Hammer Museum 🏛️
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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.
🎨 If art + culture give you life, say less, we’ve got you.
Visit us in Los Angeles! 🎟️ Admission to the Hammer is always FREE!
🎨 If art + culture give you life, say less, we’ve got you.
Visit us in Los Angeles! 🎟️ Admission to the Hammer is always FREE!
📆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.
From Paper Log Houses to the Cardboard Cathedral, Ban’s work demonstrates how “temporary” materials can achieve monumentality & community permanence.
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
📆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.
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.
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.
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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.
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.
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 PM
💫 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.
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.
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
🗳️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.
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
Join art historian and curator John Walsh for lecture series on Matisse
Sundays Jan 11, 25 & Feb 8, 22 @ 3PM
https://hmmr.buzz/JWMatisse
January 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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
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."
Her work is currently on view in "Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70."
December 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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."
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.
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.
December 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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.
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
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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
December 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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
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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
A heads-up ahead of the holidays! 🌲
Hammer Museum
• December 24 – Close at 4PM
• December 25 – Closed
• December 31 – Close at 4PM
• January 1 – Closed
Lulu restaurant
• December 23 – Closed for dinner
• December 24, 25 – Closed all day
• December 31 – Closed for dinner
• January 1 – Closed all day
Hammer Museum
• December 24 – Close at 4PM
• December 25 – Closed
• December 31 – Close at 4PM
• January 1 – Closed
Lulu restaurant
• December 23 – Closed for dinner
• December 24, 25 – Closed all day
• December 31 – Closed for dinner
• January 1 – Closed all day
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A heads-up ahead of the holidays! 🌲
Hammer Museum
• December 24 – Close at 4PM
• December 25 – Closed
• December 31 – Close at 4PM
• January 1 – Closed
Lulu restaurant
• December 23 – Closed for dinner
• December 24, 25 – Closed all day
• December 31 – Closed for dinner
• January 1 – Closed all day
Hammer Museum
• December 24 – Close at 4PM
• December 25 – Closed
• December 31 – Close at 4PM
• January 1 – Closed
Lulu restaurant
• December 23 – Closed for dinner
• December 24, 25 – Closed all day
• December 31 – Closed for dinner
• January 1 – Closed all day
Five centuries. One room. Zero chance you scroll past this. 🔔 NOW OPEN! "Five Centuries of Works on Paper "celebrates 70 years of the Grunwald Center—home to over 45,000 prints, drawings, photos, and artists’ books from the Renaissance to today.
https://hmmr.buzz/grunwald70
https://hmmr.buzz/grunwald70
December 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Five centuries. One room. Zero chance you scroll past this. 🔔 NOW OPEN! "Five Centuries of Works on Paper "celebrates 70 years of the Grunwald Center—home to over 45,000 prints, drawings, photos, and artists’ books from the Renaissance to today.
https://hmmr.buzz/grunwald70
https://hmmr.buzz/grunwald70
🤔 We're asking an impossible question: Which Made in L.A. 2025 artwork is your favorite?!
Visitors like you vote on which artist receives the $25,000 Mohn Public Recognition Award.
🗳️A person can vote only once. Cast yours by February 1, 2026.
Look for the voting kiosks to select your favorite!
Visitors like you vote on which artist receives the $25,000 Mohn Public Recognition Award.
🗳️A person can vote only once. Cast yours by February 1, 2026.
Look for the voting kiosks to select your favorite!
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
🤔 We're asking an impossible question: Which Made in L.A. 2025 artwork is your favorite?!
Visitors like you vote on which artist receives the $25,000 Mohn Public Recognition Award.
🗳️A person can vote only once. Cast yours by February 1, 2026.
Look for the voting kiosks to select your favorite!
Visitors like you vote on which artist receives the $25,000 Mohn Public Recognition Award.
🗳️A person can vote only once. Cast yours by February 1, 2026.
Look for the voting kiosks to select your favorite!
The Hammer Museum and Lulu will be closed on Thursday, November 27 in observance of Thanksgiving.
We reopen Friday, November 28.
We reopen Friday, November 28.
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Hammer Museum and Lulu will be closed on Thursday, November 27 in observance of Thanksgiving.
We reopen Friday, November 28.
We reopen Friday, November 28.
🚗🐎 Final lap! Only a few days remain to enjoy "Lawrence Lek: NOX High-Rise."
Be sure to visit before the immersive exhibition closes on Sunday, November 16. ⚡🛻
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📸 by @ceremony_blue
Be sure to visit before the immersive exhibition closes on Sunday, November 16. ⚡🛻
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📸 by @ceremony_blue
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🚗🐎 Final lap! Only a few days remain to enjoy "Lawrence Lek: NOX High-Rise."
Be sure to visit before the immersive exhibition closes on Sunday, November 16. ⚡🛻
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📸 by @ceremony_blue
Be sure to visit before the immersive exhibition closes on Sunday, November 16. ⚡🛻
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📸 by @ceremony_blue
Brian Rochefort @energygloop fires layer after layer of glaze until his ceramics crack, ooze, and glow like volcanic coral from another planet. Gritty exteriors meet dreamy interiors, giving each piece serious “alive” energy.
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Brian Rochefort @energygloop fires layer after layer of glaze until his ceramics crack, ooze, and glow like volcanic coral from another planet. Gritty exteriors meet dreamy interiors, giving each piece serious “alive” energy.
🌟The Hammer Museum presents the 10th Edition of MoMA Contenders, The Museum of Modern Art’s renowned series of influential, innovative films from the past year.
There's a great lineup of films for you to watch on the big screen, some with special in-person guests.
https://hmmr.buzz/Contenders25
There's a great lineup of films for you to watch on the big screen, some with special in-person guests.
https://hmmr.buzz/Contenders25
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🌟The Hammer Museum presents the 10th Edition of MoMA Contenders, The Museum of Modern Art’s renowned series of influential, innovative films from the past year.
There's a great lineup of films for you to watch on the big screen, some with special in-person guests.
https://hmmr.buzz/Contenders25
There's a great lineup of films for you to watch on the big screen, some with special in-person guests.
https://hmmr.buzz/Contenders25
It's time to enjoy another eclectic night of fresh voices and bold ideas at the Flux Film festival screening series at the Hammer🎥
You'll laugh, cry, gasp, and more watching wildly inventive short films and music videos from around the globe.
🗓️Thurs, Nov 13, 7:30PM
https://hmmr.buzz/fluxfall2025
You'll laugh, cry, gasp, and more watching wildly inventive short films and music videos from around the globe.
🗓️Thurs, Nov 13, 7:30PM
https://hmmr.buzz/fluxfall2025
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It's time to enjoy another eclectic night of fresh voices and bold ideas at the Flux Film festival screening series at the Hammer🎥
You'll laugh, cry, gasp, and more watching wildly inventive short films and music videos from around the globe.
🗓️Thurs, Nov 13, 7:30PM
https://hmmr.buzz/fluxfall2025
You'll laugh, cry, gasp, and more watching wildly inventive short films and music videos from around the globe.
🗓️Thurs, Nov 13, 7:30PM
https://hmmr.buzz/fluxfall2025
Kelly Wall’s sculptures turn nostalgia into something you can hold.
In “Wistful Thinking,” her custom penny press outputs the classic flattened tokens with ambiguous phrases such as “You Are Here.”
Visitors might throw these coins into a nearby fountain, whose water spills down stacks of mugs.
In “Wistful Thinking,” her custom penny press outputs the classic flattened tokens with ambiguous phrases such as “You Are Here.”
Visitors might throw these coins into a nearby fountain, whose water spills down stacks of mugs.
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Kelly Wall’s sculptures turn nostalgia into something you can hold.
In “Wistful Thinking,” her custom penny press outputs the classic flattened tokens with ambiguous phrases such as “You Are Here.”
Visitors might throw these coins into a nearby fountain, whose water spills down stacks of mugs.
In “Wistful Thinking,” her custom penny press outputs the classic flattened tokens with ambiguous phrases such as “You Are Here.”
Visitors might throw these coins into a nearby fountain, whose water spills down stacks of mugs.
The art of winning 🏆 Post-Impressionism, meet post-season glory. 💙⚾🎨 Dodgers, you did it again! Congratulations, World Series Champions! 💫
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The art of winning 🏆 Post-Impressionism, meet post-season glory. 💙⚾🎨 Dodgers, you did it again! Congratulations, World Series Champions! 💫
Made in L.A. 2025 choreographer Will Rawls's "Unmade" performance weaves within the Hammer Museum spaces and traverses through the seasons, each monthly performance building upon the last.
Meditating through time, every performance is different. https://hmmr.buzz/willrawls
Saturday, Nov 1, 12–4PM
Meditating through time, every performance is different. https://hmmr.buzz/willrawls
Saturday, Nov 1, 12–4PM
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Made in L.A. 2025 choreographer Will Rawls's "Unmade" performance weaves within the Hammer Museum spaces and traverses through the seasons, each monthly performance building upon the last.
Meditating through time, every performance is different. https://hmmr.buzz/willrawls
Saturday, Nov 1, 12–4PM
Meditating through time, every performance is different. https://hmmr.buzz/willrawls
Saturday, Nov 1, 12–4PM
"Let's go, Dodgers!"—Rembrandt van Rijn's, Juno
October 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Let's go, Dodgers!"—Rembrandt van Rijn's, Juno
🗳️ Exercise your right to vote at The Hammer Museum at UCLA an official Vote Center for the upcoming Statewide Special Election.
🇺🇸 Early Voting Period: Saturday, Nov 1–Monday, Nov 3, 9AM–8PM
🇺🇸 Election Day: Tuesday, Nov 4, 6AM–10PM
https://hmmr.buzz/2025-vote
🇺🇸 Early Voting Period: Saturday, Nov 1–Monday, Nov 3, 9AM–8PM
🇺🇸 Election Day: Tuesday, Nov 4, 6AM–10PM
https://hmmr.buzz/2025-vote
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🗳️ Exercise your right to vote at The Hammer Museum at UCLA an official Vote Center for the upcoming Statewide Special Election.
🇺🇸 Early Voting Period: Saturday, Nov 1–Monday, Nov 3, 9AM–8PM
🇺🇸 Election Day: Tuesday, Nov 4, 6AM–10PM
https://hmmr.buzz/2025-vote
🇺🇸 Early Voting Period: Saturday, Nov 1–Monday, Nov 3, 9AM–8PM
🇺🇸 Election Day: Tuesday, Nov 4, 6AM–10PM
https://hmmr.buzz/2025-vote
🎫 The Hammer has your golden ticket! 🍫 Enjoy snozberries, Oompa-Loompas, and Mel Stuart's infamous tunnel scene on the big screen for Family Flicks: Wily Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. 🏭
🗓️ Sunday, October 19, 11AM
Plan your visit! 🔗 https://hmmr.buzz/wonka-flick
🗓️ Sunday, October 19, 11AM
Plan your visit! 🔗 https://hmmr.buzz/wonka-flick
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🎫 The Hammer has your golden ticket! 🍫 Enjoy snozberries, Oompa-Loompas, and Mel Stuart's infamous tunnel scene on the big screen for Family Flicks: Wily Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. 🏭
🗓️ Sunday, October 19, 11AM
Plan your visit! 🔗 https://hmmr.buzz/wonka-flick
🗓️ Sunday, October 19, 11AM
Plan your visit! 🔗 https://hmmr.buzz/wonka-flick
📺 Tune in to the conversation between Law professor and Strict Scrutiny podcast host Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social and UCLA Law @law.ucla.edu Professor Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social from last week's special Hammer Forum. 🔗 https://hmmr.buzz/LeahLitman
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
📺 Tune in to the conversation between Law professor and Strict Scrutiny podcast host Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social and UCLA Law @law.ucla.edu Professor Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social from last week's special Hammer Forum. 🔗 https://hmmr.buzz/LeahLitman
🌴⭐️ "L.A. is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities," said Jack Kerouac, a common critique of one of the world's most misunderstood places.
If you're not from here, you might think that there is no sense of community. Made in L.A. 2025 dispels this myth and reveals many connections. 🎥🎨
If you're not from here, you might think that there is no sense of community. Made in L.A. 2025 dispels this myth and reveals many connections. 🎥🎨
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🌴⭐️ "L.A. is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities," said Jack Kerouac, a common critique of one of the world's most misunderstood places.
If you're not from here, you might think that there is no sense of community. Made in L.A. 2025 dispels this myth and reveals many connections. 🎥🎨
If you're not from here, you might think that there is no sense of community. Made in L.A. 2025 dispels this myth and reveals many connections. 🎥🎨
🐝 Join the book launch for “The ABCs of California’s Native Bees," by National Geographic Explorer Krystle Hickman. Explore with us 26 amazing species of bees showing how these mighty pollinators shape our Golden State ecosystems.
📅 Monday, October 21, 7:30PM
https://hmmr.buzz/plantit-bees
📅 Monday, October 21, 7:30PM
https://hmmr.buzz/plantit-bees
October 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🐝 Join the book launch for “The ABCs of California’s Native Bees," by National Geographic Explorer Krystle Hickman. Explore with us 26 amazing species of bees showing how these mighty pollinators shape our Golden State ecosystems.
📅 Monday, October 21, 7:30PM
https://hmmr.buzz/plantit-bees
📅 Monday, October 21, 7:30PM
https://hmmr.buzz/plantit-bees