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Hammer Museum Appoints Larry Jackson to Board of Directors, Carla Emil and Joel Lubin to Board of Overseers December 11, 2019

Hammer Museum Presents Paul McCarthy: Head Space, Drawings 1963–2019 November 13, 2019

Hammer Museum Announces Lineup for MoMA Contenders 2019 November 6, 2019

Hammer Museum Honors Judy Chicago and Jordan Peele and Annual Gala in the Garden October 13, 2019

Hammer Museum presents Tishan Hsu: Liquid Circuit September 18, 2019

Hammer Museum and The Huntington Announce Made in L.A. 2020 Partnership September 5, 2019

Hammer Museum Presents Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence
July 17, 2019

Hammer Museum to Honor Judy Chicago and Jordan Peele at Annual Gala in the Garden, October 12
May 31, 2019

Hammer Museum Presents Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel
May 2, 2019

K.A.M.P. (Kids Art Museum Project): 10th Anniversary of Annual Kids Benefit at the Hammer Museum, Sunday May 20, 2019 | 10AM–2PM
March 27, 2019

Hammer Museum Presents Major Retrospective Allen Ruppersberg: Intellectual Property 1968-2018
December 20, 2018

Hammer Museum Appoints Jay Brown and Cindy Miscikowski
to Board of Directors, Bill Block and Darren Star to Board of Overseers
December 14, 2018

Hammer Museum Appoints Myriam Ben Salah and Lauren Mackler as Curators for Made in L.A. 2020
December 6, 2018

Hammer Museum Announces Lineup for MoMA Contenders 2018
November 14, 2018

Hammer Museum Honors Margaret Atwood and Glenn Ligon at Annual Gala in the Garden
October 14, 2018

Hammer Museum Announces Details of Newly Named Spaces
October 9, 2018

Hammer Museum Presents Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965-2016
September 11, 2018

Leon Bridges to Perform at the 2018 Hammer Museum Gala in the Garden; Solange Ferguson, Elizabeth Segerstrom, and Darren Star to Serve as Gala Co-Chairs
September 6, 2018

Lauren Halsey Receives 2018 Mohn Award
August 22, 2018 

Hammer Museum to Honor Margaret Atwood and Glenn Ligon at Annual Gala in the Garden, October 14
May 10, 2018

Hammer Museum Appoints New Artist Council Members, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Rafa Esparza
May 3, 2018

A-Z West Works at Hammer Store
April 27, 2018

Hammer Museum Presents Stones to Stains: The Drawings of Victor Hugo
April 9, 2018

Hammer Museum Announces $180 Million Capital Campaign with Lead Gift from Lynda and Stewart Resnick 
February 22, 2018

Hammer Museum Announces 32 Artists for Upcoming Biennial Made in L.A. 2018
February 13, 2018

Hammer Museum Presents Stories of Almost Everyone
December 14, 2017 

Hammer Museum Receives $200,000 Grant from Ford Foundation
December 6, 2017

Hammer Museum Announces Lineup for The Contenders
November 17, 2017

Hammer Museum Appoints Linda Janger to Board of Directors, Glenn Kaino and Dean Valentine to Board of Overseers
August 28, 2017

Hammer Museum Announces Curatorial Appointment of Allegra Pesenti
August 21, 2017

Hammer Museum Honors Ava DuVernay and Hilton Als at 15th Annual Gala in the Garden, October 14
July 7, 2017 

Hammer Museum Announces New Curator Erin Christovale
June 28, 2017

Hammer Museum Presents Marisa Merz: The Sky Is a Great Space
May 2, 2017

Hammer Museum Announces Curators for Made in L.A. 2018
February 13, 2017

Hammer Museum Announces Major Multiyear Transformation Plan
January 26, 2017 

Advance Exhibition Schedule, Fall 2016–Fall 2017
December 1, 2016 

Hammer Museum Presents Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World
December 1, 2016 

Hammer Museum Presents Dubuffet Drawings, 1935-1962
December 1, 2016 

Hammer Museum Announces Lineup for The Contenders
November 16, 2016 

Hammer Museum Honors Laurie Anderson and Todd Haynes at the Gala in the Garden with Support from Bottega Veneta 
October 10, 2016 

Hammer Museum Presents Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960‐1985
September 28, 2016

El Hammer Museum presenta: Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985 (Mujeres radicales: arte latinoamericano, 1960-1985)
el 28 de septiembre del 2016

O Hammer Museum apresenta Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985 (Mulheres radicais: arte latino-americana, 1960 a 1985)
28 de setembro de 2016 

Hammer Museum Presents In Real Life, 100 Days of Film and Performance
August 18, 2016 

Hammer Museum Announces Recipients of Mohn Awards
August 16, 2016 

Art + Practice and The Hammer Museum Present Alex Da Corte: A Season in He'll
June 16, 2016 

Hammer Museum Honors Laurie Anderson and Todd Haynes
at 14th Annual Gala in the Garden, October 8, Partners with Bottega Veneta

April 28, 2016 

Art + Practice and the Hammer Museum Present A Shape That Stands Up
March 8, 2016 

Hammer Museum Announces 26 Artists for Upcoming Biennial Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only
January 20, 2016 

Hammer Museum Announces AIX Scent Fair, May 6–8, 2016
January 15, 2016 

Art + Practice and the Hammer Museum Present John Outterbridge: Rag Man
December 2, 2015 

Hammer Museum Presents Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957
December 1, 2015 

Hammer Museum Announces Advance Exhibition Schedule through Spring 2016
November 20, 2015 

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Hammer Museum Present Two Solo Exhibitions on L.A. Based Artist Catherine Opie 
November 18, 2015 

Hammer Museum Announces 99-Year Lease and Gallery Expansion
October 26, 2015 

The Hammer Museum Presents UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991–2015
August 31, 2015 

Hammer Museum Presents First Major U.S. Exhibition of Canadian Artist Lawren Harris, Curated by Steve Martin
August 31, 2015 

Hammer Museum and Art + Practice Present Los Angeles Exhibition Debut of Njideka Akunyili Crosby
August 31, 2015 

Hammer Museum Presents ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AGREE: an exhibition or a concert, September 26–27, 2015
July 23, 2015 

Hammer Museum Exhibits Hand-Woven Carpets Made by Afghan Weavers and Designed by Six Contemporary L.A. Artists
June 8, 2015 

The Hammer Museum Presents Mark Bradford: Scorched Earth
June 1, 2015 

Hammer Museum and Bottega Veneta Honor Paul McCarthy and Diane Keaton at 13th Annual Gala in the Garden, October 10
May 18, 2015 

The Hammer Museum Presents Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition 
May 13, 2015 

Hammer Museum Announces Advance Exhibition Schedule through Fall 2015
March 26, 2015 

Hammer Museum Presents 6th Annual K.A.M.P. (Kids’ Art Museum Project)
March 16, 2015 

Hammer Museum Announces Curators for Made in L.A. 2016
December 18, 2014 

Hammer Museum Announces Public Engagement Partnership with Art + Practice
December 16, 2014 

Hammer Museum Presents Provocations: The Architecture and 
Design of Heatherwick 
Studio
December 8, 2014 

Hammer Museum Presents Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now
December 3, 2014 

Hammer Museum Presents Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974-1989
December 3, 2014 

Hammer Museum Announces Lineup for The Contenders
November 18, 2014 

Advanced Exhibition Schedule, Winter 2014 to Spring 2015
November 12, 2014 

Hammer Museum Honors Mark Bradford & Joni Mitchell at the Gala in the Garden with Bottega Veneta
October 14, 2014 

The Hammer Museum Presents Mandala of Compassion
September 11, 2014 

The Hammer Museum Presents Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take
September 3, 2014

The Hammer Museum presents Robert Heinecken: Object Matter
September 3, 2014 

The Hammer Museum Announces Recipients of Made in L.A. 2014 Mohn Awards
August 19, 2014 

Hammer Projects: Francis Upritchard opens October 25, 2014
August 7, 2014 

Hammer Projects: Yuri Ancarani opens September 27, 2014
August 7, 2014

Hammer Projects: Mario Garcia Torres opens September 13, 2014
August 7, 2014

Hammer Projects: N. Dash opens September 13, 2014
August 7, 2014

Hammer Museum Launches Redesigned Website
June 10, 2014 

Hammer Projects: Andra Ursuta opens March 7, 2014
February 26, 2014

Sabrosonico: All-ages courtyard concert featuring Toy Selectah, Sonidero Travesura, DJ Chucuchu & More
February 25, 2014

Hammer Museum Announces Made in L.A. 2014 Artists
February 19, 2014

Hammer Museum Will Present Three Awards in Conjunction with Made in L.A. 2014
January 30, 2014

Curator Aram Moshayedi Receives Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
January 22, 2014

Terry Riley: In C, a Performance Installation by The Industry
January 16, 2014

Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology
January 8, 2014

Hammer Projects: Nathaniel Mellors
December 16, 2013

Tea and Morphine: Women in Paris, 1880 to 1914 Opens January 26, 2014
December 11, 2013

Opening Soon: JG, a film by Tacita Dean & Kelly Nipper: Black Forest
December 9, 2013

A Trip to Japan in Sixteen Minutes, Revisited
November 18, 2013

Hammer Museum to Offer Free Admission for All Exhibitions
October 7, 2013

Hammer Museum Honored Robert Gober & Tony Kushner at the Gala in the Garden
October 5, 2013

Hammer Museum Launches Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood in November
September 23, 2013

Hammer Announces Major Gift from The Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation
September 16, 2013

Jim Welling & Forrest Bess Exhibitions Open September 29
September 9, 2013

KCHUNG RADIO at the Hammer Museum this fall
August 22, 2013

Richard Artschwager's blps in Los Angeles and Las Vegas
August 6, 2013

Generationalpictomusicapolis featuring No Age, Sun Foot, and Devin Gary & Ross with Kramer
July 28, 2013

Free JazzPOP Courtyard Concerts This August
July 25, 2013

Bottega Veneta Generously Supports Hammer Museum Gala in the Garden October 5, 2013
July 11, 2013

Hammer & KCRW Present Music For Better Living Concert Series
June 25, 2013

Olga Koumoundouros's Dream Home Resource Center
June 3, 2013

Major Retrospective Richard Artschwager! Opens June 15
May 29, 2013

Curatorial Announcement
May 16, 2013

Houseguest: William E. Jones
May 13, 2013

Hammer Celebrated 4th Annual K.A.M.P. (Kids' Art Museum Project)
May 6, 2013

K.A.M.P. 'Zine
May 5, 2013

A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living (May 25 - September 8, 2013)
April 24, 2013

Upcoming Hammer Projects: Cyprien Gaillard & Neil Beloufa
April 2, 2013

4th Annual K.A.M.P. (Kids' Art Museum Project)
March 27, 2013

Family Flicks & Sunday Afternoons for Kids at the Hammer
March 6, 2013

Upcoming Readings at the Hammer
February 25, 2013

Fritz Haeg's Domestic Integrities
February 5, 2013

Hammer Museum partners with CAP UCLA to present Trisha Brown's Floor of the Forest
February 4, 2013

Selections from the Grunwald Center & the Hammer Contemporary Collection
January 14, 2013

Upcoming Poetry Readings at the Hammer
January 9, 2013

Upcoming Hammer Projects: Enrico David, Dara Friedman, and Latifa Echakhch
January 7, 2013

Tehran: An Urban History of Revolutions - Lecture by Prof. Talinn Grigor
December 12, 2012

LLYN FOULKES Retrospective Opens February 3, 2013
November 28, 2012

Cage at UCLA - Sunday, December 2, 2012
November 14, 2012

Game Room opens December 1, 2012
October 29, 2012

Hammer Museum Announces Curators for Made in L.A. 2014
September 21, 2012

Your Land / My Land: Election '12 on view Sept. 30 - Nov. 18, 2012
September 20, 2012

10th Annual Gala in the Garden Honors Barbara Kruger & Cindy Sherman
September 18, 2012

Free admission to the Hammer during Carmageddon II (Sept. 29-30)
September 14, 2012

Ai Weiwei Screenings
September 4, 2012

Hammer Forums This Fall
August 17, 2012

Meleko Mokgosi to Receive the Mohn Award
August 16, 2012

JazzPOP Courtyard Concerts in September
August 15, 2012

Hammer Projects: Sun Yuan & Peng Yu
July 30, 2012

Upcoming Fall Exhibitions
July 18, 2012

Zarina: Paper Like Skin
July 18, 2012

Graphic Design: Now in Production
July 18, 2012

A Strange Magic: Gustave Moreau's Salome
July 18, 2012

Hammer Projects: Lucy Raven
July 16, 2012

Orchestra-in-residence wild Up
July 9, 2012

Mohn Award Finalists
June 28, 2012

Venice Beach Biennial
June 18, 2012

Made in L.A. Music Presented by the Hammer and KCRW
June 14, 2012

Made in L.A. 2012 Performances and Public Programs Guide
May 23, 2012

Hammer Conversation Atom Egoyan & Serj Tankian
April 22, 2012

Made in L.A. 2012 Press Kit
June 2 - September 2, 2012

Made in L.A. 2012 Artist List
June 2 - September 2, 2012

March Readings at the Hammer
February 23, 2012

Libros Schmibros Book Club
February 21, 2012

Intimate Immensity: The Susan and Larry Marx Collection
February 14, 2012

Valentine’s Day at the Hammer--Dirty Looks: Long Distance Love Affairs
February 14, 2012

Hammer Projects Opening Soon: Antony & Alex Hubbard
January 19, 2012

Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival Events at the Hammer Museum
January 26 and January 29, 2012

Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955-1972
February 5 - April 29, 2012

Made in L.A. 2012
November 17, 2011

Gala in the Garden
September 24, 2011

Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980
October 2, 2011 - January 8, 2012

Jorge Pardo Creates Special Edition Lanterns for the Hammer Museum
September 24, 2011 - October 14, 2011

Libros Schmibros at the Hammer Museum
August 27 - October 9, 2011

Free Museum Admission During I-405 Closure
July 16-17, 2011

Summer Sound and Performance Works
June 21, 2011

Hammer Museum Mobile App Release
May 19, 2011

ALSO I LIKE TO ROCK
July, 2011

Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf at UCLA
May 4, 2011

Ed Ruscha: On the Road
June 11 - October 2, 2011

Paul Thek: Diver
May 22 - August 28, 2011

Bike Night at the Hammer!
April 14, 2011

Greeting Committee
April 7 - 10, 2011

Richard Hawkins: Third Mind
February 12 - May 20, 2011

Charles Burchfield Honored by the U.S. Art Critics Association
January 27, 2011

Autobiography of Mark Twain Celebration
February 8, 2011

All of this and nothing
January 30 - April 24, 2011

75 Years of DC Comics
December 14, 2010

Hammer @20, Free Admission
November 26 - December 18, 2010

Special Program for Military Families
November 10, 2010

Gala in the Garden
October 9, 2010

Eva Hesse Spectres 1960
September 25, 2010 - January 2, 2011

Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments
September 25, 2010 - January 2, 2011

Los Angeles Biennial
LAXART & The Hammer Musuem, 2012

The Mandala Project
October 25 - November 7, 2010

Gala in the Garden
October 9, 2010

New Hammer Appointment: Brooke Hodge
July 15, 2010

Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection
July 3, 2010 - January 30, 2011

Outside the Box: Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988 - 2010
May 23 - August 29, 2010

The Red Book of C. G. Jung: Creation of a New Cosmology
April 11 - June 6, 2010

Rachel Whiteread Drawings
January 31 - May 3, 2010

The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis
October 24 - February 7, 2010

Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield
October 4, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Second Nature: The Valentine-Adelson Collection at the Hammer
July 19 - October 4, 2009

Larry Johnson
June 21 - September 6, 2009

Hammer Museum: New Curatorial Appointments
February 26, 2009

Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from L.A.
March 8 - May 31, 2009

Houseguest: Gabbiani
February 15 - May 24, 2009

Oranges and Sardines: Conversations on Abstract Painting
November 9 - February 8, 2009

Gouge: The Modern Woodcut 1870 to Now
November 9 - February 8, 2009

Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner
July 13 - October 12, 2008

Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love
March 2 - June 8, 2008

Francis Alÿs: Politics of Rehearsal
September 30, 2007 - February 10, 2008

Eden's Edge: Fifteen LA Artists
May 13 - Sep 2, 2007