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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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Andrea Bowers

ON VIEW NOW
The first museum retrospective surveying more than two decades of Andrea Bowers's production, tracing the entire scope and evolution of the artist's work.

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On View

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.
Photo of a sculpture of a form with a human face, and behind it an exploded view of a human figure suspended from the ceiling, in an orange-hued room

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.
Illustration of a human foot with the text "Human Garbage" written on top.

A Decade of Acquisitions of Works on Paper – Part II

MAY 22–AUG 21, 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.

Upcoming Programs

Isaac Hayes performing live in a still from the film "Wattstax" (1973)
Screenings

Summer Night Cinema: "Wattstax"

TUE AUG 9, 7:30 PM
This doc captures an all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists including Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.
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Tours & Talks

Lunchtime Art Talk on Diane Arbus

WED AUG 10, 12:30 PM
Curatorial assistant Nicholas Barlow leads an in-person discussion of Diane Arbus's work.
Woman playing the drums.
Music & Performance

Tina Raymond Trio

THU AUG 11, 8 PM
Part of the JazzPOP concert series, Los Angeles drummer Tina Raymond explores America's polarized politics through a set of patriotic hymns, folk songs, protest anthems, and music by Woody Guthrie, Joni Mitchell, and Joan Baez.

Coming Soon

Drawing of a nude woman lying among a blue background.

Picasso Cut Papers

OCT 2–DEC 31, 2022
Spanning the full career of the artist, Picasso Cut Papers is devoted to a little known yet foundational aspect of Pablo Picasso’s artistic practice.
Abstract landscape painting with a nude figure.

Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine

OCT 11, 2022–JAN 8, 2023
The first major survey of the visionary US painter in more than 20 years makes its Los Angeles debut.
A graphite drawing on paper of the desert floor contained in two differently sized, side-by-side rectangles

Joan Didion: What She Means

OCT 11, 2022–JAN 22, 2023
Curated by Hilton Als, Joan Didion: What She Means is an exhibition as portrait, a narration of the life of one artist by another.

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Artist Talk

Hammer Projects: Kiyan Williams

Artist, Kiyan Williams, discusses their practice.
Andrea Bowers speaks
Conversation

Andrea Bowers & Connie Butler in conversation

Hammer chief curator Connie Butler joins artist Andrea Bowers for a conversation about the artist's decades long artistic practice and deep engagement with social and political movements.
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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