Arts in LA

Exhibitions In the summer of 2013, the Hammer Museum will present Richard Artschwager!, a full-scale, major retrospective exhibition of the work of Richard Artschwager (b. 1923). Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in association with the Yale University Art Gallery, the exhibition opened at the Whitney in October 2012. Approximately 150 works survey Artschwager’s remarkable exploration of the mediums of sculpture, painting, and drawing, bringing to light the extraordinary breadth of subject matter and fo...

Hammer Presents Co-presented by The Industry   Over 40 of LA’s most dynamic artists bring to life excerpts of six boundary-breaking new projects, un-staged, as read by the wild Up chamber ensemble and conducted by Marc Lowenstein and Christopher Rountree. Lively video introductions precede each piece, taking the audience into the creators’ process. The six new works span an enormous stylistic range, including collaborations by the legendary Pauline Oliveros with the poet Ione, and rising-star composer Mohammed ...

Part of the Diamonds in the Rough Series: Archives Ready and Set In continuation of the “Diamonds in the Rough,“Archives Ready and Set” will highlight the online finding aids and catalog records of the archive collections processed with a grant from the NHPRC. This award made it possible for the Libraries and Archives of the Autry […]

"On Monday the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced that it will be sending a new mobile pavilion designed by artist Jorge Pardo to patrol the communities of Southern California, bringing them art and film programming over the course of a 16-month excursion that kicks off on with a one-month stint from June 7 to July 7 at the University of Redlands. Dubbed the LACMA9 Art + Film Lab, the bright orange pop-up cultural center (rendered above from the side, and below from a bird’s eye view) will visit sites in nine communities: Redlands, San Bernardino, Altadena, Monterey Park, Hacienda Heights, Montebello, Compton, Inglewood, and Torrance." - Anika from Bookmarklet

"The great opera and theater director Peter Sellars draped a chain of Lithuanian amber around his neck for PreCognito, something he does, he said, only for very special occasions.  That special occasion, Thursday’s gala dinner, celebrated the Santa Monica Museum of Art’s 25th anniversary by honoring Sellars and pioneering art gallery owner Margo Leavin. Noted artists Bill Viola and John Baldessari delivered the introductions. PreCognito also previewed 700+ artworks, coming up for sale Saturday at SMMoA’s signature annual event, InCognito, which offers each piece at the same $350 plus tax, regardless of the contributing artist. The catch is that signatures are hidden until after purchases are made." - Anika from Bookmarklet

"Christina Kim of dosa designed the décor, much of it in an African theme, draping the light fixtures in hand-dyed scarves. " <<- What the hell does that even mean? - Anika

Part of a Series: Exploring the David Dortort Archives At the beginning of each month, Project Archivist Mallory Furnier explores the donated papers of novelist, screenwriter, and producer David Dortort. Click here for other entries in the series. After David Dortort’s novels Burial of the Fruit and The Post of Honor were published, film studios [...]

Hammer Lectures Mindful Awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one’s physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Mindfulness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being. The free weekly drop-in sessions take place in the comfortable seats of the Billy Wilder Theater and are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently in life...

Hammer Lectures Public tours at the Hammer Museum: Thursdays at 6:45PM (museum admission is free on Thursdays) Saturdays at 2PM (this tour is free with museum admission) 45-minute tours are led by trained Hammer Student Educators who are UCLA students from a variety of disciplines. Tours convene in the Museum Lobby and reservations are not required. Private, pre-booked tours are available for the Armand Hammer Collection. Tours are available in a traditional 60-minute format, or a 20/20+ tour can be arrang...

Lunchtime Art Talks Lunchtime Art Talks take place every Wednesday at 12:30pm. The Hammer’s curatorial department leads free and insightful 15-minute talks about works of art currently on view or from museum collections. This talk will be led by Brooke Hodge, Director, Exhibitions Management and Publications. A. Quincy Jones Warner Bros. Records Building, 1975

"The exhibit STANLEY KUBRICK – A LIFE IN FILM displays a small collection of poster and still-photography images from the director's work in a visual art form that he described as “a non-verbal experience.”  While the core of his art presented a sustained exploration of humanity, the stories that he explored in his films varied challenging the viewer to reflect on the unexpected and ponder the uncertainty of the journey." - Anika from Bookmarklet

On the 25th Anniversary Timeline 1995: The Autry Research Center is open! PRESERVATION AND ACCESS! Gene Autry participated in many grand openings during his long public career, but given his great interest in preserving the history of the American West, one of his proudest moments may have been cutting the ribbon to the Research Center [...]

Hammer Lectures Public tours at the Hammer Museum: Thursdays at 6:45PM (museum admission is free on Thursdays) Saturdays at 2PM (this tour is free with museum admission) 45-minute tours are led by trained Hammer Student Educators who are UCLA students from a variety of disciplines. Tours convene in the Museum Lobby and reservations are not required. Private, pre-booked tours are available for the Armand Hammer Collection. Tours are available in a traditional 60-minute format, or a 20/20+ tour can be arra...

Exhibitions A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living is the first major museum retrospective of the Los Angeles-based architect’s work and pays special attention to the unique collaborative nature of his practice. The exhibition is presented as part of the larger Getty-sponsored initiative Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. Archibald Quincy Jones (1913–1979), who was known as Quincy, practiced architecture in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death in 1979. A quiet modernist and dedicated ...

Hammer Projects Neil Beloufa’s films focus on the slippery line between fiction and reality. He sets up situations in which both amateurs and professional actors explore enigmatic subjects ranging from extraterrestrials to nationalism, terrorism, and the future. During his Hammer residency in 2012, Beloufa produced a new film exploring the iconography of the red bandana. Disparate political movements and subcultures—including gangsters, hippies, rock stars, cowboys, and anarchists—have long adopted the red bandana as...

Hammer Lectures Mindful Awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one’s physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Mindfulness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being. The free weekly drop-in sessions take place in the comfortable seats of the Billy Wilder Theater and are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently in life...

Hammer Lectures Public tours at the Hammer Museum: Thursdays at 6:45PM (museum admission is free on Thursdays) Saturdays at 2PM (this tour is free with museum admission) 45-minute tours are led by trained Hammer Student Educators who are UCLA students from a variety of disciplines. Tours convene in the Museum Lobby and reservations are not required. Private, pre-booked tours are available for the Armand Hammer Collection. Tours are available in a traditional 60-minute format, or a 20/20+ tour can be arran...

Hammer Screenings Cynthia Carr and Jennifer Doyle explore the work of the artist David Wojnarowicz from historical, literary, and queer perspectives. Carr is the author of Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz; Doyle is the author of Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art. A screening of Wojnarowicz’s collaboration with Ben Neill, ITSOFOMO (In the Shadow of Forward Motion), will follow the discussion. In conjunction with Selections from the Grunwald Center and the Hammer Cont...