Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The museum will close at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and be closed all day Saturday, April 4 in advance of the Spring Exhibitions Opening. Join us for the opening

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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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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

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

Sat Feb 7 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Numbskull Revolution

Filmmaker Jon Moritsugu, the "Godfather of Punk Cinema" will be on hand for the world theatrical premiere of Numbskull Revolution, his first feature in over a decade.

Sat Feb 7 7:30 PM

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826LA@Hammer: Improv: Creative Fuel

Learn to use comedic improv as a springboard into all kinds of writing and creating! Led by Groundling's Theater and School teacher, Tim Johnson.

Sun Feb 8 11:00 AM

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Home and Away: Matisse Makes Another Heaven

Art historian John Walsh shows how between the wars Henri Matisse continued experiments adapting Cubist ideas to his recognizable forms.

Sun Feb 8 3:00 PM

Part of the series Matisse’s Surprises, with John Walsh

Activist Grace Lee Boggs

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Homes Apart: Korea / American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

Screening of a trio of films dealing with political and geographical displacement.

Sun Feb 8 7:00 PM

Calling In: Navigating Challenging Conversations with Dr. Loretta Ross

Join renowned activist, professor, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow Loretta J. Ross to explore the powerful practice of "calling in," a transformative approach to move from conflict to constructive dialogue.

Tue Feb 10 7:30 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Unknown Artist

Curatorial fellow Kelin Michael leads an in-person discussion of an unknown artist's illustration of "incident at court" (and other medieval fragments).

Wed Feb 11 12:30 PM

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After-Hours Tour: Zirwat Chowdhury on Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70

UCLA professor of art history Zirwat Chowdhury leads an after-hours tour of the exhibition.

Wed Feb 11 6:00 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 Feb 12 12:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Under Construction (or the place where I was born no longer exists) / Give Me a Home

Double feature including Ignacio Agüero's documentary of a man in Santiago, Chile who watches as his neighborhood changes around him, and Tsai Ming-liang's made-for-TV movie set in 1990s Taipei.

Fri Feb 13 7:30 PM