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Hammer Projects: noé olivas

Jan 15–May 8, 2022
Site-specific installation featuring a new body of works in ceramic, print, neon, and sound

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Hammer Projects: Ho Tzu Nyen

Jan 23–May 8, 2022
Ho Tzu Nyen's video and sound installation The 49th Hexagram reinterprets scenes of political uprising and mass demonstration.
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Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation

Feb 6–May 15, 2022
The first major retrospective of the groundbreaking Los Angeles video and performance artist.
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Lifes

Feb 13–May 8, 2022
Initiated by four texts and including contributions from more than 40 individuals from various fields, Lifes considers the possibilities and pitfalls of interdisciplinary artmaking.

Upcoming Programs

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Special Programs

ONLINE: Mindful Awareness Meditation

WED JAN 20, 2022, 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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Tours & Talks

Lunchtime Art Talk on noé olivas

WED JAN 26, 2022, 12:30 PM
Vanessa Arizmendi, curatorial assistant, leads an in-person discussion of noé olivas's work.
Kids

826LA@Hammer: K-Pop and Beyond

SUN JAN 30, 2022, 11 AM
Explore the varied emotions and writing styles of K-pop artists!

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PERFORMANCE

Witch Hunt: Okwui Okpokwasili

Okwui Okpokwasili performs in the Hammer Museum courtyard in conjunction with current exhibition, Witch Hunt.
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PERFORMANCE

Witch Hunt: Renate Lorenz & Pauline Boudry

"We are attempting inter-group, or interstellar, telepathic transmission, following the 1974 score Telepathic Improvisation by Pauline Oliveros," says Marwa Arsainos in the work) by artist collective Boudry & Lorenz.
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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