Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The museum will close at 4 pm on Christmas Eve (December 24) and New Year's Eve (December 31), and will be closed all day on Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1).

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

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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Vote at the Hammer

Special Programs

California General Election Polling Place

The Hammer is an official Vote Center for the California General Election, including for federal, state, and local offices.

Tue Nov 8 7:00 AM

Porch light illuminates a 70s style home at night

CANCELED: Lunchtime Art Talk on Henry Wessel

Curatorial assistant Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Henry Wessel's work.

Wed Nov 9 12:30 PM

Jes Fan

J. Fan: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

The artist J. Fan discusses his practice.

Thu Nov 10 7:30 PM

A girl with long brown hair wearing a red cap sits in front of a table with paint and miscellaneous craft items.

Pop-up Studio: Fantasylands

This drop-in workshop is designed for families to explore and create together.

Sat Nov 12 11:00 AM

A colorful painting of abstracted, featureless human and animal figures. In the right corner sits the Madonna and child

Exhibition Tour: Bob Thompson

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition.

Sat Nov 12 1:00 PM

Still from the film "The Third Man" (1949)

The Third Man

Carol Reed’s tenebrous thriller, about a writer investigating a friend’s death in postwar Vienna, was a favorite of Joan Didion.

Sat Nov 12 7:30 PM

Part of the series Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind: Joan Didion and Cinema

Characters walk down yellow brick road

Kids Screenings

Family Flicks: Wizard Of Oz

After a tornado transports Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog Toto to the magical land of Oz, they follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, encountering a ragtag group of friends and a wicked witch along the way.

Sun Nov 13 11:00 AM

colorful figures bask in a psychedelic hillside gathering

Bob Thompson: Curator Walk-through

Exhibition curator Erin Christovale leads a walk-through of the exhibition.

Sun Nov 13 1:00 PM

People stand on edge of water dressed formally

The Weeping Meadow

A political assassination kicks off Theo Angelopoulos’s portrait of one Greek dictatorship made under the shadow of another.

Sun Nov 13 7:00 PM

Eric-Paul Riege performs among his woven sculptures

Music & Performance

Hólǫ́llUllUHIbI [duet] (activation)

A durational performance by the artist artist Eric-Paul Riege, presented in conjunction with his Hammer Projects exhibition.

Tue Nov 15 11:00 AM