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Marisa Merz: The Sky Is a Great Space

Jun 4–Aug 20, 2017

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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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 Japanese arcade games.
Ink, beeswax crayon, color pencil, and pencil on Japanese paper. 13 ¾ × 26 3/16 in. (34.9 × 66.5 cm). Image ©Tabaimo, courtesy of IMO studio.

Hammer Projects: Tabaimo
Aug 12–Dec 3, 2017
Japanese artist Tabaimo creates a site-specific work for the Hammer lobby wall for her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles.
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.

Coming Soon

Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985

Sep 15–Dec 31, 2017

Part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, this exhibition reappraises the contribution of Latin American women artists and those of Latino and Chicano heritage in the United States to contemporary art.

Sep 15–Dec 31, 2017

Upcoming Programs

Flashdance

Shake It Off
THROUGHOUT AUGUST
This series features a collection of popular dance-themed films.
Family Day

Family Day: Art for Good
Saturday Aug 19, 2017 11:00am
Make art, make an impact. Our free, annual family festival fills the museum with art, music, improv, performances, and more.

Loss and Restitution: The Story of the Grunwald Family Collection

This archive documents the evolution of Fred Grunwald's collection and includes over 1,500 works that are housed at the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

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Marisa Merz: The Sky Is a Great Space

Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985

Loss and Restitution: The Story of the Grunwald Family Collection

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