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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that the Hammer Museum is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Hammer Museum is recommended for a $50,000 grant to support the upcoming exhibition LLYN FOULKES, on view February 3 to May 19, 2013.
The Hammer presents an extensive career retrospective devoted to the work of the groundbreaking painter and musician Llyn Foulkes (b. 1934 in Yakima, Washington). One of the most influential yet under recognized artists of his generation, Foulkes makes work that stands out for its raw, immediate, and unfiltered qualities. LLYN FOULKES is organized by Hammer curator Ali Subotnick and will travel to the New Museum in New York in June 2013 and to the Museum Kurhaus Kleve in Germany in November 2013. The exhibition will feature approximately 140 artworks, some of which have not been

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Subsidized by Noa P. Kaplan. Photo by Marianne Williams.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Game Room
December 1, 2012–February 17, 2013

The Hammer Museum’s lobby gallery will be transformed into Game Room from December 1, 2012 through February 17, 2013. The structure and aesthetics of games have long captured the imaginations of artists, inspiring works by Yoko Ono, Gabriel Orozco, Maurizio Cattelan, and countless others in the last half century alone. Human interaction, so central to game play, is a vital component of these artworks, which include an all-white chess set, an oval-shaped billiards table, and foosball for twenty. The advent of digital games has not only cracked open a new visual vernacular but has also created a shift in the dynamic of engagement: though players may be separated by continents, they are connected by the Internet. Or they may simply play alone. The look, the feel, and even the solitude of

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Funny story: after installing For Instance on the Hammer's Lindbrook Terrace, artist Yunhee Min was sitting in our courtyard enjoying a glass of wine. She started watching a small child running through her installation grinning from ear to ear.  She was inspired, and so are we.  We want to see your pictures of this exhibit. Snap a photo of yourself or your friends walking, smiling, jumping, or laughing. Above is our Academic Programs Assistant, Sarah, showing you how it’s done.  Ready, Set, GO!
How do you apply?  Click here
Please note:  As you are releasing your inner photographer, please try not to actually touch the curtains.  We realize that this may not be the easiest task, but we trust that you can compose an awesome pic without disturbing the work.
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The small print:

• Submissions must

EXHIBITION-RELATED PROGRAMS | FREE ADMISSION*

Exhibition Walkthrough with Brooke Hodge
Sunday, October 14, 2pm
Brooke Hodge, director, exhibitions management and publications, will lead a public walkthrough of the exhibition. *Free with museum admission.

Hammer Lectures: A Cooler Ride
With Michael Lejeune
Thursday, October 25, 7:30pm
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) creative director Michael Lejeune and the supercharged creative team he leads have one goal: make public transportation cool. It’s a daunting task in a region as car-crazy as Los Angeles. But by applying a bold design strategy to the work of the nation’s third largest transit agency, Metro’s 20-person in-house studio team is moving the needle, fostering big change, and earning major design kudos along the way.

Hammer Lectures: Three of a Kind
Brian Roettinger, Gail Swanlund, and Willem Henri Lucas
Tuesday, November 20, 7:30pm
Using the 20 essays from the Graphic Design: Now in Production catalogue as