Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum will be closed on Saturday, May 17 for a private event. The museum will close at 6pm on Friday, May 16.

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

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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OFF-SITE: Some Favorite Writers: Adam Phillips

Adam Phillips, called Britain’s foremost contemporary psychoanalytic thinker, will be in conversation with UCLA English Professors David Russell and Mona Simpson.

Thu Feb 27 7:30 PM

Still from Brother to Brother

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

POSTPONED: Brother to Brother

Rodney Evans’ moving feature debut won the coveted Jury Prize for Dramatic Feature at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and helped launch the career of Anthony Mackie.

Fri Feb 28 7:30 PM

Dimensional sculpture with an Alice Coltrane record at its center

Exhibition Tour: Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Sat Mar 1 1:00 PM

A girl works on an art project

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

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

Sat Mar 1 1:00 PM

A multicolored grid of transgender actors, performers, and cultural figures that was used as a promotional image for the 2020 documentary "Disclosure"

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Disclosure

Sam Feder’s documentary uses film and TV clips to tackle common misrepresentations of trans people, while deploying the personal stories of its interviewees to narrate how those misrepresentations have manifested in their lives.

Sat Mar 1 7:30 PM

Minimal, abstract print with wood grain

Curator Walk-through: Out of the Ordinary: Uncommon Materials, Marks, and Matrices

Jennie Waldow, curatorial assistant and collection specialist, leads a walk-through of the exhibition.

Sun Mar 2 1:00 PM

Music & Performance

Turiya Rising: Slauson Malone 1

Artist and musician Jasper Marsalis, who performs music under the moniker Slauson Malone 1, appears on stage in the galleries of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Sun Mar 2 5:00 PM

Part of the series Turiya Rising Performance Series

an abstract painting of a man sitting in cinema

Lunchtime Art Talk on Jasper Marsalis

Curatorial Assistant Nyah Ginwright leads an in-person discussion of Jasper Marsalis' work.

Wed Mar 5 12:30 PM

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

Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Mar 6 12:30 PM

A bass drum sits on the floor surrounded by an array of microphones

After-Hours Tour: Purusha Hickson on Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Join Hatha yoga teacher, and student of Alice Coltrane, Purusha Hickson for a tour of the exhibition.

Thu Mar 6 6:00 PM