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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Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea

This extraordinary 3D documentary tells the story of artist, marine, and acrobat H. C. (Cliff) Westermann. Screening followed by Q&A with director Leslie Buchbinder, Frank Gehry, and Ed Ruscha.

Tue Oct 3 7:30 PM

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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 Oct 4 11:00 AM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Art Made Between Opposite Sides (AMBOS)

Curatorial assistant Nika Chilewich leads an in-person discussion of Art Made Between Opposite Sides (AMBOS).

Wed Oct 4 12:30 PM

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50 Years of Ms. Magazine, with Dolores Huerta and Eleanor Smeal

In this panel, the magazine’s executive editor Katherine Spillar looks back on the legacy of Ms. and the future of feminism alongside labor rights champion Dolores Huerta, Eleanor Smeal, Carmen Rios, and Michele Bratcher Goodwin

Thu Oct 5 7:30 PM

Helen Huntley and Stan Kenton in “Jammin’ in the Panoram.”

Soundies

We’re transforming the Billy Wilder Theater into a big-screen Panoram to showcase Kino Classics’ toe-tapping, eye-opening collection of newly restored Soundies

Fri Oct 6 7:30 PM

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The Unknown/Dollar Down

This program will feature an introduction by Steven K. Hill, Associate Motion Picture Curator at the Archive and co-founder of Silent Movie Day.

Sat Oct 7 7:30 PM

Music & Performance

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Composer and producer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith gives a special, intimate performance inside the galleries, in conjunction with the Hammer’s installation of Rita McBride: Particulates.

Sat Oct 7 8:00 PM

Piet Mondrian in his studio

Mondrian: Paris, and a Better World

Art historian and curator John Walsh discusses Piet Mondrian's first explorations of cubism, which suggested new possibilities for representing the visual world

Sun Oct 8 3:00 PM

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

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Leftover Ladies

This rarely shown pre-Code film is chock full of transgressions that would have made Will Hays swoon!

Sun Oct 8 7:00 PM

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Eastside Sound: Lowrider & Soul

Ruben Molina joins Made in L.A. artist Gary Garay for a conversation on the archives of Los Angeles lowrider and soul music through a Chicano and Mexicano perspective.

Tue Oct 10 7:30 PM

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