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).

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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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Vote at the Hammer

Special Programs

Presidential Election Vote Center

Regardless of where you live in Los Angeles, cast your ballot for the 2024 Presidential Election at the Hammer.

Sun Nov 3 10:00 AM

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826LA@Hammer: Spit That!

Using influences from hip hop and social justice movements, students will learn the art of channeling their own perspectives through a spoken word piece.

Sun Nov 3 11:00 AM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Labor: Sleep Dealer / Advantageous

Screening of three films that address the fraught and highly dependent relationship between humans and technology, as part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Science Fiction Against the Margins.

Sun Nov 3 7:00 PM

Vote at the Hammer

Special Programs

Presidential Election Vote Center

Regardless of where you live in Los Angeles, cast your ballot for the 2024 Presidential Election at the Hammer.

Mon Nov 4 10:00 AM

Vote at the Hammer

Special Programs

Presidential Election Vote Center

Regardless of where you live in Los Angeles, cast your ballot for the 2024 Presidential Election at the Hammer.

Tue Nov 5 7:00 AM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Tetsuya Noda

Curatorial assistant Jennie Waldow leads an in-person discussion of the work of Tetsuya Noda.

Wed Nov 6 12:30 PM

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After-Hours Tour: Claire McEachern on Sum of the Parts: Serial Imagery in Printmaking, 1500 to Now

Join Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles Claire McEachern for a tour of the exhibition.

Thu Nov 7 6:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

All About Lily Chou-Chou

Japanese writer-director Shunji Iwai’s elliptic take on the internet, fan culture, and adolescent trauma has come to feel ever more prescient as we’ve moved deeper into the millennium.

Thu Nov 7 7:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Tekkonkinkreet

Director Michael Arias and Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura will be on hand for a screening of Arias' anime film based on the manga by Taiyō Matsumoto.

Fri Nov 8 7:30 PM

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Exhibition Tour: Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice.

Sat Nov 9 1:00 PM