Programs & Events Art & Ideas Public Programs Exhibitions Public Programs Collections Artist Initiatives Explore Online Academic Programs K-12 & Families Featured programs 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.
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.
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 Nov 1 11:00 AM
Tours & Talks Lunchtime Art Talk on Pippa Garner Curatorial assistant Ashton Cooper leads an in-person discussion of Pippa Garner's work. Wed Nov 1 12:30 PM
Screenings Beyond Utopia Following two families attempting to defect from North Korea, the most oppressive country on Earth, Beyond Utopia reveals the lengths people will go on the three-thousand mile, four-country journey to freedom. Wed Nov 1 7:30 PM
Hammer Forum Why is it So Hard to Build Housing in L.A.? Anna Scott invites Yasmin Tong, Hamid Behdad, and Michael Lens to discuss obstacles to building in L.A. and sustained solutions to homelessness. Thu Nov 2 7:30 PM Part of the series Hammer Forum: L.A.’s Housing Crisis
Screenings Food and Film: Amuse Bouche Chef Alice Waters will be in person to introduce a tasty sampling menu of short films about food from around the world. Fri Nov 3 7:30 PM
Tours & Talks Exhibition Tour: Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living. Sat Nov 4 1:00 PM
Screenings Reservation Dogs Join us for a tribute to FX’s Reservation Dogs with a screening of two acclaimed episodes and an in-person conversation with producers-writers-directors Sterlin Harjo and Tazbah Rose Chavez. Sat Nov 4 7:30 PM
Kids 826LA@Hammer: A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words—Let’s Write Some! In this workshop, students will explore how to incorporate dialogue to expand their stories and develop their characters, using a six-word story template as a basis. Sun Nov 5 11:00 AM
Screenings La Région Centrale UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a series of films that play with the representation of real time and elevate its passage to their explicit subject. Rarely screened, La Région Centrale is a three-hour film that is both dizzying and technologically sublime Sun Nov 5 7:00 PM
Conversations Sanford Biggers & Dr. Tiffany E. Barber Biggers, whose sculpture Oracle inaugurates the Hammer’s new sculpture terrace on Wilshire Boulevard, is joined by a UCLA assistant professor of African American art in conversation. Tue Nov 7 7:30 PM