Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

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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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Framed receipts and an embroidered blue shirt from Al's Cafe

Lunchtime Art Talk on Allen Ruppersberg

Luce Curatorial Fellow Jennie Waldow leads an in-person discussion of Allen Ruppersberg' work.

Wed Jul 19 12:30 PM

Music & Performance

Abraham Alexander with KCRW DJs Dan Wilcox & Chris Douridas

Free live concert by Abraham Alexander in the museum's courtyard. Plus sets by KCRW DJs Dan Wilcox & Chris Douridas

Thu Jul 20 7:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Summer Concerts 2023 with KCRW

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FIFA Women’s World Cup: USA vs. Vietnam

Gather at the Hammer to watch the USA Women's National team face Vietnam in the Group Stage along with fellow soccer fanatics on large screens.

Fri Jul 21 6:00 PM

Part of the series 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Ernie Kovacs speaking into a headset

Ernie Kovacs: Television of the Absurd

These programs illuminate Kovacs' gleeful defiance of television's rigid genres and tropes that demanded canned laughs and cue card banter, opting instead to forcefully break the fourth wall.

Sat Jul 22 7:30 PM

A robot carries a woman

The Day the Earth Stood Still / The Next Voice You Hear…

Double feature of two "message" films from the early 1950s

Sun Jul 23 7:00 PM

A man in a suit and tie stands in the middle of a trashed office

The Lawless / The Well

Double feature of two "message" films from the early 1950s

Mon Jul 24 7:30 PM

White haired man sits by the fireplace

See You Friday, Robinson

Director Mitra Farahani captures the epistolary and filmic relationship between Jean-Luc Godard and his friend and colleague, Iranian filmmaker and novelist Ebrahim Golestan n this 2022 film.

Tue Jul 25 7:30 PM

Installation view of four works, including a cube on the floor

Lunchtime Art Talk on Stephen Kaltenbach

Curatorial assistant Nyah Ginwright leads an in-person discussion of Stephen Kaltenbach 's work.

Wed Jul 26 12:30 PM

Graphic showing women playing soccer

FIFA Women’s World Cup: USA vs. The Netherlands

Gather at the Hammer to watch the USA Women's National team face The Netherlands in the Group Stage along with fellow soccer fanatics on large screens.

Wed Jul 26 6:00 PM

Part of the series 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Gallery visitors looking at an Ishi Glinsky artwork, a massive leather jacket

Coffee with a Curator: Van Leo, Ecstatic & Kara Walker

Hammer members experience our exhibitions before the museum opens to the public with coffee and pastries followed by curator-led walk-throughs of Becoming Van Leo, Ecstatic, and Kara Walker.

Thu Jul 27 10:00 AM