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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Still from Thieves Like Us (1974)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Thieves Like Us / Kansas City

Robert Altman’s Depression-era period piece about a trio of small-time bank robbers in the rural south.

Sun Sep 14 7:00 PM

Two cars in a fiery collision on a bridge lit by streetlamps

Lunchtime Art Talk on Carlos Almaraz

Curatorial assistant Juan Manuel Silverio leads an in-person discussion of Carlos Almaraz's work.

Wed Sep 17 12:30 PM

Gallery with framed works on paper installed on walls and inside a vitrine

After-Hours Tour: Hollis Goodall on Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints

Guest curator Hollis Goodall leads an after-hours tour of the exhibition.

Wed Sep 17 6:00 PM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

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 Sep 18 12:30 PM

Still from McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

McCabe & Mrs. Miller / Popeye

Robert Altman’s New Hollywood masterwork, McCabe and Mrs. Miller drains the romance from the settling of the American frontier even as it casts its own seductive spell.

Fri Sep 19 7:30 PM

Still from The Player (1992)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Player

Director Robert Altman and screenwriter Michael Tolkin wrap their sharp lampoon of corporate Hollywood’s solipsistic obsession with recycled concepts and the bottom line in a noir-soaked murder mystery straight from an old Hollywood writers room.

Sat Sep 20 7:30 PM

Still from Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998). A young character with green leaves on their head against a gold and green background

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Kirikou and the Sorceress

Based on a popular folktale from West Africa, this gorgeous animated film tells the story of the heroic toddler Kirikou, who must save his parents’ village from a flesh-eating sorceress.

Sun Sep 21 11:00 AM

Still from Blonde Venus (1932) (cropped)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Archive Treasures: Blonde Venus

Marlene Dietrich portrays a former cabaret singer forced to return to work to support her husband's desperately needed medical treatments, only to become the mistress of a wealthy man, forcing her to decide where she really belongs.

Sun Sep 21 7:00 PM

A warrior with a swords fights a large sea serpent amidst rocky ocean waves

Lunchtime Art Talk on Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Luce/Getty curatorial fellow Kelin Michael leads an in-person discussion of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's work.

Wed Sep 24 12:30 PM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

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 Sep 25 12:30 PM