Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The museum will close at 4 pm on Christmas Eve (December 24) and New Year's Eve (December 31), and will be closed all day on Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1).

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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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Lunchtime Art Talk on Colectivo Cherani

Curator Pablo José Ramírez leads an in-person discussion of Colectivo Cherani's work.

Wed May 7 12:30 PM

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Special Programs

ONLINE ONLY: Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free online session open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu May 8 12:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

One Night in Miami

Regina King’s feature directorial debut imagines a pivotal night on Feb. 25, 1964, between Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Malcolm X.

Thu May 8 7:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Food and Film: We Are What We Eat

In this edition of Food and Film we turn the focus onto chef and restaurateur Alice Waters herself and her globally focused, locally driven campaign to change the way we farm, eat and educate.

Fri May 9 7:30 PM

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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat May 10 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Sarah Maldoror: Through a Lens of Resistance and Rebellion

Screening of three films by the African diasporic film director Sarah Maldoror, who passed away in 2020.

Sat May 10 7:30 PM

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Screenings Kids UCLA Film & TV Archive

Family Flicks: Zootopia

A plucky rabbit (Ginnifer Goodwin) earns a spot on the police force of a teeming animal metropolis just as the delicate social contract between predators and prey is threatened by a string of mysterious mammal abductions in this timely animated feature.

Sun May 11 11:00 AM

Still from Cabaret

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Cabaret

With Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin as its root material, Cabaret looks at the decadence and darkness of Nazism’s rise in Germany through glitzy-framed glasses that are far from rose-tinted.

Sun May 11 7:00 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Rembrandt van Rijn & Angelica Kauffmann

Grunwald Center Curatorial Fellow Kelin Michael leads an in-person discussion of Rembrandt van Rijn and Angelica Kauffmann's works.

Wed May 14 12:30 PM

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Special Programs

ONLINE ONLY: Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free online session open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu May 15 12:30 PM