Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum will be closed on Saturday, May 17 for a private event. The museum will close at 6pm on Friday, May 16.

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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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People looking at art in the Hammer Museum galleries

Art in Conversation

Educators lead 30-minute in-person talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art.

Sun Feb 2 1:00 PM

blue rubbing of a trench coat

Lunchtime Art Talk on Jennifer Bornstein

Deputy Director Cindy Burlingham leads an in-person discussion of Jennifer Bornstein's work.

Wed Feb 5 12:30 PM

People looking at art in the Hammer Museum galleries

Art in Conversation

Educators lead 30-minute in-person talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art.

Sun Feb 9 1:00 PM

Abstract print with black dots

Lunchtime Art Talk on Tara Donovan

Curatorial Assistant and Collection Specialist Jennie Waldow leads an in-person discussion of Tara Donovan's work.

Wed Feb 12 12:30 PM

Dimensional sculpture with an Alice Coltrane record at its center

Exhibition Tour: Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Sat Feb 15 1:00 PM

People looking at art in the Hammer Museum galleries

Art in Conversation

Educators lead 30-minute in-person talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art.

Sun Feb 16 1:00 PM

Black and white photo of a sculpture

Lunchtime Art Talk on Alina Szapocznikow

Curatorial Assistant Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow leads an in-person discussion of Alina Szapocznikow's work.

Wed Feb 19 12:30 PM

Dimensional sculpture with an Alice Coltrane record at its center

Exhibition Tour: Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Sat Feb 22 1:00 PM

People looking at art in the Hammer Museum galleries

Art in Conversation

Educators lead 30-minute in-person talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art.

Sun Feb 23 1:00 PM

A drawing of a man lying on the ground

Lunchtime Art Talk on Edouard Manet

Director and Chief Curator, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts Naoko Takahatake leads an in-person discussion of Edouard Manet's work.

Wed Feb 26 12:30 PM