The Hammer Museum believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

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McCarthy

Paul McCarthy: Head Space, Drawings 1963–2019

Feb 2–May 10, 2020
The first comprehensive survey in the United States of drawings and works on paper by the Los Angeles-based artist.
Abstract work of art hung on a wall; a rectangle divided into four quarters by a gray cross. In each quadrant is a horizontal gray line against a variegated background of red, brown, and black.

Tishan Hsu: Liquid Circuit

Jan 26–Apr 19, 2020
Hsu's first US museum survey reintroduces the work of this visionary artist to a contemporary audience.

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Announcing Made in L.A. 2020 artists

Jun 7–Aug 30, 2020
Made in L.A. 2020: a version opens June 7 and bridges east and west with complementary presentations at the Hammer and The Huntington.

Also On View

Hammer Projects: Leonardo Drew

Hammer Projects: Leonardo Drew

Dec 21, 2019–May 10, 2020
For the Hammer’s lobby wall, Drew creates a monumental explosion of material and color that evokes the energy and entropy of an uncertain planet.
Rebecca Morales

Nowhere Better than This Place

Nov 23, 2019–Feb 9, 2020
Eight objects challenge assumptions about their own material, permanence, provenance, and authorship.

Hammer Projects: Max Hooper Schneider

Sep 21, 2019–Feb 2, 2020
This immersive installation is Schneider’s first solo museum show.

Upcoming Programs

An empty House of Congress
Hammer Forum

Impeachment: What Just Happened?

Wednesday Jan 29, 2020 7:30 PM
For only the third time in US history, the president has been impeached and faces possible conviction and removal from office. What were the arguments for and against impeachment?
A figure dressed as Snow White lies on top of a man drawing in the grass
Special Programs

Winter Exhibitions Opening Celebration

Saturday Feb 1, 2020 8:00 PM
Celebrate the opening of our winter exhibitions with food, drinks, dancing, and more!
Panic Party
Special Programs

Panic Party

Sunday Feb 16, 2020 5 pm to 8 pm
Panic Party is a dance party for a greener future. Dance to music by DJ collective Cumbiatón and DJ Suga Shay, watch environmental shorts, register to vote, and more!
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Hammer Store

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

Audrey at the Hammer

Our new restaurant is ideal for a sit-down dinner or casual cocktails and a light daytime meal.
Hammer corner

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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