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Out of the Ordinary: Uncommon Materials, Marks, and Matrices

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Group exhibition exploring contemporary artists’ use of unusual mark-making devices, including blood, smoke, Kool-Aid, coffee, scrap metal, vegetable juice, pins, dryer lint, and more, to create drawings and prints.
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Nancy Baker Cahill: CORPUS

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Cahill's monumental Augmented Reality (AR) sculpture is a towering figure, a glowing, dynamic body that blurs the boundaries between the digital and physical world.
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Armand Hammer Collection

This impressive collection of European and American paintings and drawings reflects the interests and passion of the museum’s founder, Armand Hammer.

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Upcoming Programs

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Kids

826LA@Hammer: Collaging for Mother Earth

In this workshop led by artist Morgan Moto, students will learn what it means to be an eco-surrealist by gluing magazine cut outs and found objects to a surface in order to create their very own metaphorical self portrait.
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Tours & Talks

Lunchtime Art Talk on Gustave Moreau

Curatorial Assistant Jessi DiTillio leads an in-person discussion of Gustave Moreau's work.
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Screenings

The Films of Ana Mendieta

A diverse selection of ten films created by the multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta between 1971 and 1981, followed by a talk with Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Director of the Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, and Jay Ezra Nayssan.

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David Dastmalchian talks to Bryan Fuller about "Late Night with the Devil"

Post-screening conversation with actor David Dastmalchian, moderated by writer and producer Bryan Fuller.
Art

Ron Finley & Glenn Kaino in conversation

Artist and self-described “Gangsta Gardener” Ron Finley in conversation with artist and co-curator of Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice Glenn Kaino.
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