Los Angeles, CA - The Hammer Museum at UCLA is thrilled to present Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal, the first museum exhibition inspired by the life and legacy of jazz musician and devotional leader, Alice Coltrane (1937–2007). Curated by…

This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey in 30 years dedicated to the American artist Los Angeles, CA -- The Hammer Museum at UCLA is delighted to announce Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective, the first comprehensive survey in 30 years…

Gift Includes 260 Artworks and Endowment for Management and Care of Collection, and for Annual Acquisitions. Los Angeles, CA – The directors of the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and the Museum of Contemporary…

Los Angeles, CA - The Hammer Museum is pleased to announce Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice, a groundbreaking exhibition that centers environmental art practices addressing the climate crisis and anthropogenic disasters, and their…

Hammer Museum Presents Summer Exhibitions Refashioning: CFGNY & Wataru Tominaga and David Medalla: In Conversation with the Cosmos Opening Jun 9, 2024 (Los Angeles, CA) —The Hammer Museum at UCLA is pleased to announce its summer…

Hammer Museum Names Essence Harden and Paulina Pobocha as Curators for Made in L.A. 2025 Opening Fall 2025 (Los Angeles, CA) - The Hammer Museum announced today that the next edition of its critically acclaimed biennial Made in L.A. will be…

As 2023 comes to an end, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued coverage of the arts and the Hammer Museum. This was a significant year in the history of the Hammer—from the culmination of our two-decade…

Akinsanya Kambon Receives 2023 Mohn Award Pippa Garner and Jackie Amézquita Receive Career Achievement and Public Recognition Awards Los Angeles, CA - The Hammer Museum is pleased to announce that Akinsanya Kambon will receive the $100,000…

Featuring approximately eighty works, Only the Young examines the artistic production from an era of remarkable transformation in Korea. Los Angeles, CA —The Hammer Museum at UCLA is pleased to announce Only the Young: Experimental Art in…

Marcy Carsey, Chair of the UCLA Hammer Museum’s Board of Directors, announced today that Director Ann Philbin will retire from the museum on November 1, 2024, after 25 years of leadership that made the Hammer into a landmark institution in Los…

Hammer Museum's Signature Biennial Made in L.A. Returns October 1 Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living Highlights Work by 39 Artists and Collectives Los Angeles, CA - On October 1 the Hammer Museum will open the sixth edition of its acclaimed biennial…

The Hammer Museum at UCLA announced today the appointment of Naoko Takahatake as the new Director and Chief Curator of the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts; and Paulina Pobocha as the museum’s new Robert Soros Senior Curator.…

Hammer Museum Celebrates 14th Annual K.A.M.P. With Gal Gadot, James Corden, Curtis Stone & Lindsay Price Raises record $240,000 in support of free Hammer Kids programs all year long Los Angeles, CA — The Hammer Museum hosted its…

Los Angeles, CA - The Hammer Museum announced today the appointment of Pablo José Ramírez as a new, full-time curator. Ramírez had previously been announced as a co-curator of Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living, alongside…

Los Angeles, CA — The Hammer Museum announced today the 39 artists, collectives, and organizations participating in the upcoming Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living. This is the sixth iteration of the Hammer’s biennial exhibition…

A Transformed Hammer Museum Announces Inaugural Exhibitions for Spring 2023 in the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Cultural Center Sweeping Exhibition of the Hammer’s Contemporary Art Collection is Joined by Installations by Chiharu Shiota, Rita…