Hammer Museum

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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Hone your writing skills into an op-ed format and establish an authoritative voice that demands attention. With so much proverbial noise from AI generated content, bots, and constant social media chatter, knowing how to think critically and communicate clearly and from the heart will be the secret weapon for the leaders of tomorrow. Led by Ralinda Harvey Smith, a writer whose opinions and essays have been published in Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Huffington Post. Her upcoming gift book Free Pass to Order Pizza for the Kids, published by Chronicle Books, is due to be released this fall.

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