Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum will be closed on Saturday, May 17, for a private event.

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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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Greta Garbo in Flesh and the Devil

Flesh and the Devil

UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a survey of the talent and mystique that made Greta Garbo the supreme icon of Classic Hollywood.

Sun Feb 11 7:00 PM

Gallery view of an exhibition of prints

Exhibition Walk-through: Zirwat Chowdhury on Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now

UCLA Professor of Art History Zirwat Chowdhury leads a walk-through of the exhibition Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now.

Tue Feb 13 6:00 PM

A nude figure in a crown of thorns lays as a figure leans over him with a sword

Lunchtime Art Talk on Käthe Kollwitz

Interim chief curator Aram Moshayedi leads an in-person discussion of Käthe Kollwitz's work.

Wed Feb 14 12:30 PM

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A Real Right to Vote with Richard L. Hasen & Erwin Chemerinsky

Richard L. Hasen, Director of UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project and Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, discuss how American democracy can and should do better to protect voting rights.

Thu Feb 15 7:30 PM

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Umberto D.

Umberto D. is a simple story of an older gentleman trying to pay his rent, accompanied by his dog, Flike, in postwar Italy.

Fri Feb 16 7:30 PM

Gallery view of an exhibition of prints

Exhibition Tour: Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now.

Sat Feb 17 1:00 PM

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Heart of a Dog / Watership Down

Heart of a Dog poetically captures the relationship between living creatures, the grief that comes with great love, and offers a reflective perspective on the transience of life.

Sat Feb 17 7:30 PM

Greta Garbo in The Saga of Gösta Berling

The Saga of Gösta Berling

UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a survey of the talent and mystique that made Greta Garbo the supreme icon of Classic Hollywood.

Sun Feb 18 7:00 PM

Installation view of a video work

Lunchtime Art Talk on Banu Cennetoğlu

Curatorial assistant Nyah Ginwright leads an in-person discussion of Banu Cennetoğlu's work.

Wed Feb 21 12:30 PM

Film still of a video showing a White woman in a schoolgirl uniform with multiple arms haloing her

Flux, Spring 2024

The Flux screening series brings the creative community together to celebrate outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe.

Wed Feb 21 7:30 PM