Hammer Museum

The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Katsushika Hokusai is led by Luce/Getty curatorial fellow Kelin Michael.

Celebrate Made in L.A. 2025 with galleries open late and music in the courtyard. Food and drink will be available for purchase all night. The party starts early for Members! Become a Hammer Member and receive priority entry beginning at 6:30 PM. Members at the Impact level and above ($500+) are also invited to attend the Director’s Reception, prior to the public celebration, featuring cocktails and bites. Join today. Let us know you're coming!

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Made in L.A. 2025 artist Will Rawls’ performances will traverse the museum, moving between the Hammer’s galleries and outdoor spaces. Each iteration stages multiple vignettes reflecting on notions of resource-sharing and social choreography.

Exhibition curator Essence Harden leads a walk-through of Made in L.A. 2025. Capacity is limited. Visitors will be admitted on a first come, first served basis.

The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Lawrence Lek is led by curator Pablo José Ramírez.

Join kabuki scholar Dr. Satoko Shimazaki for an after-hours tour of Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

Saturdays, 1:00pm, Oct 11 2025- Feb 28 2026 Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Made in L.A. 2025. Capacity is limited. Visitors will be admitted on a first come, first served basis.

Co-presented with UCLA School of Law. University of Michigan Law School Professor Leah Litman will discuss her provocative new book Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes, which argues that the Court has abandoned legal reasoning in favor of political grievances dressed up in judicial language. With her signature blend of serious legal analysis and irreverent wit, Litman will discuss how major Supreme Court decisions are made. Litman will be in dialogue with UCLA Law Professor Rick Hasen.

The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Utagawa Hiroshige is led by curatorial assistant Jennie Waldow.

Join National Geographic Explorer Krystle Hickman for a captivating talk on California’s native bee species and the plants they thrive on. California hosts over 1,600 native bee species, making it one of the world's most biodiverse regions. But our native bees—as distinct from honey bees—risk extinction from climate change and habitat loss. In her new book, The ABCs of California’s Native Bees, Hickman describes 26 critical bee species—from the Agile Longhorn Bee to the Zone-tailed Banded-Mining Bee—through stunning photography and expert insights on identification, habitats, and conservation. A conversation with Michelle Fullner, host of the popular Golden State Naturalist podcast, and a book signing follows the talk.

The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Made in L.A. 2025 artist Widline Cadet is led by curatorial assistant Juan Manuel Silverio. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/cadet-arttalk

The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Made in L.A. 2025 artist Alake Shilling is led by assistant director of Academic Programs Hallie Scott. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/shilling-talk

The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Made in L.A. 2025 artist Nicole-Antonia Spagnola is led by curatorial assistant Jennie Waldow. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/spagnola-talk

Join artist Gajin Fujita for an after-hours tour of Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) is led by Grunwald Cener director and chief curator Naoko Takahatake.

The Flux screening series brings the creative community together to celebrate outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe, with wildly inventive filmmaker presentations and performances, followed by a courtyard party with DJ and cash bar.

A mysterious tollbooth and a toy car transport young Milo to a magical, topsy-turvy world where letters are at war with numbers. Accompanied by the “watchdog” Tock, Milo embarks on a fantastical adventure to reunite the Kingdom of Wisdom in this live action/animated film based on the children’s book by Norton Juster. 1970, dir. Chuck Jones, 90 min.

Pioneering conceptual artist Lynn Hershman Leeson has spent six decades exploring technology, identity, and surveillance with prophetic vision. Long before digital avatars became commonplace, she created groundbreaking works like interactive touch screen installations and the Roberta Breitmore series, inhabiting a fictional alter ego with IRL credentials. Her prescient art warned of technology’s perils while celebrating transformation. From unconventional venues to acclaimed films starring Tilda Swinton, she carved her path as a visionary who foresaw our hyper-connected world. Join Leeson and art historian Margot Norton for an evening of video screenings and insights into a revolutionary career and her new book Private I.

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. Diana Ross, as Dorothy, heads up the all Black cast featuring Michael Jackson, as The Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as The Tin Man, Ted Ross as The Lion and Richard Pryor as The Wiz. 1978, dir. Sidney Lumet, 134 min.

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The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Made in L.A. 2025 artist Freddy Villalobos is led by curatorial assistant Juan Manuel Silverio. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/villalobos

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