Fowler Museum at UCLA permanently returns objects to Asante kingdom in Ghana
The items from the museum’s collections were personally handed over to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asante king, in Ghana on Feb. 5.
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Weavings preserve artist’s Navajo heritage as cultural erasures loom
Works from Melissa Cody are on display as part of the “Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living” exhibition at the Hammer Museum.
Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin to retire in 2024 after 25 years of visionary leadership
Philbin has helped transform the Hammer into one of the city’s landmark institutions and a leading museum of contemporary art for the nation and the world.
UCLA alumna Gala Porras-Kim on how museums interpret – and preserve – the past
The artist’s exhibition, “The weight of a patina of time,” is on display at the Fowler Museum through Oct. 29.
Artist lineup set for ‘Made in L.A. 2023’ at Hammer Museum
The sixth iteration of the biennial exhibition begins Oct. 1.
Classroom-in-residence program returns to Hammer Museum
Sixth-graders from the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools learn about art, themselves and each other.
Hammer Museum at UCLA celebrates long-awaited expansion and transformation
A weekend of gala events kicked off a new era for the renewed hub of the arts.
Spring 2023 exhibition lineup will highlight a transformed Hammer Museum
“Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection” will anchor a new suite of exhibitions.
Fowler Museum showcases work focused on cultural inheritance, identity
“Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders,” which features more than 25 works from the UCLA alumnus, opens Jan 29.
Hammer Museum presents ‘Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio’
The exhibition will be the first and most extensive American museum show in half a century dedicated exclusively to Riley’s drawing.
Hammer Museum to mark 2 decades of transformation on March 26
The new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Cultural Center will present exhibitions and collections in spaces designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture.
Silvia Forni named director of the Fowler Museum at UCLA
Forni comes to the Fowler after an accomplished tenure at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.
Fowler Museum exhibition sheds new light on African objects collected during the colonial era
“Particular Histories: Provenance Research in African Arts” is based on the findings of an initiative to trace the movement of objects collected during an exploitative colonial era.
Hammer Museum presents ‘Joan Didion: What She Means’
The exhibition, which was was curated by Hilton Als, runs from Oct. 11 through Jan. 22, 2023.
Augmented reality exhibition places viewers in midst of WWII-era forced removal of Japanese Americans
‘BeHere / 1942,’ presented by the Yanai Initiative of UCLA and Tokyo’s Waseda University, runs from May 7 to Oct. 9.
Photographer’s work explores tensions between Congo’s past and present
Gosette Lubondo’s pictures bear the traces of postcolonial neglect yet suggest a more hopeful future.
Fowler Museum to welcome back campus community with evening festivities March 2
The event revolves around the four exhibitions on view, which feature art from Africa and Australia.
Stunning textiles draw from 65,000 years of Aboriginal cultural practices
An exhibition highlighting work from Australia’s Top End opens today at the Fowler Museum at UCLA.
Indigenous artist Mercedes Dorame shines at the Fowler Museum
The alumna brings her career full circle as part of the UCLA Centennial exhibition, “The Map and the Territory,” which closes Oct. 24.
Hammer Museum exhibition centers non-Western knowledge and spiritual practices
“No Humans Involved” opens on Oct. 10 and closes Jan. 9, 2022.
Hammer Museum honors artists with awards for ‘Made in L.A. 2020: a version’
A new $5.15 million gift from Jarl and Pamela Mohn will endow future biennials and awards.
West African photography’s golden age on display
“Photo Cameroon: Studio Portraiture 1970s–1990s” looks at the work of three prominent Cameroonian artists.
Fowler exhibition spotlights a century of collecting at UCLA
“The Map and the Territory” will be on display from July 1 through Oct. 24.
New digital exhibit explores Jewish history in Boyle Heights
The UCLA-led project is part of Mapping Jewish L.A., a partnership between the Leve Center, community archives.
Hammer Museum creates streaming-like video channel
The Hammer Channel online video platform features more than 1,000 conversations, talks, performances and more.