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

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Andrea Bowers

ON VIEW NOW
The first museum retrospective surveying more than two decades of Andrea Bowers's production, tracing the entire scope and evolution of the artist's work.

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On View

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Drawing Down the Moon

JUN 19–SEP 11, 2022
Drawn primarily from institutional collections in Los Angeles, Drawing Down the Moon leads visitors through a panoply of lunar objects dating from antiquity to the present.
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Hammer Projects: Kiyan Williams

MAY 28–AUG 28, 2022
The first solo museum exhibition for artist Kiyan Williams, an installation of sculptural forms, is a meditation on the notion of the “ruined” body and its potential to transcend and generate new futures.
Illustration of a human foot with the text "Human Garbage" written on top.

A Decade of Acquisitions of Works on Paper – Part II

MAY 22–AUG 28, 2022
The second presentation in the Hammer's works on paper gallery includes prints, drawings, and photography-based works by artists such as Robert Gober, Sonia Gomes, Jasper Johns, Nam June Paik, and Barbara T. Smith.

Upcoming Programs

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Special Programs

Summer Exhibitions Celebration

SAT JUN 25, 8 PM
Celebrate the openings of summer exhibitions at the Hammer with cash bars, free admission, music in the courtyard by DJ Iesha Irene. Galleries open late!
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Conversations

Andrea Bowers & Connie Butler

SUN JUN 26, 2 PM
Hammer chief curator Connie Butler in conversation with artist Andrea Bowers
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Screenings

Summer Night Cinema: "Summer of Soul"

TUE JUN 28 7:30 PM
Questlove's award-winning doc captures The Harlem Cultural Festival in all its glory, including performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, and many more.

Coming Soon

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Hammer Projects: Tita Cicognani

JUL 9–OCT 9, 2022
The functioning hot tub is at the center of this installation by Los Angeles-based artist Tita Cicognani.
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Picasso Cut Papers

OCT 2–DEC 31, 2022
Spanning the full career of the artist, Picasso Cut Papers is devoted to a little known yet foundational aspect of Pablo Picasso’s artistic practice.
Abstract landscape painting with a nude figure.

Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine

OCT 9–DEC 31, 2022
The first major survey of the visionary US painter in more than 20 years makes its Los Angeles debut.

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Conversation

Protecting the Amazon Rainforest: Averting the ecological tipping point

A conversation with indigenous leaders, artists, and scientists
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Reading

Geoff Dyer reads from "The Last Days of Roger Federer," May 2022

Celebrated writer Geoff Dyer returns with The Last Days of Roger Federer, an extended meditation on late style and last works. Here Dyer reads from this latest collection, one of Esquire's best of spring 2022.
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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