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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Photograph showing inside of a grocery store, with low shelving. On the back wall the words "Stronger Together" are written in orange cursive. Below this a black and white photographic mural, with two video monitors mounted over top.

Made in L.A. Behind the Scenes: Art in Public Spaces

Hammer members! Join an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the public works in Made in L.A. 2020.

Mon Jan 25 5:00 PM

A woman behind a vase of flowers reaches out toward a black snake

Lunchtime Art Talk on Katja Seib

Curatorial assistant Nika Chilewich leads a live, online discussion of Katja Seib's work.

Wed Jan 27 12:30 PM

Side-by-side photo portraits of author and activist Julia Serano on the left and author Koa Beck on the right.

White Feminism with Koa Beck & Julia Serano

Koa Beck, author White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind, joins author and activist Julia Serano.

Thu Jan 28 5:00 PM

Reimagining the Museum: Repatriation and Ruin

Special Programs

Reimagining the Museum: Repatriation and Ruin

A screening and discussion of documentary and experimental films that critique ethnographic collecting practices and the narratives of Africa as written by Western art institutions.

Sun Jan 31 12:00 PM

Part of the series Reimagining the Museum

A gallery with a black streetlamp to the left of a triptych of paintings displaying MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

Lunchtime Art Talk on Jill Mulleady

Aram Moshayedi, Robert Soros Curator, leads a live, online discussion of Jill Mulleady's work.

Wed Feb 3 12:30 PM

Two photographs of men in black and white, seen from the waist up. The man on the left is dressed in native American dress, and the man on the right is dressed in a suit and tie.

Wendy Red Star: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

With a practice spanning photography, sculpture, video, fiber arts, and performance, artist Wendy Red Star creates work that is at once inquisitive, witty, and unsettling.

Thu Feb 4 6:30 PM

A colorful painting of five figures before a building

Lunchtime Art Talk on Brandon D. Landers

Associate curator Erin Christovale leads a live, online discussion of Brandon D. Landers' work.

Wed Feb 10 12:30 PM

Tears streaming from a brown eye in a close detail of a painting entitled "Mr. Rene # MAN POWER" (2011) by Fulton Leroy Washington (aka "MR. WASH")

Fulton Leroy Washington (aka MR. WASH) & Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi

A discussion of MR. WASH's paintings, focused on portraits of public figures and individuals he met while incarcerated.

Thu Feb 11 5:00 PM

View of a room with white walls and a dark floor, with various objects sitting on the floor.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Ser Serpas

Chief curator Connie Butler leads a live, online discussion of Ser Serpas' work.

Wed Feb 17 12:30 PM

Constitution Happy Hour

Special Programs

Constitution Happy Hour: Impeachment

This guided, topical conversation about the US Constitution focuses on the historic second impeachment of former President Donald Trump.

Thu Feb 18 5:00 PM