrey is temporarily closed.
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Museum Transformation

A new entrance, more galleries, and expanded lobby will be completed in late 2020.

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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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