Upcoming Art & IdeasExhibitions Exhibitions Exhibitions Public Programs Collections Artist Initiatives Explore Online Academic Programs K-12 & Families Sibling navigation On View Upcoming Past Arthur Jafa: The White Album Mar 14 – Aug 30, 2026 Assembled from found and produced footage, Arthur Jafa’s 40-minute experimental film examines how visual media can transmit the “power, beauty, and alienation” of Black music in American culture. Space is the Place: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection Apr 5 – Aug 16, 2026 Taking its title from the 1973 studio album and 1974 film by Sun Ra, the selected works in this group exhibition consider “space” as a conceptual framework, through the themes of afro-futurism, belonging, placemaking, and the act of taking up space. Hammer Projects: Mike Cloud Apr 5, 2026 – Jan 7, 2027 Chicago-based artist Mike Cloud makes mixed-media assemblages that are typically composed of stretcher bars configured into geometric shapes and universal forms with objects embedded in thick oil paint.
Arthur Jafa: The White Album Mar 14 – Aug 30, 2026 Assembled from found and produced footage, Arthur Jafa’s 40-minute experimental film examines how visual media can transmit the “power, beauty, and alienation” of Black music in American culture.
Space is the Place: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection Apr 5 – Aug 16, 2026 Taking its title from the 1973 studio album and 1974 film by Sun Ra, the selected works in this group exhibition consider “space” as a conceptual framework, through the themes of afro-futurism, belonging, placemaking, and the act of taking up space.
Hammer Projects: Mike Cloud Apr 5, 2026 – Jan 7, 2027 Chicago-based artist Mike Cloud makes mixed-media assemblages that are typically composed of stretcher bars configured into geometric shapes and universal forms with objects embedded in thick oil paint.