🌴 Experience Made in L.A. 2025 like an insider. Hammer Members get previews, early access, and special events. Membership starts at $100. 🎨 Join today + unlock year-round perks. 🗓️ The biennial's opening party is Oct 4 and members get priority entry and exclusive perks.

🍁 Happy first day of fall! 🍃🍂 Are the leaves changing where you live? 🌴 It's always spring in Los Angeles, but when we close our eyes, we dream of all the autumn colors. ___ 🎨Albrecht Altdorfer, Leaf Ornament with Lilies of the Valley, 1520-1526. Engraving. Sheet: 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.

🌴 Celebrate LA’s creativity at the opening night of Made in L.A. 2025 at the Hammer! 🎨 Galleries open late, music in the courtyard, and food + drinks all night. 🥂 🗓️ Sat Oct 4 | 8–10 PM | FREE at the Hammer Museum. Space is limited—arrive early! 🚶🏽‍♀️ Members get priority entry and special perks.

Hispanic Heritage Month begins with Guadalupe Rosales: archival art that bridges past & present. Her Made in L.A. 2023 work transforms lowrider culture, ancestral myth, mirrored portals into something raw & sacred. What piece of your history would you share?

🌟 Tickets are ON SALE for K.A.M.P.! 🌟 On October 12, give your kids a day they’ll never forget at the Hammer Museum: 🎨 Hands-on art projects with celebrated L.A. artists 📚 Story time with celebrity guests 🎉 Confetti cannon fun 🎟️ Tickets are limited—get yours today! https://hmmr.buzz/KAMP2025

⏳ Opening in one month! 🌟Made in L.A. 2025 — the Hammer Museum’s seventh biennial — brings together 28 artists and collectives practicing throughout the greater Los Angeles area. 🌴 https://hmmr.buzz/MiLA25

📣 Opening today! 📣 Explore the Hammer's latest exhibition featuring Japanese woodblock prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts' rich collection. The exhibition traces the evolution of movements that shaped global perceptions of Japanese art. 🌊 https://hmmr.buzz/risingsun

⏳This Sunday, Sep 7 marks the closing of two Hammer Projects: 🛐 Renata Petersen's architectural installation exploring the histories of new age religious sects specific to Southern California, and 🐉 Lap-See Lam's immersive video installation, "Tales of the Altersea."

✨💜 Noah Davis’ paintings are as magical as they are real. "I feel there is immense freedom in painting to create your own universe – if you don’t let ‘Art History’ or pretense get in the way."—Noah Davis ⏳ “Noah Davis” closes this Sunday, August 31.

🧘‍♀️Thursday is your final chance to join in-person Mindful Awareness Meditation in the Billy Wilder Theater before a short two-week pause in the theater. Co-presented by UCLA Mindful, the program will stream live on the Hammer’s website, so you can still enjoy your 12:30 PM mid-day reset online.

Noah Davis’s “Congo #2” transforms photography into painting, showing community over place. A powerful study of togetherness. 🌍 Hurry, don't wait! 💜 See "Noah Davis" now through August 31 at the Hammer. https://hmmr.buzz/noah-davis

Two powerful exhibitions are closing soon! 🌄 “Head for Hills” closes Aug 24—exploring everyday life, place, and culture through diverse works. 🎨 “Colectivo Cherani” closes Aug 31— a cultural movement rooted in the Purépecha community of Cherán, Mexico, blending art and ancestral traditions. ✊🏾

Opening Aug 30: “Rising Sun, Falling Rain” 🌊Featuring 80+ Japanese woodblock prints by masters like Hokusai & Hiroshige. On view thru Nov 30. https://hmmr.buzz/risingsun

JazzPOP concludes this Thursday, August 21 at 8PM with the Naomi Moon Siegel Quartet. 🎶 A gifted trombonist, composer, and bandleader, Siegel draws on influences from jazz, soul, and beyond, shaping her music into soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and tight grooves. https://hmmr.buzz/quartet

📣 TUESDAY, AUGUST 19! 🕺🏿Join us for the final Hammer Summer Concert of the season!🌴 Get ready for an evening of hip-hop and avant-garde rap with Open Mike Eagle, Jordan Patterson, & one of the original turntablists, legendary J.Rocc. 🎉

🎨 K.A.M.P. is the Hammer’s ultimate art playground for kids—and it’s back! Some of L.A.’s most visionary artists—you may even recognize them from our galleries—lead hands-on workshops, plus celeb Story Time + a confetti cannon 🎉

📼 Like cassette tapes, this show won’t rewind. "Performance on Paper" closes Sunday, August 10. hmmr.buzz/PoP

New Modern Art Notes Podcast! Noah Davis at @hammer.ucla.edu; Francesca Fuchs at the Menil! manpodcast.com/portfolio/no... 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 🔊: open.spotify.com/episode/3QJP...

🎶✨ Summer nights, courtyard vibes, & global beats! ✨🎶 🔥 Very Be Careful becareful brings Colombian vallenato & cumbia fire 🌊 Healing Gems deliver dreamy, genre-bending grooves. 🎧 DJ Eléanora spins global rhythms that turn the dance floor into pure liberation.

Congratulations to former Hammer director Ann Philbin on receiving the 2025 Getty Prize! As part of the prize, she has chosen NPR, KCRW & LAist to receive a $500,000 "pay-it-forward" grant.

I guess we have even more to talk about tomorrow night in our SCOTUS term in review event @hammer.ucla.edu @law.ucla.edu bsky.app/profile/stev...

Your summer sound trip starts Thursday night 🎶✨ FREE courtyard concert → Dummy + Maral + DJ set by Aaron Coyes of Peaking Lights 🔊 🎨 Late gallery hours 🍹 Happy Hour @ 6:30 🎤 Music @ 7:30 🎟️ FREE entry — first-come, first-served! 🎫 Members skip the line + get a free drink hmmr.buzz/summer-conce...

✨ Ever wonder what the afterglow of music history looks like? In "Untitled (Shadows Evade the Sun I)," artist Dario Robleto hunted down vintage fan photos at garage and estate sales. What he found? Constellations of stage lights, still shimmering decades later.

London-based artist Lawrence Lek adds his artistic skills to AI discussion and how humanity and machines interact-- Click the picture to read the full preview-- @hammer.ucla.edu #LawrenceLek #LAArt #LAMuseums #PictureThisPostArt #PictureThisPostMuseums #AI #UCLA #Architecture #GameDesign #SciFi

Many of you have seen the mural in our lobby—but have you noticed the man with the leg of an eagle? It’s a powerful symbol of Mexico. And he’s holding a U.S. flag.

Your summer soundtrack is about to start! 🌙🌴🎶 The Hammer’s FREE Summer Concerts are back and vibing in the courtyard.

Want to make sense of the Supreme Court term that’s about to conclude? Join us July 15 @hammer.ucla.edu In conjunction with @law.ucla.edu safeguardingdemocracyproject.org ! Event will be recorded and video posted.

Flux is back at the Hammer on August 20 — and we’re looking for visionary shorts, music videos, and boundary-pushing visuals to showcase. Submit by June 30 (regular) or July 30 (late): filmfreeway.com/Flux

🎞️ Watch with us a special screening of a new documentary “Heightened Scrutiny,” which follows the battle against anti-trans laws and ACLU attorney Chase Strangio as he becomes the first openly transgender person to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Happy first day of summer!☀️🩱⛱️ In Noah Davis' "1975 (8)," seen here, freedom is imagined midair.

Good reminder today that we'll be discussing the Skirmetti case at this @hammer.ucla.edu @law.ucla.edu event. Join us!

Opening on June 28! 🚨 The future has arrived… and it’s asking for a therapy session. 🏎️💨 Step inside Lawrence Lek’s @lawrencelek "NOX High-Rise"—an immersive, multi-gallery sci-fi installation where sentient self-driving cars with anxiety issues are reprogrammed by a fictional AI mega-corp.

“We hope visitors will come away with a sense of Davis’s breathtaking capacities as an artist—not just as a painter but as a thinker and builder of communities."—co-curator Eleanor Nairne for W Magazine hmmr.buzz/DavisWMagazine

✨We’re just putting on the finishing touches!✨ Please note: Both the museum and @lulurestaurantla will be closed during the day on Friday, June 13 to prepare for our Summer Exhibitions Opening Celebration that evening. We’ll reopen to the public from 8–11PM for the party. hmmr.buzz/summer25open...

Mark your calendars for a Supreme Court term in review July 15 at @hammer.ucla.edu in conjunction with safeguardingdemocracyproject.org I'm moderating with Jennifer Chacon, Cary Franklin @justinlevitt.bsky.social @volokhc.bsky.social hammer.ucla.edu/programs-eve...

This weekend we are celebrating the life, art, and legacy of Noah Davis—someone who was not only an extraordinary artist, but who cared deeply for Los Angeles. Noah’s spirit of caring, empathy, and heart is exactly what’s needed right now.

Know your rights. Stay safe, Los Angeles. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/sites/defaul...

Hear from acclaimed author and culture critic Roxane Gay directly 7:30pm TONIGHT at the Hammer Museum as she explores what feminism looks like in practice in her new innovative anthology "The Portable Feminist Reader." hmmr.buzz/roxanegay For Gay, a feminist canon is subjective and always evolving.

Democracy. Truth. Justice. All on the line in HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY, the urgent new doc featuring @chasestrangio.bsky.social‬'s fight against anti-trans legislation. 🎥 Dir. @samfeder.bsky.social‬ 📍 UCLA @hammer.ucla.edu | June 24 | 7:30PM 🎟️ Q&A to follow: bit.ly/4k48hjj

On what would have been his birthday, today we celebrate the life and legacy of Noah Davis (1983–2015)—a visionary whose art still echoes deeply.

Writers, thinkers, students—this one’s for you! 🔸 Hammer week lineup: 🧠 Wed, May 31 – Study Hall: calm + creativity for finals. 📚 Tue, June 3 – James Lasdun reads from his true crime deep dive. 📚 Wed, June 4 – Roxane Gay reshapes the feminist canon. #HammerMuseum

✨ What does it mean when a hood becomes a halo? In the hands of Betel Cucué of Colectivo Cherani, the icon of Guadalupe isn’t static—she transforms.💫 Woven into embroidery, she holds space for a community that blends Catholic ritual with ancestral Indigenous memory.

📣OPENING JUNE 8 📣 The first major survey of the late artist’s visionary work, "Noah Davis" brings together over 50 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from 2007 to 2015, right here in Los Angeles, where Davis lived, worked, and left a lasting legacy. hmmr.buzz/noah-davis

"Design is the form that surrounds us and serves us every day, wherever life takes place."—Clara Porset Join Hammer Museum Director Zoë Ryan for a compelling conversation that brings fresh insight into the writings of Cuban-born designer Clara Porset—a visionary voice in mid-century modernism.

Earlier this year, California's controversial inmate firefighting program drew renewed attention as incarcerated individuals helped battle the Los Angeles wildfires.

NOW OPEN! ✨ Renata Petersen’s @renatapetersendlt installation—an architectural intervention offering a contemporary reinterpretation of Giotto di Bondone’s Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy—explores the histories of new age religious sects that are specific to the region of Southern California.

🎭 Celebrate Arnold Schoenberg’s 150th birthday and explore the intersection of classical music and cinema at our upcoming panel discussion on Schoenberg in Hollywood on Sunday, May 18 at 1:30PM.

🚧 Heads up, art lovers! 🚧 We’re getting ready for a special event. Please note the following changes to our schedules: 📅 May 15–18: Lulu @lulurestaurant is closed 📅 May 16: Museum closes early at 6PM 📅 May 17: Museum closed all day We'll be back to regular hours on Sunday, May 18.

🎼 Can you hear the silence? Jennie C. Jones' @jcjstudio "Spontaneous Songs" transforms visual art into a symphony without sound. By blending drawn staff lines with expressive brushwork, she crafts a score with no notes, evoking the textures and rhythms of avant-garde music.🎶

💐 To the ones who held us, helped us, and hustled for us. This Mother’s Day, honor the nurturing figures in your life with a visit to the Hammer Museum. Celebrate strength, care, and creativity. 🌺 Admission to the Hammer is always FREE! _ 📸 @randimolofsky + littles visiting "HEAD FOR THE HILLS!" 💖