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An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Curator Walk-through: Bridget Riley

Exhibition curator Cynthia Burlingham leads a walk-through of Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's Studio.

Sun Feb 12 1:00 PM

Warped checkerboard

Lunchtime Art Talk on Bridget Riley

Deputy director for curatorial affairs Cynthia Burlingham leads an in-person discussion of Bridget Riley's work.

Wed Feb 15 12:30 PM

Porch light illuminates a 70s style home at night

Exhibition Tour: Joan Didion: What She Means

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Joan Didion: What She Means.

Sat Feb 18 1:00 PM

Life-size sculpture of a school principal standing with arms crossed, antlers growing from his head

Lunchtime Art Talk on Karon Davis

Curatorial assistant Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Karon Davis's work.

Wed Feb 22 12:30 PM

Op art print with a grey pattern that appears to swirl

Lunchtime Art Talk on Bridget Riley

Curatorial assistant Matthieu Vahanian leads an in-person discussion of Bridget Riley's work.

Wed Mar 1 12:30 PM

Installation on floor of black and white photographs

Lunchtime Art Talk on Song Tao

Curatorial assistant Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Song Tao's work.

Wed Mar 8 12:30 PM

Black and orange paint smeared in large brushstrokes over a tan canvas.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Pierre Soulages

Curatorial associate Matthieu Vahanian leads an in-person discussion of Pierre Soulages's work.

Wed Mar 15 12:30 PM

Black and white close up of a face, inset over an image of clouds

Lunchtime Art Talk on James Richards

Curatorial associate Vanessa Arizmendi leads an in-person discussion of James Richards' work.

Wed Mar 22 12:30 PM

A huge intricate net of red thread creates a mesh over the gallery. Only coming down to connect with these iron wireframes of boats.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Chiharu Shiota

Curator Erin Christovale leads an in-person discussion of Chiharu Shiota's work.

Wed Mar 29 12:30 PM

A colorful painting of five figures in front of a building

Public Tour: Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition.

Sat Apr 1 1:00 PM