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.
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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.
At Last, a Home for Works on Paper
The Hammer’s new third-floor gallery is the museum’s first dedicated to its extensive collection of prints and drawings.
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.
Hammer Museum’s Connie Butler looks back – and ahead
As the museum prepares to reopen, its chief curator reflects on the lessons learned during a challenging year.
Six UCLA arts projects receive Getty Foundation grants
The financial awards will cover research and planning for “Pacific Standard Time” projects, which will debut in 2024.
Fowler Museum launches study of religious traditions in Los Angeles and beyond
UCLA has received a grant of $1.38 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support a new endeavor called “Engaging Lived Religion in the 21st Century Museum.”
In memoriam: Doran Ross, 73, Fowler Museum’s former director and Ghanaian art scholar
Ross died Sept. 16 at his home in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 73.
Two off-site projects in Hammer Museum’s ‘Made in L.A. 2020’ are open now
The public can check out billboards by Larry Johnson in L.A.’s MacArthur Park neighborhood and video installations by Kahlil Joseph throughout the city.
UCLA Clark Library gains works by artist Paul Landacre
The gift from Robert and Toni Crisell highlights the legacy of and artistic practice of the 20th-century Southern California wood engraver and naturalist.
Marla Berns, the Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum, to retire
Berns led the Fowler, one of the world’s top museums focusing on the arts and cultures of Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the indigenous Americas, for nearly 20 years.