Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The museum and Lulu will be closed Friday, July 4.

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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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Lunchtime Art Talk on Sam Gilliam

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

Wed Mar 16 12:30 PM

A man lies down on a bed with his fingers on a piano keyboard.

tick, tick… BOOM!, with Andrew Garfield

Screening of the 2021 feature film, followed by a Q&A with the lead actor, Andrew Garfield.

Wed Mar 16 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2021

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Ulysses Jenkins: History of a Video Griot

Curators Erin Christovale discusses the exhibition with UC Irvine professor Bridget R. Cooks and other special guests.

Thu Mar 17 7:30 PM

Still from the film "Jerovi" (1965), with the back of a person's head in the foreground and their reflection in a hand mirror

Jerovi / Testament / Confessions / My Hustler

Bradford Nordeen, creative director of Dirty Looks INC., introduces Andy Warhol’s Fire Island feature alongside shorts by José Rodriguez-Soltero, James Broughton, and Curt McDowell.

Fri Mar 18 7:30 PM

A family stares at pieces of wood and debris hung up ona. wall.

Gallery Games

These 45-minute guided sessions combine family-friendly tours with easy-to-play games.

Sat Mar 19 11:00 AM

Exhibition tour

Exhibition Tours

One-hour tours of selected works in special exhibitions are facilitated by educators and take place Saturdays at 1 p.m.

Sat Mar 19 1:00 PM

Black and white photo of a woman with a microphone.

14th Primetime Emmy Awards—60th Anniversary Screening (1962)

Screening of the 1962 14th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Sat Mar 19 7:30 PM

Still from the film "Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend" (1977) showing two people partly under a sheet in bed

Blackstar / Choosing Children

Video intro by Mimi (Kim) Klausner, director of Choosing Children. Plus the experimental, self-ethnographic 1977 documentary Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend.

Sun Mar 20 7:00 PM

A man holds his sunglasses on his face.

Behind Every Good Man / Dottie Gets Spanked / Parting Glances

Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s Pioneers of Queer Cinema screening series.

Mon Mar 21 7:30 PM

L. Frank

L. Frank

Lecture by the Tongva-Ajachmem artist, writer, tribal scholar, cartoonist, and community activist.

Tue Mar 22 7:30 PM