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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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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

Still from the film "The Searchers" (1956)

The Searchers

In this keystone of director John Ford’s inquiry into the psychosis of American racism, John Wayne gives one of his finest performances.

Tue Nov 15 7:30 PM

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

Grey text sits in the top corner meeting of two white walls.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Félix González-Torres

Hammer chief curator Connie Butler leads an in-person discussion of Félix González-Torres work.

Wed Nov 16 12:30 PM