PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Mattress Factory Museum is currently screening David Wojnarowicz’s “A Fire in My Belly.” The video is now on view in the Mattress Factory lobby through February 13, 2011. On November 30, 2010, the artwork was removed from the Natio…
Hammer Museum Celebrates 20th Anniversary with 20 Days of Free Admission
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Twenty years ago this November the Hammer Museum first opened its doors. To celebrate the occasion, the Hammer is offering 20 DAYS OF FREE ADMISSION, November 26 to December 18. Visitors are invited to bring family and friends to enj…
Museums Unite to Chronicle Post-War LA Art Scene
LOS ANGELES, CA.- More than 60 California cultural institutions are coming together to tell the story of the birth of the Los Angeles art scene, in the largest such collaboration ever undertaken in the region. Southern California museums and university…
First Major United States Retrospective of the Work of Paul Thek Opens at the Whitney
NEW YORK, NY.- An artist who defies classification, Paul Thek (1933-1988), the sculptor, painter, and creator of radical installations who was hailed for his work in the 1960s and early 70s, then nearly eclipsed within his own short lifetime, is the su…
Hammer Museum Presents Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences / Documented Assignments
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The first major North American exhibition of work by acclaimed Dutch artist Mark Manders, Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments, opened at the Hammer Museum and features a body of new sculptures and works on paper …
Hammer Exhibits Seminal and Rarely Seen Paintings by Legendary Artist Eva Hesse
LOS ANGELES, CA.- This fall the Hammer Museum presents Eva Hesse Spectres 1960, an exhibition of seminal and rarely seen paintings by legendary artist Eva Hesse (1936-1970). Created when Hesse was just 24, this group of nineteen semi-representational o…
Hammer Exhibits Seminal and Rarely Seen Paintings by Legendary Artist Eva Hesse
LOS ANGELES, CA.- This fall the Hammer Museum presents Eva Hesse Spectres 1960, an exhibition of seminal and rarely seen paintings by legendary artist Eva Hesse (1936-1970). Created when Hesse was just 24, this group of nineteen semi-representational o…
The Hammer and LAXART Join Forces to Organize the First Los Angeles Biennial
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Hammer Museum and LAXART announced a formal programmatic affiliation centered on the development and organization of the Los Angeles Biennial in 2012. The Biennial will follow the tradition of the Hammer Invitational exhibitions w…
Hammer Museum Opens Tom Marioni’s First One-Person Exhibition in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA.- For his first one-person exhibition in Los Angeles, Tom Marioni will present his on-going artwork The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art, first realized in 1970. Along with a bar-like installation and remains…
Hammer Museum Opens Tom Marioni’s First One-Person Exhibition in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA.- For his first one-person exhibition in Los Angeles, Tom Marioni will present his on-going artwork The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art, first realized in 1970. Along with a bar-like installation and remains…