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Made in L.A. 2020: a version

OPENING 2021
While we await L.A. County approvals to safely reopen for Made in L.A. 2020: a version, you can experience three artworks right now.

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A multicolored grid of transgender actors, performers, and cultural figures that was used as a promotional image for the 2020 documentary "Disclosure"
Screenings

Disclosure screening with Laverne Cox, Sam Feder & Amy Scholder

TUESDAY JAN 19, 2021 5 PM PST
Join a live Q&A before a screening of this eye-opening look at transgender depictions in film and TV.
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Tours & Talks

Lunchtime Art Talk on Katja Seib

WEDNESDAY JAN 27, 2021 12:30 PM PST
Curatorial assistant Nika Chilewich leads a live, online discussion of Katja Seib's work.
Side-by-side photo portraits of author and activist Julia Serano on the left and author Koa Beck on the right.
Conversations

White Feminism with Koa Beck & Julia Serano

THURSDAY JAN 28, 2021 5:00 PM PST
Koa Beck, author White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind, joins author and activist Julia Serano.

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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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Watch + Listen

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

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Tours & Talks

Lunchtime Art Talk on Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork

Made in L.A. 2020 assistant curator of performance Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi discussed the work of Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork.
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PROFILE

Made in L.A. 2020: a version

In this featurette, curators Myriam Ben Salah, Lauren Mackler, and Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi take you through the exhibition, exploring its themes and how COVID has impacted the biennial.
A photograph of the Capitol with a tear through it
Hammer Forum

Insurrection at the Capitol: What’s Next?

CA Congressmembers Nanette Diaz Barragán and Ted Lieu spoke with Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson about the events of January 6 and what's next for the nation as Inauguration Day approaches.
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Audrey at the Hammer

Audrey is temporarily closed.
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Museum Transformation

We are working on a new entrance, more galleries, and an expanded lobby.

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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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