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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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Kumi James (aka Bae Bae)

Music & Performance

Kumi James (aka BAE BAE)

Sound artist and DJ Kumi James (aka BAE BAE) stages a durational performance in proximity to Rita McBride’s installation Particulates, along with collaborator Colloboh.

Fri Oct 27 8:00 PM

Colorful painting of a family looking out of their window at a wildfire

Exhibition Tour: Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living.

Sat Oct 28 1:00 PM

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Special Programs

Los Angeles Contemporary Archive: Support Group

Support Group is a working group for artists to reflect on shared experience around topics like housing, placemaking, experiences of getting fired or let go, childrearing and caretaking, mental health, spirituality, and celebration.

Sat Oct 28 4:00 PM

Part of the series Made in L.A. 2023: Programs and Performances

Still from 1968

An Evening with Tassos Boulmetis

Celebrated Greek writer-director and UCLA alumnus Tassos Boulmetis joins us for a screening of his film 1968 and a conversation.

Sat Oct 28 7:30 PM

A boy and girl, both blond, the girl holding a black cat

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Escape to Witch Mountain

Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony, two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers, "escape to witch mountain," while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.

Sun Oct 29 11:00 AM

Piet Mondrian in his studio

Mondrian’s Intentions

Art historian and curator John Walsh discusses Piet Mondrian's disavowal of representation, and the spiritual ambitions he had for abstract art.

Sun Oct 29 3:00 PM

Part of the series Mondrian Re-Examined, with John Walsh

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Special Programs

Los Angeles Contemporary Archive: The Breaks

Listen to music, grab a cup of coffee, microwave leftovers, rest, and handle archival materials directly from the shelves.

Wed Nov 1 11:00 AM

Pippa Garner's drawing Petticoat Motoring Stuff

Lunchtime Art Talk on Pippa Garner

Curatorial assistant Ashton Cooper leads an in-person discussion of Pippa Garner's work.

Wed Nov 1 12:30 PM

A Korean Woman holds her phone to her ear

Beyond Utopia

Following two families attempting to defect from North Korea, the most oppressive country on Earth, Beyond Utopia reveals the lengths people will go on the three-thousand mile, four-country journey to freedom.

Wed Nov 1 7:30 PM

Rubik's cube in the shape of a house

Why is it So Hard to Build Housing in L.A.?

Anna Scott invites Yasmin Tong, Hamid Behdad, and Michael Lens to discuss obstacles to building in L.A. and sustained solutions to homelessness.

Thu Nov 2 7:30 PM

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