Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The museum will close at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 10 in advance of the Fall Exhibitions Celebration. Join us for the celebration

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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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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Depths / Touching the Skin of Eeriness

Screening of two Ryusuke Hamaguchi films, presented in the original Japanese with English subtitles.

Sun Oct 18 7:00 PM

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After-Hours Tour: Phil Chang on Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70, Part II

Join artist Phil Chang for an after-hours tour of the exhibition.

Tue Oct 20 6:00 PM

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Heaven Is Still Far Away / I Love Thee for Good

Screening of two Ryusuke Hamaguchi films, presented in the original Japanese with English subtitles.

Wed Oct 21 7:30 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 Oct 22 12:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Her Wedding Night

Unseen for decades due to rights issues and still unavailable on any platform, this super-rare pre-Code romp is “a rush of great fun, high spirits, and good humor from a bright ensemble cast, and particularly vivacious Clara Bow.”

Fri Oct 23 7:30 PM

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Exhibition Highlights Tour: Huguette Caland: A Life in a Few Lines

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of exhibition highlights for "Huguette Caland: A Life in a Few Lines"

Sat Oct 24 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 Oct 24 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Battle of Algiers — 60th Anniversary

Premiering internationally at the 1966 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, this film, which confronted the still-raw history of French colonialism and the Algerian struggle for independence, has lost none of its punch.

Sat Oct 24 7:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Intimacies

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's first exploration into film length as a cinematic device, allowing personal problems and current events to dictate the films flow.

Sun Oct 25 7:00 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Huguette Caland

Curatorial assistant and collection specialist Jennie Waldow leads an in-person discussion of Huguette Caland's work.

Wed Oct 28 12:30 PM