July 2016
Poolside + Carlos Nino & Friends + KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd
Poolside + Carlos Nino & Friends + KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd KCRW and the Hammer Museum present Disappear Here: Music Made in L.A., four free nights of live concerts by Los Angeles musicians in the Hammer’s courtyard. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., KCRW DJ sets start at 7:30 p.m., and live music starts at 8:15 p.m. The museum’s gallery hours will be extended to 9 p.m. so guests can enjoy Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only, the third iteration…
Find out more »Peanut Butter Wolf + Mndsgn + KCRW DJ Mathieu Schreyer (Stones Throw 20th anniversary celebration)
Peanut Butter Wolf + Mndsgn + KCRW DJ Mathieu Schreyer (Stones Throw 20th anniversary celebration) KCRW and the Hammer Museum present Disappear Here: Music Made in L.A., four free nights of live concerts by Los Angeles musicians in the Hammer’s courtyard. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., KCRW DJ sets start at 7:30 p.m., and live music starts at 8:15 p.m. The museum’s gallery hours will be extended to 9 p.m. so guests can enjoy Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though,…
Find out more »Ceci Bastida + KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez
Ceci Bastida + TBA + KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez KCRW and the Hammer Museum present Disappear Here: Music Made in L.A., four free nights of live concerts by Los Angeles musicians in the Hammer’s courtyard. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., KCRW DJ sets start at 7:30 p.m., and live music starts at 8:15 p.m. The museum’s gallery hours will be extended to 9 p.m. so guests can enjoy Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only, the third iteration of the Hammer’s…
Find out more »TOKiMONSTA with Gavin Turek + KCRW DJ Travis Holcombe
Young Art Presents: TOKiMONSTA with Gavin Turek and Ambré + KCRW DJ Travis Holcombe KCRW and the Hammer Museum present Disappear Here: Music Made in L.A., four free nights of live concerts by Los Angeles musicians in the Hammer’s courtyard. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., KCRW DJ sets start at 7:30 p.m., and live music starts at 8:15 p.m. The museum’s gallery hours will be extended to 9 p.m. so guests can enjoy Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only, the third…
Find out more »July 2017
Summer Nights with GRACE MITCHELL and WARGIRL and KCRW DJ Valida
Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum GRACE MITCHELL WARGIRL and KCRW DJ Valida Thursday, July 6th at 6:30pm KCRW and the Hammer Museum present four free nights of live music in the Hammer courtyard. A happy hour with food and cash bar starts at 6:30 p.m., KCRW DJ sets start at 7:00 p.m., and live music starts at 8:00 p.m. The museum’s gallery hours will be extended to 9 p.m. so guests can enjoy the exhibitions. Bring your dancing shoes…
Find out more »Summer Nights with NIIA and SPELLES and KCRW DJ Anne Litt
Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum NIIA SPELLES and KCRW DJ Anne Litt Thursday, July 13th at 6:30pm KCRW and the Hammer Museum present four free nights of live music in the Hammer courtyard. A happy hour with food and cash bar starts at 6:30 p.m., KCRW DJ sets start at 7:00 p.m., and live music starts at 8:00 p.m. The museum’s gallery hours will be extended to 9 p.m. so guests can enjoy the exhibitions. Bring your dancing shoes…
Find out more »Summer Nights with ELOHIM and SUZI ANALOGUE and KCRW DJ Marion Hodges
Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum ELOHIM SUZI ANALOGUE and KCRW DJ Marion Hodges Thursday, July 20th at 6:30pm KCRW and the Hammer Museum present four free nights of live music in the Hammer courtyard. A happy hour with food and cash bar starts at 6:30 p.m., KCRW DJ sets start at 7:00 p.m., and live music starts at 8:00 p.m. The museum’s gallery hours will be extended to 9 p.m. so guests can enjoy the exhibitions. Bring your dancing…
Find out more »Summer Nights with AMBER MARK and MARIA DEL PILAR and KCRW DJ Liza Richardson
Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum AMBER MARK MARIA DEL PILAR and KCRW DJ Liza Richardson Thursday, July 27th at 6:30pm KCRW and the Hammer Museum present four free nights of live music in the Hammer courtyard. A happy hour with food and cash bar starts at 6:30 p.m., KCRW DJ sets start at 7:00 p.m., and live music starts at 8:00 p.m. The museum’s gallery hours will be extended to 9 p.m. so guests can enjoy the exhibitions. Bring…
Find out more »July 2018
KCRW Summer Nights featuring STILL WOOZY + NEIL FRANCES & KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole
Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum STILL WOOZY NEIL FRANCES and KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole Thursday, July 12th 7:30pm The evening will kick off with KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole, followed by Los Angeles-based electronic duo Neil Frances. Headlining the night is Still Woozy - a producer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist mixing acoustic sounds with electronic elements. Still Woozy is the solo project of Sven Gamsky who writes, records, and produces from his Oakland, CA garage. KCRW and the Hammer Museum present…
Find out more »KCRW Summer Nights featuring KAUF + SAM EVIAN & KCRW DJ Valida
Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum KAUF SAM EVIAN and KCRW DJ Valida Thursday, July 19th 7:30pm KCRW DJ Valida will open the evening, followed by the smooth, layered harmonies of New York-based musician, songwriter, and producer, Sam Evian. Dance the night away with the headlining performance by electronic producer Kauf, whose music is informed by a songwriter structure and propelled by disco rhythms. Kauf’s debut album Regrowth was released last October. KCRW and the Hammer Museum present three free…
Find out more »KCRW Summer Nights featuring CUT CHEMIST, BUYEPONGO & KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez
Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum CUT CHEMIST BUYEPONGO KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez Thursday, July 26th 7:30pm KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez will launch the evening, followed by the vibrant polyrhythmic sounds of Buyepongo. And your Summer Nights at Hammer Museum are now complete with the trailblazing DJ/producer Cut Chemist. A founding member of both Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli, Cut Chemist recently released his long-awaited second full-length solo album Die Cut. KCRW and the Hammer Museum present three free nights of…
Find out more »July 2019
KCRW Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum with Pavo Pavo
Click here for KCRW's full Summer Nights schedule 6:30pm - Happy Hour 7:30pm - Anne Litt 8:45pm - Pavo Pavo 9:45pm - Dan Wilcox KCRW and the Hammer Museum present three free nights of live music in the Hammer courtyard on Thursdays in July. On July 11, Pavo Pavo will grace the stage at 8:45pm, book-ended by KCRW DJs Anne Litt and Dan Wilcox at 7:30pm and 9:45pm. The party starts at 6:30pm with a happy hour cash bar. Come…
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KCRW Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum with Wild Belle
Click here for KCRW's full Summer Nights schedule 6:30pm - Happy Hour 7:30pm - Aaron Byrd 8:45pm - Wild Belle 9:45pm - Scott Dallavo KCRW and the Hammer Museum present three free nights of live music in the Hammer courtyard on Thursdays in July. On July 18, Wild Belle will take the stage at 8:45pm, book-ended by KCRW DJs Aaron Byrd and Scott Dallavo at 7:30pm and 9:45pm. The party starts at 6:30pm with a happy hour cash bar. Come early…
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KCRW Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum with the Tracks
Click here for KCRW's full Summer Nights schedule 6:30pm - Happy Hour 7:30pm - José Galván 8:45pm - The Tracks 9:45pm - Travis Holcombe KCRW and the Hammer Museum present three free nights of live music in the Hammer courtyard on Thursdays in July. On July 25, The Tracks hit the stage at 8:45pm, book-ended by KCRW DJs José Galván and Travis Holcombe at 7:30pm and 9:45pm. The party starts at 6:30pm with a happy hour cash bar. Come early…
Find out more »September 2019
Andrea Fraser at The Hammer
On view from May 18th to September 15th. In the Hammer’s project space is a singular video work by artist Andrea Fraser, who is known for her feminist performance and video work. In the video, we encounter a seated Fraser acting out a four-person dialogue. The script was sourced from an archival recording of four self-identified male feminists discussing their support for women’s rights, and Fraser performs all four, slightly altering her mannerisms for each. Fraser—who herself is dressed in…
Find out more »October 2019
Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence
On View: September 29 - January 5, 2020 Colombia-raised, LA-based painter and beloved UCLA art teacher Lari Pittman has been a presence in the L.A. art scene since the early 1990s. Now you can find an eye-popping retrospective of the artist's work at The Hammer, featuring 80 paintings and 50 works on paper, many of them huge, most of them layered with rich color, texture and symbolism. Influenced by the AIDS crisis and the punk scene of the early 1990s, Pittman's paintings explores themes -- love, sex, feminism,…
Find out more »December 2019
Lari Pittman at the Hammer Museum
On View: September 29, 2019–January 5, 2020 Lari Pittman started painting at a time when painting was pretty uncool. Still, throughout his 40-year career, Pittman has boldly created a signature style of painting that embraces decoration, pattern, figuration, and garish color, at times working against the grain of preferred styles or taste. A retrospective of the artists four decade career is on view at The Hammer, offering a rare look at the artists cohesive output, and the stylistic progressions he…
Find out more »January 2020
Max Hooper Schneider at The Hammer
On view: September 21, 2019–February 2, 2020 Walking into Max Hooper Schneider’s installation at The Hammer is like walking into a psychedelic aquarium — the central sculpture is a hodge podge landscape. Plastic plants and costume jewelry crawl over brick-a-brack. A dollhouse is filled with dentures. There is flooring made of bottle caps. Much of the installation has been spray painted or covered in a type of resin, so that the disparate objects meld together into unlikely tableaus. To further…
Find out more »February 2020
The Hammer Panic Party
When times get tough and scary, some people panic and some people party. The really creative people throw a Panic Party! Join the giant Cumbiatón happening at the Hammer Museum this Sunday. It’s climate justice through art, advocacy, action, and yes, dancing!
Find out more »October 2021
“Witch Hunt” at The Hammer and ICA LA
A new exhibition on view at both The Hammer and ICA LA, titled Witch Hunt, began with a simple question: “What does it mean to be feminist in the age of Donald Trump?” Although Trump is no longer president, Witch Hunt has been in the works curatorially since 2016, and the inequities that Trump’s presidency made painfully clear are still very much present. The show’s title is a reclaiming of a phrase that Trump tweeted 350 times throughout his presidency,…
Find out more »March 2022
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber is a New York–based, multi-generation, multi-gender, and multi-ethnic family that performs around the world, carrying on the mantra of their recently-passed founder, influential Village Voice staff writer, and founding member of the Black Rock Coalition, Greg Tate: “Never play anything the same thing once.” In their live, in-person performances, Burnt Sugar “treats space, time, and genre like trans-dimensional silly-putty bursting with polyphonic and multi-rhythmic dap!” and on Tuesday March 8th they will be performing live…
Find out more »April 2022
Sylvia Earle with Laura Dern
In a pre-Earth Day talk, oceanographer and explorer Sylvia Earle shares her journey as a participant in decades of unprecedented ocean discoveries and as a witness to devastating loss, and what actions now can reverse planetary decline. She is joined in conversation by Academy Award-winning actress and activist Laura Dern. This free event is part of the Hammer Forum, and takes place Thursday April 21st at 7:30pm at the Hammer Museum. RSVP here to attend. Photo By Kip Evans for…
Find out more »July 2022
KCRW Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum with Ambar Lucid
KCRW and the Hammer Museum present four free nights of live music on the Hammer Courtyard! Ambar Lucid opens the series with her dreamy bedroom pop melodies and moody compositions radiating throughout the Hammer Courtyard. We’ll also be joined by KCRW DJs Nassir Nassirzadeh and Wydleflower, both of whom will be debuting their very first Summer Nights spinnage with KCRW. A happy hour with cash bar starts at 6:30pm, so come early and visit the Hammer’s galleries, which will be…
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KCRW Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum with Pachyman
Did someone say dub night at the Hammer? Oh wait… that was us! Catch Pachyman radiating transnational Caribbean flow in the courtyard on July 14th with KCRW DJs Jeremy Sole and Tyler Boudreaux serving up vibes. A happy hour with cash bar starts at 6:30pm, so come early and visit the Hammer’s galleries, which will be open until 9:00pm exhibiting Andrea Bowers, the first museum retrospective surveying more than two decades of the Los Angeles–based artist’s work. SCHEDULE 6:30…
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KCRW Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum with Thee Sinseers
The souldies (irresistible nickname for “soul oldies”) genre is keeping us alive lately. That’s why we’re so excited to have Thee Sinseers, the premier band in Southern California's souldies scene, join us at the Hammer Courtyard on July 21st! Come celebrate the sounds of this East LA R&B soul group with the accompanying sets from KCRW DJs José Galván and Jason Kramer. A happy hour with cash bar starts at 6:30pm, so come early and visit the Hammer’s galleries, which…
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KCRW Summer Nights at the Hammer Museum with Hana Vu
Is there anything that sounds better than dancing to the rippling sounds of dreamy indie pop artist Hana Vu at the Hammer on a warm summer night? The answer is no… So come join us on Thursday, July 28th in the courtyard! We’ll also be joined by KCRW DJs Dan Wilcox and Valida to keep you sufficiently grooving all night. Happy hour at the bar starts at 6:30pm, so come early and visit the Hammer’s galleries, which will be open…
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