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 Noah Davis

Associate director of Academic Programs Hallie Scott leads an in-person discussion of Noah Davis' work.

Wed Aug 27 12:30 PM

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Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

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

Thu Aug 28 12:30 PM

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Exhibition Tour: Noah Davis

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Noah Davis

Sat Aug 30 1:00 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 Aug 30 1:00 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Kitagawa Utamaro

Guest curator Hollis Goodall leads an in-person discussion of Kitagawa Utamaro's work.

Wed Sep 3 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 Sep 4 12:30 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Lawrence Lek

Curatorial assistant Jessi DiTillio leads an in-person discussion of Lawrence Lek's work.

Wed Sep 10 12:30 PM

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Coffee with a Curator: Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center

Members at the Immerse level and above are invited to join our curators for exclusive walk-throughs of Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

Thu Sep 11 10:00 AM

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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 Sep 11 12:30 PM

Still from The Long Goodbye (1973)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Long Goodbye / California Split

Elliot Gould's Phillip Marlowe moves confidently from dive bar to Malibu beach while working an old school case of infidelity, theft, and murder in Robert Altman's adaptation of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye

Sat Sep 13 7:30 PM