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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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Hammer Forum Screenings

War Game

Premiere screening of the documentary that sweeps audiences into an elaborate simulation that escalates the threat posed by the January 6, 2021 insurrection, followed by a discussion with participants.

Thu May 9 7:30 PM

Still from Golden Gate Girls, showing filmmaker Esther Eng

The World of Dong Kingman / Golden Gate Girls

Two films that document the lives and work of Chinese American artists: pioneer female filmmaker Esther Eng and renowned painter Dong Kingman.

Fri May 10 7:30 PM

gallery exibit: Untitled (TV Stone Tower) by Park Hyunki

Exhibition Tour: Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s.

Sat May 11 1:00 PM

Still from The Bloodettes

The Bloodettes / Naked Reality

Cameroonian writer-director Jean-Pierre Bekolo presents two of his films, which feature an intoxicating swirl of magic and technology, folklore and genre, sensuality and politics.

Sat May 11 7:30 PM

Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and a tiger from Bringing Up Baby

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Bringing Up Baby

Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn exude all the charm and wit of Hollywood’s Golden Age in this timeless screwball comedy directed by director Howard Hawks.

Sun May 12 11:00 AM

Still from Aristotle's Plot

Quartier Mozart / Aristotle’s Plot

Cameroonian writer-director Jean-Pierre Bekolo presents his two earliest films, which reject Western concepts of realism, while simultaneously transforming material and political reality.

Sun May 12 7:00 PM

Artist Sylvia Palacios Whitman sitting on a bench on the Brooklyn Bridge, wearing an oversized hand

Radical Women

This documentary captures eleven of the artists who met to discuss their artistic practices ahead of their participation in the Hammer’s 2017 exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art: 1960–1985.

Tue May 14 7:30 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Helen Frankenthaler

Curatorial associate Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Helen Frankenthaler's work.

Wed May 15 12:30 PM

Some Favorite Writers: Adam Moss

In Adam Moss’s new book, the former editor of New York magazine asks “What is the work of art?

Thu May 16 7:30 PM

Gallery view of an exhibition of prints

Exhibition Tour: Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now.

Sat May 18 1:00 PM