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

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Hammer Forum

Faithless Electors & the Will of the People

TUESDAY AUG 4, 2020 5 PM PDT
A panel of experts discusses the Supreme Court decision requiring the Electoral College to vote for the candidate chosen by voters in the state they represent.

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Online Programs

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Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

THURSDAY AUG 6, 2020 12:30 PM PDT
The free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.
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Screenings

Christopher Richmond's Hyperway (Spectre) with Q&A

THURSDAY AUG 6, 2020 5 PM PDT
This special online screening of an extended excerpt from 'Hyperway' by Los Angeles–based video artist Christopher Richmond, followed by a conversation between the artist and Hammer Museum curatorial assistant Nicholas Barlow.

Reading

Rafa Esparza, building: a simulacrum of power, 2014.

rafa esparza & Erin Christovale

Hammer associate curator Erin Christovale interviews Los Angeles–based artist rafa esparza about new strategies for collaboration in isolation.
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An Anti-Racism Reading List from Hammer Staff

We see these foundational texts as a network, a living resource that will grow in the coming weeks and months, and a direct line of communication between the individuals that comprise our institutions and the many communities we serve.
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A Start: Rindon Johnson in Conversation with Aram Moshayedi

Artist and writer Rindon Johnson and Aram Moshayedi, Robert Soros Curator, discuss the changing landscape of art and identity in isolation via email.

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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.

Watch Past Programs

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Screenings

Carmen Argote's Last Light Screening and Q&A

Shot during the initial wave of the pandemic, artist Carmen Argote's first film, Last Light, is a meditation on walking and memory in Los Angeles. Argote and Hammer associate curator Erin Christovale spoke about the film following a screening.
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PROFILE

Kenzi Shiokava

Kenzi Shiokava’s work revolves around two very different sculptural forms, wood carving and assemblage. Together each tradition bookends an art historical narrative, whose opposing poles are the sacred and the profane.
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Hammer Forum

Trump's Finances: Presidential Oversight or Presidential Immunity?

Neal Katyal and Ariane de Vogue joined moderator Jessica Levinson in navigating the latest twists in the pursuit of President Trump's financial records.
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Hammer Store

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Audrey at the Hammer

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Museum Transformation

A new entrance, more galleries, and expanded lobby will be completed in late 2020.

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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
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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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