“‘Several Eternities in a Day’ invites visitors to rethink permanence and humanity’s place in nature…” — LAist
This Earth Month, discover why "Several Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials" made LAist’s list of must-visit exhibitions. 🌿
https://hmmr.buzz/selaist
Mark Bradford's @markbradfordart "James Brown is Dead" was amongst the museum's first acquisitions when the Hammer began its Contemporary Art Collection, established in 2005.
👀 See all the details—like early internet imagery—of this mixed media piece up close, now on view in "SPACE IS THE PLACE."
Join artist Monica Majoli for an after-hours tour of "Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70."
Capacity is limited. Visitors will be admitted on a first come, first served basis.
We invite you to join esteemed writer, curator, and critic Hilton Als @hilton.als and Hammer Director Zoë Ryan @zoeryanprojects for a special evening of conversation on the practice of curation. Als will also read from a current work-in-progress. https://hmmr.buzz/als-ryan-curate
Gene Kelly dancing and singing around a lamp post.
“Singin’ in the Rain” (1952)
Sunday, Apr. 12, 11 a.m.
35mm! In this classic musical, a silent movie star (Gene Kelly) tries to make the leap to talkies, while a chorus girl (Debbie Reynolds) finds her entry into Hollywood no less complicated.
Co-presented by @hammer.ucla.edu
Free! ucla.in/4dzlhNs
On Tuesday, April 7 at 7:30PM, we'll host a UCLA Department of Art lecture with 2022 Guggenheim Fellow and Associate Professor and Ceramics Area Head at UCLA, Anna Sew Hoy.
🧑🏻💻Visit https://hmmr.buzz/annasewhoy
NOW OPEN in our lobby 🤩 For his Hammer Project, Mike Cloud presents two series of works exploring modern-day tragedies and consumer culture.
See "Hammer Projects: Mike Cloud" on view March 28, 2026–January 7, 2027.
Take a screenshot to find your artwork of the day! 👀
The Hammer Online Collection lets you slow down and explore thousands of artworks across time, medium, and movement.
Save a virtual collection and create citations easily—perfect for students, scholars, and researchers! https://hmmr.buzz/HOC
🔔 Opening soon! SPACE IS THE PLACE: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection brings together nearly 30 artists working across mediums to explore Afrofuturism, belonging, placemaking, and presence.
📅 Apr 5 – Sep 6, 2026
https://hmmr.buzz/SITP
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Jamilah Sabur, Playing Possum, 2012 (excerpt)
Join us Sunday, March 22 at 2PM to celebrate Made in L.A. 2023 Mohn Award winner Akinsanya Kambon and his first monograph, The Hero Avenges.
Get your copy signed and dive into a body of work shaped by histories of the Black diaspora, resistance, and revolution.
It’s a museum—but make it a party 🪩
Join us Saturday, April 4, 8–10:30PM for an open-air night under the stars. Dance in the courtyard, explore galleries after dark, and celebrate a new season.
🖼️ 6 exhibitions
🎶 Live DJs
🍔 Food + drinks
🌙 Late-night vibes
🎟️ FREE | https://hmmr.buzz/springopen26
🏆 Golden Lion winner at the 2019 Venice Biennale, Arthur Jafa’s "The White Album" is now on view.
Using footage from news, social media, and music videos, the installation examines how whiteness and power circulate through American culture.
⚠️ Contains language and depictions of violence.
Together, we've committed to experimenting with wider climate-control parameters for temperature and relative humidity, changing criteria for outgoing loans when safe, and incorporating measures to reduce air travel and exhibition waste.
Read action plans: gty.art/40plsmK
A hand holds a temperature reader. Text reads: Making the arts more sustainable. Arts institutions in Los Angeles commit to climate action. Read full story getty.edu/news
How can we create a greener future for the arts?
Today, Getty, LACMA, MOCA Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, and Hauser & Wirth announced a commitment to implement the Bizot Green Protocol, a set of recommendations for more sustainable collections care.
gty.art/40plsmK
Art exhibit at The Hammer Museum in Downtown Los Angeles, a black cube suspends a blue neon sign that reads “‘til somebody”
Art exhibit at The Hammer Museum in Downtown Los Angeles, a black cube suspends a blue neon sign that reads “loves you”
Painting of a Black woman in a garden
Painting of a Black man in a forest, looking up and to the left
At the @hammer.ucla.edu
A memorial is being planned in LA this June. Details soon.
It’s with deep sadness that we share that Ulysses Jenkins passed away on February 23, 2026.
A Los Angeles–born pioneer of experimental video, his work across film, performance, murals, and photography reshaped how we see race, history, ritual, gender, and power.
Why choose one Valentine when you can celebrate them all? Rockwell Kent’s "Untitled (Lovers)" reminds us that love, is worth sharing.
💐 Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at the Hammer! 💕
Big news!! 🏆 Ali Eyal receives this year’s $100K Mohn Award for artistic excellence + a museum-produced publication.
Also honored:
🔸 Greg Breda — Public Recognition Award
🔸 Carl Cheng — Career Achievement Award
See their work on view in Made in L.A. until March 1.
🎉 https://hmmr.buzz/Mohn25
Artist and Catholic nun Corita Kent produced brightly colored screenprints advocating for civil rights, social justice, and peace.🕊️
This work, "that man loves," incorporates text by Jesuit priest & anti-war activist Daniel Berrigan.
The Hammer Museum names Michael Wellen as Chief Curator and Regan Pro as Chief of Learning, Engagement, and Research. Wellen will lead exhibitions and collections, while Pro will guide public programs and community partnerships, shaping how audiences connect with art and learning.
Greg Breda’s artwork asks you to slow down and breathe. 🌿 His portraits create spaces of quiet reflection— where brown-skinned figures are in soft light, surrounded by plants.
Breda uses muted palettes, visible brushwork, and symbolic flowers to hold space for spirituality, patience, and memory.
📆Fri, Jan 30 @ 7:30PM: Join Pritzker Prize–winning architect Shigeru Ban for a special conversation on emergency architecture and sustainable design.
From Paper Log Houses to the Cardboard Cathedral, Ban’s work demonstrates how “temporary” materials can achieve monumentality & community permanence.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, take a moment to visit the commemoration of King’s speech on Janss Steps, at the heart of UCLA's campus.
The Hammer Museum at UCLA believes that we can build a more just world through art and ideas. Let's be steadfast, working together to bring justice closer.
💫 What will your weekend look like? Step into our galleries and let art lead the way. Explore, marvel, and get lost in the stories each work has to tell.
🗳️Your vote could award an artist $25,000!
Visit Made in L.A. 2025, enjoy artwork on view, and vote for your favorite artist to win the $25,000 Mohn Public Recognition Award.🏆
Find the voting kiosks when you visit us next to select your favorite artist.
Cast your one and only vote by Feb 1, 2026.
Henri Matisse’s sixty-year career included astonishing phases through conservative realism, chromatic cubism, intimate interiors, and large-scale decorations.
Join art historian and curator John Walsh for lecture series on Matisse
Sundays Jan 11, 25 & Feb 8, 22 @ 3PM
https://hmmr.buzz/JWMatisse
Using Mixografia, a three-dimensional printmaking technique developed by Luis Remba, Saban explores how materials can visually deceive us.
Her work is currently on view in "Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70."
Season’s greetings from the Hammer Museum!
This message comes with Martha Rosler’s "From Our House to Your House," a reminder of art’s power to connect us—wherever we are.
Wishing you a creative holiday season, meaningful moments, and plenty of room for art in the year ahead.
Beloved works from the Armand Hammer Collection are now back on view. We can't wait to see you here!
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Rembrandt van Rijn, Juno, ca. 1662–65. Oil on canvas. 50 x 48 3/4 in. (127 x 123.8 cm). The Armand Hammer Collection, Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
