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At UCLA, dedicated professors, students and curatorial staff mine the deep cultural resonance of puppets — and the creative genius that has brought them to life for millennia.

A Bruin guide to the most intriguing events at UCLA this summer.

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

The joint initiative advances shared acquisitions and long-term stewardship for area artists.

Michael Wellen has been named chief curator and Regan Pro will assume the newly created role of chief of learning, engagement and research.

The two-part exhibition begins Dec. 20.

From freeway murals to contemporary performance, Made in L.A. 2025 reveals how artists across generations influence the cultural heartbeat of Los Angeles.

With graduates Gala Porras-Kim and Garrett Bradley being honored, Bruins have accounted for 1 in 10 'genius grant' recipients over the past 3 years.

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

The repatriated items include ceremonial glass spearheads and a kangaroo tooth headband worn by a revered elder.

The exhibition, which runs from May 4 through Jan. 11, 2026, invites visitors to reflect on how urban spaces can be reimagined through collective action.

Ryan will take over on Jan. 1, 2025, succeeding Ann Philbin, who is retiring in November after leading the museum for 25 years.

The collection, dubbed MAC3, was made possible by a gift of 260 works from philanthropists Jarl and Pamela Mohn.

The repatriated objects — including clubs, picks, knives, sheaths, adzes and a boomerang — will go back to their Aboriginal owners in the Northern Territory.

The items from the museum’s collections were personally handed over to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asante king, in Ghana on Feb. 5.

Works from Melissa Cody are on display as part of the “Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living” exhibition at the Hammer Museum.

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.

The artist’s exhibition, “The weight of a patina of time,” is on display at the Fowler Museum through Oct. 29.

The sixth iteration of the biennial exhibition begins Oct. 1.

Sixth-graders from the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools learn about art, themselves and each other.

A weekend of gala events kicked off a new era for the renewed hub of the arts.

“Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection” will anchor a new suite of exhibitions.

“Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders,” which features more than 25 works from the UCLA alumnus, opens Jan 29.

The exhibition will be the first and most extensive American museum show in half a century dedicated exclusively to Riley’s drawing.

The new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Cultural Center will present exhibitions and collections in spaces designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture.