Exhibitions | Hammer Museum

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

Witch Hunt

Oct 10, 2021–Jan 9, 2022

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

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.

No Humans Involved

Oct 10, 2021–Jan 9, 2022

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

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

Hammer Contemporary Collection: Brian Jungen

Aug 14–Oct 31, 2021

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

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

Hammer Projects: David Hartt

Aug 21, 2021–Jan 2, 2022

This multimedia installation examining the relationships between culture, geography, and colonial histories in the Americas in the 19th century.

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.

Houseguest: Shadows Fall Down

Aug 21, 2021–Jan 2, 2022

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

Juno

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.