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Due to adverse weather conditions, Alake Shilling's inflatable sculpture Buggy Bear Crashes Made in L.A. is temporarily off view.

Half of a woman's face, with her hand lifted, on a background of stars
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CANCELED: Lunchtime Art Talk on Lorna Simpson

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Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled. For COVID-19 updates impacting the UCLA community, please visit UCLA’s Newsroom.

Lunchtime Art Talks take place every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. The Hammer's curatorial department leads free and insightful 15-minute discussions about works of art currently on view or from museum collections.

This talk on Lorna Simpson's Backdrops Circa 1940s (1998) is led by exhibitions and publications project manager Claire Dilworth.
 

All public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from an anonymous donor.
 
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, the Elizabeth Bixby Janeway Foundation, The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.
 
Digital presentation of Hammer public programs is made possible by The Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.
 
Hammer public programs are presented online in partnership with the #KeepThePromise campaign—a movement promoting social justice and human rights through the arts.

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