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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Exhibition Tour: Made in L.A. 2025

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

Sat Dec 6 1:00 PM

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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

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

Sat Dec 6 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Our Father, the Devil

Writer-director Ellie Foumbi’s taut, elegant revenge thriller stands up as one of the most engrossing depictions of the aftermath of trauma, even as it surrenders to the allure of supposed payback.

Sat Dec 6 7:30 PM

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Kids Screenings

Family Flicks: The Wiz

Director Sidney Lumet's dazzlingly inventive adaptation of the hit Broadway musical transplants L. Frank Baum's fantastical world from somewhere over the rainbow to somewhere over the Brooklyn Bridge.

Sun Dec 7 11:00 AM

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Art in Conversation

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

Sun Dec 7 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Putney Swope / Hi, Mom!

Cartoonist and illustrator Nathan Gelgud ill be on hand for this screening of two films, by writer-directors Robert Downey, Sr. and Brian De Palma

Sun Dec 7 7:00 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Freddy Villalobos

Assistant director of Academic Programs Hallie Scott leads an in-person discussion of Alake Shilling's work in Made in L.A. 2025.

Wed Dec 10 12:30 PM

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Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

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

Thu Dec 11 12:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Reality Frictions / Bontoc Eulogy

Steve F. Anderson explores the “intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood” with his latest essay feature film, Reality Frictions, followed by a Q&A and screening of Bontoc Eulogy.

Fri Dec 12 7:30 PM

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Nicole-Antonia Spagnola: 1-2-3: Apartment Gallery

Made in L.A. 2025 artist Nicole-Antonia Spagnola’s short film 1-2-3: Apartment Gallery (2025) loops on the big screen in the Billy Wilder Theater.

Sat Dec 13 11:00 AM