Exhibitions Art & IdeasExhibitions Exhibitions Exhibitions Public Programs Collections Artist Initiatives Explore Online Academic Programs K-12 & Families Sibling navigation On View Upcoming Past Performance on Paper May 3 – Aug 10, 2025 Featuring prints and drawings created at the intersection of music and dance by some twenty artists active from the 1960s to the present, this exhibition explores how works of art on paper can store sound and movement, becoming lasting visual records of ephemeral sonic and dance experiences. HEAD FOR THE HILLS! Selections from the Grunwald Center and Hammer Contemporary Collection Feb 9 – Aug 24, 2025 Including many recent acquisitions and demonstrating the Hammer’s commitment to collecting diverse work by local and international artists, this exhibition highlights artworks that use the local, personal, and banal to tap into the universal. Hammer Projects: Colectivo Cherani Feb 9 – Aug 31, 2025 As part of a 2011 political uprising by the Purépecha community of Cherán, in Michoacán, Mexico, Colectivo Cherani has pioneered a cultural movement that seeks to recover and invigorate the plurality of cultural expressions of the Purépecha people. Hammer Projects: Lap-See Lam Feb 1 – Sep 7, 2025 Lap-See Lam’s immersive video installation Tales of the Altersea is inspired by the ruins of a dragon-shaped ship that Lam could see from her studio window in art school. The ruins of this historic vessel serve as a jumping-off point for Lam’s dreamlike story of loss, memory, and resilience. Armand Hammer Collection This impressive collection of European and American paintings and drawings reflects the interests and passion of the museum’s founder, Armand Hammer.
Performance on Paper May 3 – Aug 10, 2025 Featuring prints and drawings created at the intersection of music and dance by some twenty artists active from the 1960s to the present, this exhibition explores how works of art on paper can store sound and movement, becoming lasting visual records of ephemeral sonic and dance experiences.
HEAD FOR THE HILLS! Selections from the Grunwald Center and Hammer Contemporary Collection Feb 9 – Aug 24, 2025 Including many recent acquisitions and demonstrating the Hammer’s commitment to collecting diverse work by local and international artists, this exhibition highlights artworks that use the local, personal, and banal to tap into the universal.
Hammer Projects: Colectivo Cherani Feb 9 – Aug 31, 2025 As part of a 2011 political uprising by the Purépecha community of Cherán, in Michoacán, Mexico, Colectivo Cherani has pioneered a cultural movement that seeks to recover and invigorate the plurality of cultural expressions of the Purépecha people.
Hammer Projects: Lap-See Lam Feb 1 – Sep 7, 2025 Lap-See Lam’s immersive video installation Tales of the Altersea is inspired by the ruins of a dragon-shaped ship that Lam could see from her studio window in art school. The ruins of this historic vessel serve as a jumping-off point for Lam’s dreamlike story of loss, memory, and resilience.
Armand Hammer Collection This impressive collection of European and American paintings and drawings reflects the interests and passion of the museum’s founder, Armand Hammer.