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Made in L.A. 2020: a version

Apr 17–Aug 1, 2021
The fifth iteration of the Hammer’s acclaimed biennial bridges east and west with complementary presentations at the Hammer and The Huntington.

Live Online Programs

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Tours & Talks

Lunchtime Art Talk on Umar Rashid

WEDNESDAY MAY 12, 2021 12:30 PM PDT
Curatorial assistant Nicholas Barlow leads a live online discussion of Made in L.A. artist Umar Rashid's work.
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Special Programs

A Malleable History: An Art Making Workshop with Umar Rashid

MONDAY MAY 17, 2021 7 PM PDT
Imagine utopian outcomes to historic events in this online workshop.
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Conversations

Race, Identity & Alienation in the American Novel

TUESDAY MAY 18, 2021 5 PM PDT
A panel of authors and scholars discuss the continuing relevance and contemporary resonances of Ellison’s novel and other writing.

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CONVERSATIONS

Against criticism: Notes on decipherment and the force of art

Professor Zakiyyah Iman Jackson discusses the pernicious relationship of blackness and animality in Western science and philosophy.
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TOURS & TALKS

Art history lecture: Beyond Baroque by Sabrina Tarasoff

Made in L.A. 2020 cocurator Lauren Mackler leads a discussion of Beyond Baroque by Sabrina Tarasoff.
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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

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