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‘Disciplinary Promiscuity’: Hammer Museum’s Ambitious New Group Show Finds...
As an exhibition with a self-assigned mission to survey “the possibilities and pitfalls of interdisciplinary artmaking,” the newest show at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles set its sights wide. The...
View ArticleOne Work: Andrea Bowers’s “Letters to an Army of Three”
After the United States Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, approximately half the states triggered or scrambled to enact near-total bans on abortion. A day after this development,...
View ArticleHammer Museum Preps Expansion Unveiling, Sydney Modern Opens with Gender...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines A DISPATCH FROM DOWN UNDER. On December 3, the Art Gallery of New South Wales...
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At the Hammer, Hilton Als Presents a Remembrance to Joan Didion, in the Form...
A little over a year after her death, Joan Didion, the esteemed essayist whose writings both defined and defied the New Journalism style, has been the subject of several kinds of memorials, including...
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In Los Angeles, the Hammer Museum’s 20-Year Makeover Ends on a Subtle Note
In the grand scheme of big-budget, Southern California museum transformations—on the order of Peter Zumthor’s forthcoming LACMA building, for example, or Annabelle Selldorf’s recent addition to the...
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Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. Biennial Names 39 Artists for Upcoming Edition...
The Hammer Museum has named the 39 artists, collectives, and organizations that will take part in the upcoming sixth edition of its acclaimed Made in L.A. biennial, scheduled to run October 1–December...
View ArticleHammer Museum Chief Curator Connie Butler Chosen to Lead MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City has chosen Connie Butler, the longtime chief curator of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, as its next director, beginning in September. She...
View ArticleHammer Museum Director Ann Philbin to Retire After 25 Years at the Helm
Ann Philbin, a force within the Los Angeles art scene, will retire from her longtime post as director of the Hammer Museum after more than two decades in the position, leaving the institution with far...
View ArticleHammer Museum Names Essence Harden and Paulina Pobocha as Curators for 2025...
The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has named the two curators who will take on the next edition of its acclaimed biennial, Made in L.A. Scheduled to open in fall 2025, the seventh edition of the...
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Under-Recognized South Korean Artists Come into Focus at the Hammer Museum
Editor’s Note: This article, originally published in September, has been updated to reflect the current run of “Only the Young” at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. During the 1960s, a group of young...
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