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.

Explore our series

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The Water Magician & shorts

Pairing rare prints and new restorations of Japanese classics, this weekend-long series features three of Japan’s most renowned contemporary benshi performing their unique art live on stage.

Sat Apr 20 7:30 PM

Still of Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant

The Vindictive Snake & shorts

Pairing rare prints and new restorations of Japanese classics, this weekend-long series features three of Japan’s most renowned contemporary benshi performing their unique art live on stage.

Sun Apr 21 3:00 PM

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Man and Wife & shorts

Pairing rare prints and new restorations of silent classics, this weekend-long series features three of Japan’s most renowned contemporary benshi performing their unique art live on stage.

Sun Apr 21 7:00 PM

Framed newspaper sheets with words cut out hang on a wall, with two lucite boxes full of paper scraps sit in front

Lunchtime Art Talk on Sung Neung Kyung

Assistant curator Pablo José Ramírez leads an in-person discussion of Sung Neung Kyung's work.

Wed Apr 24 12:30 PM

Gallery view of an exhibition of prints

Exhibition Walk-through: Naoko Takahatake on Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now

Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts director and chief curator Naoko Takahatake leads a walk-through of the exhibition Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now.

Thu Apr 25 6:00 PM

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Special Programs

Arts Party

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 26 7:00 PM

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Sweetie

Jane Campion’s debut feature film remains a personal and thoughtful (though bizarre) exploration of sisterhood.

Sat Apr 27 7:30 PM

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Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: James and the Giant Peach

James lives a dreary life with his overbearing aunts until some magic crocodile tongues manifest the means of his escape – a giant peach – in Tim Burton and Henry Selick's stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic novel.

Sun Apr 28 11:00 AM

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White Room

Director Patricia Rozema presents White Room, a modern fairy tale and deeply personal film that tackles obsession, passion, and celebrity culture through a multitude of genres.

Sun Apr 28 7:00 PM

Still from Happy Days, showing a woman buried up to her neck, with a handgun laying nearby

RESCHEDULED: Beckett on Film: Happy Days

Director Patricia Rozema presents her contribution to a project to make 19 of Samuel Beckett’s plays available on film, wherein she masterfully directs the plight of two characters stuck in the desert sand.

Tue Apr 30 7:30 PM