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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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Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

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Presented in conjunction with the unveiling of the Hammer’s building expansion, this exhibition is the largest presentation of the Hammer Contemporary Collection in the museum’s history.

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On View

Rita McBride installation

Rita McBride: Particulates

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The Hammer’s new gallery opens with a monumental yet ethereal sculptural installation inspired by time travel, the principles of light and space, and quantum physics.
Web of red twine wraps Hammer Museums entire walkway

Hammer Projects: Chiharu Shiota

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The inaugural exhibition in the Hammer’s redesigned lobby will envelop the area with a unique and visceral installation.
Large-scale public sculpture of a seated oracle figure holding a torch

Sanford Biggers: Oracle

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This monumental sculpture–a cast bronze figure standing at 25 feet tall– inaugurates the museum's outdoor sculpture pedestal at Wilshire Boulevard and Glendon Avenue.
A warped checkerboard patter of black and cream rectangles

Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's Studio

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The first and most extensive museum exhibition dedicated exclusively to Bridget Riley’s drawings in over half a century.
Photograph of a young girl sitting on a wall looking toward the skyline of Shenzhen

Cruel Youth Diary: Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection

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Pioneering Chinese photography and video from the 1990s and early 2000s featuring Cao Fei, Weng Fen, Xu Zhen, Yang Fudong, Zhu Jia, and more.
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Hammer Contemporary Collection

In conjunction with the unveiling of the Hammer’s building expansion, the Hammer Contemporary Collection takes over our galleries with the largest presentation in the museum’s history

Upcoming Programs

Mindful awareness meditation
Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursday, Mar 30, 12:30 PM
Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.
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Tours & Talks

Public Tour: Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

Saturday Apr 1, 2023 1:00 PM
Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition.
Still from My Future is Not a Dream
Screenings

Cao Fei: Short Films

Three short films by leading Chinese contemporary artist Cao Fei.

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Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert on stage at the Hammer Museum
Film & TV

Directors Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert on "Everything Everywhere All At Once"

The Oscar-nominated filmmakers discuss their box office hit, which mixes absurdist comedy, martial arts, sci-fi, and adventure.
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Film & TV

Brendan Fraser & Samuel D. Hunter discuss "The Whale"

A conversation with the star and writer of The Whale, director Darren Aronofsky's story of a reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity.
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Restaurant

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.

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

“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.

Image: Charles White, Love Letter #1, 1971. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase. Photo by Ed Glendinning