Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

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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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Illustration of a woman with two men fighting in the background.

Smog

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens director Franco Rossi atmospheric meditation on class alienation in Los Angeles.

Sun Mar 13 7:00 PM

woman in a tank top with short hair laughs

A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts / The Watermelon Woman

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

Mon Mar 14 7:30 PM

Silver-white hand drawn notes and illustrations on a black background

Music & Performance

color a body who flees

An in-gallery performance by Holland Andrews, Elaine Carberry, Loren Davis Fisher, Jessika Kenney, and Andros Zins-Browne.

Tue Mar 15 7:00 PM

Abstract swirls of blue, purple, green, orange

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

Black and white portrait of a man with sunglasses.

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