Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Cinder blocks arranged architecturally to hold small colorful ceramic artworks

Lunchtime Art Talk on SANGREE

Vanessa Arizmendi, curatorial assistant, leads an in-person discussion of SANGREE's work.

Wed Dec 1 12:30 PM

Abstract collage of found objects

No Humans Involved: Visita Guiada

Los educadores del Hammer Museum guiarán visitas en español sobre las exposiciónes del museo. Acompáñenos para discutir las obras de la exposición No Humans Involved.

Sat Dec 4 1:00 PM

Portrait of person projected large on one wall in a big room

Music & Performance

MPA

The January 9 performance has been canceled.

Sat Dec 4 1:00 PM

Rock Hudson on the left and James Wong Howe on the right on set.

Through the Lens of James Wong Howe

The Archive presents two 35mm prints from its collection that highlight Chinese American cinematographer James Wong Howe's masterful work.

Sat Dec 4 7:30 PM

View from above of a woman wearing red gloves and boots staring into the camera.

I.K.U.

Screening of Shu Lea Cheang's cyberpunk sci-fi porn film I.K.U.

Tue Dec 7 12:00 PM

Part of the series Shu Lea Cheang: Crafting a Genre of New Sci-fi Queer Cinema

View from above of a woman wearing red gloves and boots staring into the camera.

I.K.U.

Screening of Shu Lea Cheang's cyberpunk sci-fi porn film I.K.U.

Tue Dec 7 2:00 PM

Part of the series Shu Lea Cheang: Crafting a Genre of New Sci-fi Queer Cinema

View from above of a woman wearing red gloves and boots staring into the camera.

I.K.U.

Screening of Shu Lea Cheang's cyberpunk sci-fi porn film I.K.U.

Tue Dec 7 4:00 PM

Part of the series Shu Lea Cheang: Crafting a Genre of New Sci-fi Queer Cinema

A square structure covered in clear film obscures a figure inside, while a projection plays on the wall to the right

Lunchtime Art Talk on Okwui Okpokwasili

Hammer chief curator Connie Butler leads an in-person discussion of Okwui Okpokwasili's work.

Wed Dec 8 12:30 PM

Art pieces sit on table top

OFF-SITE: Artist POV Tour: Witch Hunt with Carolina Caycedo

Carolina Caycedo leads an Artist POV Tour of the exhibition Witch Hunt at ICA LA, focusing on the work of Minerva Cuevas.

Fri Dec 10 5:00 PM

Woman stands with her hands up, one hand holding a long strip of film.

Sambizanga

Los Angeles restoration premiere of director Sarah Maldoror's gripping adaptation of José Luandino Vieira’s novella.

Fri Dec 10 7:30 PM