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Hammer Projects: Kevin Beasley, installation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, January 21 – April 23, 2017. Photo: Brian Forrest.

Hammer Projects

Hammer Projects: Kevin Beasley

Jan 21 – Apr 23, 2017 This is a past exhibition

Hammer Projects: Nicolas Party, installation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, September 30, 2016-February 19, 2017. Photo: Brian Forrest.

Hammer Projects Lobby Wall installations

Hammer Projects: Nicolas Party

September 30, 2016–February 19, 2017: Swiss artist Nicolas Party to create a site-specific wall mural for his first exhibition in Los Angeles.

Sep 30, 2016 – Feb 19, 2017 This is a past exhibition

Featured exhibitions Film & video

In Real Life: 100 Days of Film and Performance

September 2016–January 2017 - an ambitious program of daytime performances and film screenings activates the Hammer Museum’s courtyard, annex, and Billy Wilder Theater.

Sep 13, 2016 – Jan 26, 2017 This is a past exhibition

Marwa Arsanios, Still from Falling is not collapsing, falling is extending, 2016.

Film & video Hammer Projects

Hammer Projects: Marwa Arsanios

Marwa Arsanios’s first exhibition in Los Angeles is a wide-ranging look into the mounting garbage crisis in Beirut and the city’s recent real estate boom.

Sep 17, 2016 – Jan 8, 2017 This is a past exhibition

Hammer Projects: Simone Leigh, installation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, September 17, 2016–January 8, 2017. Photo: Brian Forrest.

Hammer Projects

Hammer Projects: Simone Leigh

The New York based multidisciplinary artist will debut a new body of work at the Hammer, her first museum survey in Los Angeles.

Sep 17, 2016 – Jan 8, 2017 This is a past exhibition

Alex Da Corte, A Night in Hell, Part II (video still), 2014.

Featured exhibitions

Off-Site Exhibition: Alex Da Corte: A Season in He'll

July 9–September 17, 2016 - The Philadelphia-based interdisciplinary artist Alex Da Corte is known for his pop-informed sensibility and embrace of theatricality.

Jul 9 – Sep 17, 2016 This is a past exhibition

Featured exhibitions Lobby Wall installations Made in L.A.

Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only

June 12–August 28, 2016 - The third iteration of the Hammer Museum's biennial exhibition continues to highlight the practices of artists working throughout Los Angeles and the surrounding areas.

Jun 12 – Aug 28, 2016 This is a past exhibition

Tschabalala Self, Untitled 2, 2014

Featured exhibitions

Off-Site Exhibition: A Shape That Stands Up

March 19–May 27, 2016 - A Shape That Stands Up examines the gray space between figuration and abstraction in recent painting and sculpture.

Mar 19 – Jun 18, 2016 This is a past exhibition

David Lamelas, The Desert People, 1974

Film & video Permanent collection

Hammer Contemporary Collection: David Lamelas

Lamelas's film "The Desert People, 1974" is a fictional documentary film about a Native American reservation.

Jan 30 – Jun 5, 2016 This is a past exhibition

Hammer Projects

Hammer Projects: Catherine Opie: Portraits

January 30-May 22, 2016, exhibition of photographic portraits of visual artists, fashion designers, and writers.

Jan 30 – May 22, 2016 This is a past exhibition