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Adrian Piper, Everything #2.8 — Opening Oct 7

Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965-2016

Oct 7, 2018–Jan 6, 2019

The most comprehensive West Coast exhibition to date of the work of Adrian Piper, featuring more than 270 works from the wide range of mediums that Piper has explored for over 50 years.

Oct 7, 2018–Jan 6, 2019

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On View and Upcoming Exhibitions

Petrit Halilaj, Do you realise there is a rainbow even if it’s night!? (dark pink), 2017.

Hammer Projects: Petrit Halilaj
Sep 15, 2018–Jan 20, 2019
For his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, Petrit Halilaj presents a group of giant moth costumes suspended at various heights, illuminated by custom flickering lights.
Opening Sep 27

Oil on canvas. 50 x 48 3/4 in. (127 x 123.8 cm). The Armand Hammer Collection, Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

Armand Hammer Collection
Returns September 27, 2018
This impressive collection of European and American paintings and drawings reflects the interests and passion of the museum’s founder, Armand Hammer.
Opening Sep 27

Brown ink and wash and white gouache on paper. 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.2 × 26.4 cm). Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris / Guernesey, MVHP.D.927 © Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris / Guernesey / Roger-Viollet

Stones to Stains: The Drawings of Victor Hugo
Sep 27–Dec 30, 2018
This exhibition sheds new light on Hugo’s experimental and enigmatic practice as a draftsman and includes over 75 drawings and photographs spanning the duration of his career.

Upcoming Programs

Brown ink and wash and white gouache on paper. 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.2 × 26.4 cm). Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris / Guernesey, MVHP.D.927 © Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris / Guernesey / Roger-Viollet

Fall Exhibitions Opening Celebration
Saturday Oct 6, 2018 8:00pm
Be among the first to see the exhibitions and enjoy music by Deejay Clifton. Cash bars serve beer, wine, and specialty cocktails all night.
Photo: Michael Bogner

Future L.A.: Engineering a Sustainable Supercity
Ongoing Series
This yearlong series explores the technology, infrastructure, and ideas that can transform the region and make Los Angeles the first entirely sustainable megacity in the United States.

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

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