Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The museum will close at 4 pm on Christmas Eve (December 24) and New Year's Eve (December 31), and will be closed all day on Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1).

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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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Special Programs Music & Performance

Will Rawls: Unmade

Made in L.A. artist Will Rawls performs in the Hammer's courtyard and gallery spaces, reflecting on notions of resource-sharing and social choreography.

Sat Jan 17 12:00 PM

Brightly colored painting of a sad teddy bear riding a car along a road

Exhibition Highlights Tour: Made in L.A. 2025

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

Sat Jan 17 1:00 PM

Black-and-white image of the back of a person's head with short black hair, pointing a metal object at another figure wearing a black suit and hat

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.

Tue Jan 20 11:00 AM

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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 Jan 22 12:30 PM

Some Favorite Writers: Jean Strouse

In her newest publication, award-winning author Jean Strouse captures the dramas, mysteries, intrigues, and tragedies surrounding John Singer Sargent's portraits of the Wertheimer family.

Thu Jan 22 7:30 PM

Brightly colored painting of a sad teddy bear riding a car along a road

Exhibition Highlights Tour: Made in L.A. 2025

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

Sat Jan 24 1:00 PM

Expressionist still life with eggplants on a table in an ornate room

Space is Relative: Matisse Experiments

Art historian John Walsh shows how in mid-career Matisse was encouraged by foreign patrons to explore primal scenes in figure paintings, and domestic interiors with arbitrary space and exuberant decoration.

Sun Jan 25 3:00 PM

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

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

Director Emeritus, J. Paul Getty Museum, John Walsh leads an after-hours tour of the exhibition.

Wed Jan 28 6:00 PM

Coffee with a Curator: Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70

Members at the Immerse level and above are invited to join our curators for exclusive walk-throughs of Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70.

Thu Jan 29 10:00 AM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

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 Jan 29 12:30 PM