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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TEMPORARY

Curator Walk-through: Together in Time

Exhibition curator Connie Butler leads a walk-through of Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection.

Sun Apr 23 1:00 PM

Painting of a nude female form, seen in a psychedelic, exploded view

Lunchtime Art Talk on Christina Quarles

Curatorial assistant Ashton Cooper, leads an in-person discussion of Christina Quarles's work.

Wed Apr 26 12:30 PM

Photo of Mona Simpson alongside the cover of her book Commitment

Some Favorite Writers: Mona Simpson

Author Mona Simpson reads from her latest release, Commitment, about a single mother’s collapse and the fate of her family after she enters a California state mental hospital in the 1970s.

Thu Apr 27 7:30 PM

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Special Programs

Arts Party: Saturated

A special event designed for college students from all over Southern California with live music, artist-led workshops, and after-hours access to the galleries!

Fri Apr 28 7:00 PM

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Public Tour: Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition.

Sat Apr 29 1:00 PM

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Coffee with a Curator

Hammer members experience our exhibitions before the museum opens to the public with a curator-led walk-through.

Wed May 3 10:00 AM

Two brightly dressed women stand facing each other in a field with a snow-capped mountain behind them

Flux, Spring 2023

The Flux screening series brings the creative community together to celebrate outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe, with wildly inventive filmmaker presentations and performances.

Wed May 3 7:30 PM

A colorful painting of five figures in front of a building

Public Tour: Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition.

Sat May 6 1:00 PM

Two boys are writing in notebooks with pencils.

826LA@Hammer: Superhero Comics!

In this workshop, students will learn how to develop characters by designing their own superhero (or villain) and tell their origin story as they create their own comic book!

Sun May 7 11:00 AM

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Curator Walk-through: Cruel Youth Diary: Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection

Exhibition curator Nicholas Barlow leads a walk-through of Cruel Youth Diary: Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection.

Sun May 7 1:00 PM