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A black and white illustration of a cartoonish, anthropomorphic cloud giving a peace sign and floating in a three-dimensional room with floor-to-ceiling grid of squares

Featured exhibitions

Lifes

Initiated by four texts and including contributions from more than 50 individuals from various fields, Lifes considers the possibilities and pitfalls of interdisciplinary artmaking.

Feb 16 – May 8, 2022 This is a past exhibition

A crowd of anime characters wearing robes and various masks stand with their arms up and their eyebrows furrowed.

Hammer Projects

Hammer Projects: Ho Tzu Nyen

Ho Tzu Nyen's video and sound installation The 49th Hexagram reinterprets scenes of political uprising and mass demonstration.

Jan 23 – May 8, 2022 This is a past exhibition

An intricate ink drawing by artist Ruth Asawa in a white frame on a white wall

Featured exhibitions

A Decade of Acquisitions of Works on Paper

Contemporary prints and drawings, including works by Richard Artschwager, Ruth Asawa, Huma Bhabha, Sam Gilliam, Sonia Gutiérrez, and many others.

Feb 13 – May 1, 2022 This is a past exhibition

A circle of women around a table with a large circular light fixture above, and the words What if Women Ruled the World on the wall

Featured exhibitions

Witch Hunt

Sixteen critically acclaimed artists employ feminist, queer, and decolonial strategies to explore gender, power, and the global impacts of patriarchy.

Oct 10, 2021 – Jan 9, 2022 This is a past exhibition

A person sits in a beauty salon chair in a dark room with potted palm trees behind her. The person has medium-dark skin, wears a yellow dress with several metal necklaces, is barefoot, and holds the chair's drying helmet over their face with two hands. Various-sized video monitors peek out rom the plants.

Featured exhibitions

No Humans Involved

A showcase of work by seven artists and collectives whose work interrogates and disrupts Western modes of humanism.

Oct 10, 2021 – Jan 9, 2022 This is a past exhibition

Realistic image of a forest of trees with water in the foreground.

Hammer Projects

Hammer Projects: David Hartt

Aug 21, 2021 – Jan 2, 2022 This is a past exhibition

Black and white etching of a standing naked figure with short black hair. A long strip of spotted fabric is draped over their shoulder and nearly reaches the ground. A leafless dark black tree stands in the background.

Permanent collection

Houseguest: Shadows Fall Down

Artist Monica Majoli explores themes of melancholy and desire in this exhibition drawn from the Grunwald Center collection.

Aug 21, 2021 – Jan 2, 2022 This is a past exhibition

Brian Jungen, The Evening Redness in the West, 2006 (detail), baseballs, softballs, leather furniture, home theater system and DVDs, dimensions variable.

Permanent collection

Hammer Contemporary Collection: Brian Jungen

An installation of consumer goods and materials that addresses the legacy of colonialism and violence in Hollywood westerns.

Aug 14, 2021 – Jan 2, 2022 This is a past exhibition

Three light-skinned people with short brown hair are seen from chest up, wearing t-shirts. The person on the right is seen in side view and places a hand on the shoulder of the person in the middle, who faces the camera, wears glasses and looks downward with a slight smile. The person on the left is visible from the side, has a dark beard, and looks across to the person on the right.

ONLINE: Artists' Film International 2021

An online presentation of 15 films selected from AFI global partner organizations.

Sep 1 – Sep 30, 2021 This is a past exhibition

painting showing a close up of a dark-skinned person's eye with tears flowing out.

Lobby Wall installations Made in L.A.

Made in L.A. 2020: a version

The fifth iteration of the Hammer’s acclaimed biennial bridges east and west with complementary presentations at the Hammer and The Huntington.

Apr 17 – Aug 1, 2021 This is a past exhibition