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The Hammer Museum at UCLA believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

On View

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Refashioning: CFGNY & Wataru Tominaga

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Refashioning presents two project spaces from transdisciplinary artists and fashion designers Concept Foreign Garments New York (CFGNY) and Wataru Tominaga, featuring garments, accessories, and textile works.
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David Medalla: In Conversation with the Cosmos

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An exhibition that contextualizes the elusive and experimental practice of David Medalla, an artist whose pioneering work spanned kinetic, performance, and participatory art movements.
A man leans over a woman on the witness stand, as if about to kiss her. A tear appears on the woman's cheek.

Hammer Projects: Jordan Strafer

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Pulling from the genre of erotic thrillers and televised court cases from the period, Strafer presents two videos set against the backdrop of a fictionalized high-profile rape trial in 1990s-era Florida.
An artwork of a man in a cloak looking up at a pink rose

Houseguest: Mute Flesh

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Artist EJ Hill selects from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts Collection.
Hammer lobby wall installation depicting a group of abstracted figures, young gymnasts in leotards and high buns, which red architectural lines painted on white

Hammer Projects: Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi

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For her site-specific Hammer Project, Nkosi unveils a multimedia installation in the museum lobby, delving into the architecture of the gymnastics arena, which serves as a vessel for narratives of identity, performance, patriarchy, and power.

Upcoming Programs

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In-Gallery: Quilting Bee with Wataru Tominaga

Jun 18 & 20, 2024 1:00 PM
Fashion designer and artist Wataru Tominaga, along with a collective of local artists, transforms the gallery space into a sewing room.
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Screenings

Perfumed Nightmare (Mababangong Bangungot)

Considered one of the first Filipino indie films, Perfumed Nightmare follows the adventures of a jeepney driver who dreams of emigrating to America to become an astronaut.
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Screenings

Flux, Summer 2024

The Flux screening series brings the creative community together to celebrate outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe.

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Art

Stories of Almost Everyone: Visitor Ben Barcelona

Ben Barcelona visits the Hammer every Wednesday. He discusses Cian Dayrit's Tiis Ganda, Kutis Amerika (2017).
Film & TV

Greta Lee on "Past Lives"

Post-screening Q&A with actress Greta Lee, moderated by MoMA Associate Curator, Department of Film Sophie Cavoulacos.
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Restaurant

Lulu is the Hammer's new restaurant from David Tanis and Alice Waters.
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Museum Transformation

Learn more about our new entrance, galleries, and expanded lobby.

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Discussing Social Justice

Image: Charles White, Love Letter #1, 1971. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase. Photo by Ed Glendinning
Love Letter #1
Image: Charles White, Love Letter #1, 1971. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase. Photo by Ed Glendinning

Her Dream Deferred Series

This series explored the status of black women and girls in the United States, lifting their voices and stories to find solutions to social injustice. Copresented with the African American Policy Forum

The Watts Rebellion: 50 Years Later

Three historians discuss the past and present of race relations in the United States.

Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980

This digital archive of the 2011–2012 exhibition examines the legacy of African-American artists in L.A., many of whom were connected to civil rights and Black Power movements.

Social Justice in Church and State

Watch this 2014 program with Sister Simone Campbell who discussed the resurgence of social justice issues in the Catholic Church