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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What’s Driving L.A.’s Housing Crisis?

Anna Scott is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times journalist Doug Smith, fellow Los Angeles Times writer Benjamin Oreskes, and award-winning journalist and podcaster Ethan Ward to drill down to the roots of the current housing crisis in Southern California.

Tue May 9 7:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Forum: L.A.’s Housing Crisis

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Bridget Riley

Luce Curatorial Fellow Jennie Waldow leads an in-person discussion of Bridget Riley's work.

Wed May 10 12:30 PM

Some Favorite Writers: Sigrid Nunez

The National Book Award winning author shares her most recent novel What Are You Going Through, a meditation on friendship, empathy, and what it means to die well

Wed May 10 7:30 PM

Danielle Dean: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

Dean investigates the production of desire by mining media archives to explore the geopolitical and material processes that colonize the mind and body.

Thu May 11 7:30 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 May 13 1:00 PM

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Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Babies

Join us for a special Mother’s Day screening of a documentary spanning four countries—Mongolia, Japan, Namibia, and the United States—where we’re introduced to four newborns as they start their lives.

Sun May 14 11:00 AM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Christina Fernandez

Curatorial associate Vanessa Arizmendi leads an in-person discussion of Christina Fernandez's work.

Wed May 17 12:30 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 20 1:00 PM

Hammer Projects: Tschabalala Self, installation view, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, February 2–April 28, 2019. Photo: Joshua White.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Tschabalala Self

Curatorial assistant Ashton Cooper leads an in-person discussion of Tschabalala Self's work.

Wed May 24 12:30 PM

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Voluspa Jarpa: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

Chilean artist Voluspa Jarpa investigates the broader notion of the archive by synthesizing popular discourse, declassified documents, state symbols, urban space, personal narratives, and psychoanalytic theory.

Thu May 25 7:30 PM