Past

Inspired by the life and legacy of jazz musician, devotional leader, and mother Alice Coltrane, this exhibition presents works by contemporary American artists paired with ephemera from Coltrane’s personal archive.

The inaugural exhibition in the Hammer’s redesigned lobby envelops the area with a unique and visceral installation.

The Hammer’s new gallery opens with a monumental yet ethereal sculptural installation inspired by time travel, the principles of light and space, and quantum physics.

The first exhibition in North America to explore the influential art practices that emerged in South Korea in the decades following the Korean War.

This AI data sculpture draws upon more than 300 million images to create multisensory experience that commemorates the inherent beauty of the planet Earth.

Presented in conjunction with the unveiling of the Hammer’s building expansion, this exhibition is the largest presentation of the Hammer Contemporary Collection in the museum’s history.

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

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.

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

The sixth iteration of the Hammer’s acclaimed biennial showcases 39 artists and collectives living and working in L.A., and situates art as an expanded field of culture that is entangled with everyday life, community networks, queer affect, and indigenous and diasporic histories.