Past | Hammer Museum

Grainy video still of artist Ulysses Jenkins singing into a microphone

Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation

Feb 6 – May 15, 2022 This is a past exhibition

The first major retrospective of the groundbreaking Los Angeles video and performance artist.

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 This is a past exhibition

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 This is a past exhibition

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.

Photo of hanging sculptural installations by artist Eric-Paul Riege

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Hammer Projects: Eric-Paul Riege

Conceived as a forest of memories, this installation presents a new series of hanging sculptures as well as video and performance works.

Nov 13, 2022 – Feb 12, 2023

Dark-hued painting of a view of the sky through a hole in a roof

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Hammer Projects: Janiva Ellis

The first exhibition in Los Angeles by New York–based artist Janiva Ellis centers on a single painting that responds to the architecture of the Hammer Museum’s vault gallery.

Sep 24, 2022 – Jan 22, 2023

A black and white photo portrait of writer Joan Didion using her turtle-neck sweater to cover her face

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Joan Didion: What She Means

Curated by Hilton Als, Joan Didion: What She Means is an exhibition as portrait, a narration of the life of one artist by another.

Oct 11, 2022 – Jan 22, 2023

Abstract landscape painting with a nude figure.

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Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine

The first major survey of the visionary US painter in more than 20 years makes its Los Angeles debut.

Oct 11, 2022 – Jan 8, 2023

Drawing of a nude woman lying among a blue background.

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Picasso Cut Papers

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.

Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2022

Hammer Projects: Tita Cicognani, installation view

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Hammer Projects: Tita Cicognani

The functioning hot tub is at the center of this installation by Los Angeles-based artist Tita Cicognani.

Jul 9 – Oct 9, 2022

Japanese painting of two people dueling on a bridge.

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Drawing Down the Moon

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.

Jun 19 – Sep 11, 2022 This is a past exhibition

An underwater image looking up at a group of four activists snorkeling, two holding a sign that reads "IT'S GETTING HOT DOWN HERE!!"

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Andrea Bowers

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.

Jun 19 – Sep 4, 2022 This is a past exhibition

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

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Hammer Projects: Kiyan Williams

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.

May 28 – Aug 28, 2022 This is a past exhibition

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

Featured exhibitions

A Decade of Acquisitions of Works on Paper – Part II

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.

May 22 – Aug 21, 2022 This is a past exhibition