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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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.

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Andrea Fraser sits

Andrea Fraser: This meeting is being recorded

MAY 22–JUN 19, 2022
U.S. premiere of a performance-based video exploring the processes and formation of race, gender, and age within an intergenerational group of white women.

Upcoming Programs

Photo portrait of author Geoff Dyer with a bicycle
Readings

Some Favorite Writers: Geoff Dyer

TUE MAY 24, 7:30 PM
Celebrated writer Geoff Dyer reads from his latest book, The Last Days of Roger Federer , among other works.
Mindful awareness meditation
Special Events

ONLINE: Mindful Awareness Meditation

THU MAY 26, 12:30 PM
The free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.
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Special Programs

Graphite XIII Launch

FRI MAY 27, 7 PM
The launch for the 13th edition of the Hammer’s student-run interdisciplinary arts journal, with readings, lectures, and performances by contributors.

Coming Soon

Gallery installation view of three figures made of dirt and other materials, standing on a dirt-covered floor

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.
A large drawing made on top of cardboard boxes showing people laboring.

Andrea Bowers

Jun 19–Sep 4, 2022
The first museum retrospective surveying more than two decades of Andrea Bowers' production, tracing the entire scope and evolution of her work.
Japanese painting of two people dueling on a bridge.

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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Performance

Lifes: Wayne Koestenbaum

Writer and artist Wayne Koestenbaum performed a series of live improvisational musical performances within the Hammer Museum galleries at :53 past each hour.
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Reading

Danielle Evans reads, April 2022

A reading by award-winning author Danielle Evans followed by a discussion featuring UCLA professor Mona Simpson, who organizes this series.
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Lulu is the Hammer's new restaurant from David Tanis and Alice Waters.
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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