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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People looking at art in the Hammer Museum galleries

Art in Conversation

Educators lead 30-minute in-person talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art.

Sun Feb 8 1:00 PM

A seated woman seen through an open door, with the ocean visible beyond

Home and Away: Matisse Makes Another Heaven

Art historian John Walsh shows how between the wars Matisse continued experiments adapting Cubist ideas to his recognizable forms.

Sun Feb 8 3:00 PM

Part of the series Matisse’s Surprises, with John Walsh

Activist Grace Lee Boggs

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Homes Apart: Korea / American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Screening of a trio of films dealing with political and geographical displacement.

Sun Feb 8 7:00 PM

Calling In: Navigating Challenging Conversations and Cultivating Compassionate Connections with Dr. Loretta Ross

Join renowned activist, professor, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow Loretta J. Ross to explore the powerful practice of "Calling In," a transformative approach to move from conflict to constructive dialogue.

Tue Feb 10 7:30 PM

Fragment from a medieval manuscript

Lunchtime Art Talk on Unknown Artist

Curatorial fellow Kelin Michael leads an in-person discussion of unknown artist's illustration of "incident at court" (and other medieval fragments).

Wed Feb 11 12:30 PM

Overhead view of a city corner, with a lone figure walking down the street

After-Hours Tour: Zirwat Chowdhury on Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70

UCLA Professor of Art History Zirwat Chowdhury leads an after-hours tour of the exhibition.

Wed Feb 11 6:00 PM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Feb 12 12:30 PM

A woman on a motor scooter talks to two children in matching tracksuits

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Under Construction (or the place where I was born no longer exists) / Give Me a Home

Double feature including Ignacio Agüero's documentary of a man in Santiago, Chile who watches as his neighborhood changes around him, and Tsai Ming-liang's made-for-TV movie set in 1990s Taipei.

Fri Feb 13 7:30 PM

Brightly colored painting of a sad teddy bear riding a car along a road

Exhibition Highlights Tour: Made in L.A. 2025

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Made in L.A. 2025.

Sat Feb 14 1:00 PM

A girl works on an art project

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Feb 14 1:00 PM