Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The museum and Lulu will be closed Friday, July 4.

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Still from the film The Exiles (1961) showing a group of people walking down an alley

The Exiles / The Savage Eye

The Archive screens two independent films set in Los Angeles as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984.

Thu Jan 23 7:30 PM

Three figures in hoods walk around a stage

Music & Performance

Samuel Beckett's Quad I and Quad II

Samuel Beckett’s rarely performed 'Quad I' and 'Quad II' represent the playwright’s distillation of the human journey through sound, light, and movement.

Thu Jan 23 7:30 PM

Part of the series Eurydice Found

Still from the film The Wedding Banquet (1993) showing a wedding party at a dining table

The Wedding Banquet

The Archive screens Ang Lee's comedy of manners, in which young New Yorkers Wai-Tung and Wei-Wei marry in order to obtain the latter's green card and cover up the former's same-sex relationship.

Fri Jan 24 7:30 PM

Gallery view of the Armand Hammer Collection at the Hammer Museum

Exhibition Tours: Armand Hammer Collection

Hammer educators lead a 45-minute tour of the collection every Saturday at 1 p.m.

Sat Jan 25 1:00 PM

Three figures in hoods walk around a stage

Music & Performance

Samuel Beckett's Quad I and Quad II

Samuel Beckett’s rarely performed 'Quad I' and 'Quad II' represent the playwright’s distillation of the human journey through sound, light, and movement.

Sat Jan 25 2:00 PM

Part of the series Eurydice Found

Three figures in hoods walk around a stage

Music & Performance

Samuel Beckett's Quad I and Quad II

Samuel Beckett’s rarely performed 'Quad I' and 'Quad II' represent the playwright’s distillation of the human journey through sound, light, and movement.

Sat Jan 25 4:00 PM

Part of the series Eurydice Found

Still from the film Shadows (1961) showing a couple leaning in toward each other

Shadows / On the Bowery

The Archive screens the first feature films of directors John Cassavetes and Lionel Rogosin, both set on the societal fringes of New York, as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984

Sat Jan 25 7:30 PM

826LA Fornite v Fortnight

826LA@Hammer: Fortnite v. Fortnight: How to Build Words and Conquer Worlds

Use language to invent fabulous treasures, describe fortifications, and plan daring heists.

Sun Jan 26 11:00 AM

Tishan Hsu, Liquid Circuit

Curator Walk-through: Tishan Hsu: Liquid Circuit

Aram Moshayedi, curator, leads a walk-through of the exhibition.

Sun Jan 26 1:00 PM

Jorie Graham

Poetry: Jorie Graham

Jorie Graham has authored numerous poetry collections, one of which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Sun Jan 26 2:00 PM