Programs & Events

Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You is a radical, genre-defying exploration of trauma, consent and creative survival in the post-#MeToo era. Three episodes will be screened, with Q&A with Professor Kathleen McHugh

Join pioneering conceptual artist Lynn Hershman Leeson and art historian Margot Norton for an evening of video screenings and insights into Leeson's revolutionary career and new book Private I.

Curatorial assistant Juan Manuel Silverio leads an in-person discussion of Patrick Martinez's work in Made in L.A. 2025.

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

Members-only after-hours exhibition walk-throughs followed by drinks and appetizers.

A major influence on Nathan Gelgud’s book Reel Politik, Jean-Luc Godard’s La Chinoise follows a group of students who form a Maoist revolutionary group over their summer vacation.

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

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

Join us for a specially curated best of Ralph Story’s Los Angeles, featuring excerpts and complete episodes documenting such iconic locales as Angels Flight, Clifton’s Cafeteria, Disneyland at night, Sunset Boulevard, the long lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and Beverly Park, and more.

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