Art Review
Made in L.A.’s Anti-Curation Doesn’t Work
The curators’ self described “no-methodology methodology” results in a scattered exhibition that feels bland and curatorially unimaginative.
Hammer Museum
Features
Five Artists Share Their Work in This Year’s Made in LA Biennial
Ahead of the opening at the Hammer Museum, Hyperallergic spoke to participants whose practices embrace the show’s threads of history and dissonance.
Art Review
Los Angeles Pays Homage to the Cool Trance of Alice Coltrane
An exhibition of the late musician and devoted spiritual leader effectively incorporates music, performance, and visual art.
News
These Are the 27 Artists in the 2025 Made in LA Biennial
The Hammer Museum’s signature show, which centers the work of artists from the greater Los Angeles area, is set to open in October.
Art
Happy Pictures From the Apocalypse
Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice at the Hammer Museum is guilty of a concerning lack of urgency.
Art
An Anti-Institution Artist Gets an Institutional Show
The first exhibition to consider late artist David Medalla’s work in context of his gay identity explores his playful, poignant, erotic, and collaborative oeuvre.
News
Artists Rally at Hammer Museum After Arrests at UCLA
Police thwarted efforts to build a new Gaza Solidarity Encampment on the campus earlier in the week.
News
After Mass Arrests, UCLA Faculty Protest at Hammer Museum Gala
As black luxury SUVs dropped off guests, faculty demanded the resignation of UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, a member of the Hammer’s board of directors.
Art
How Korean Artists Captured and Resisted a Turbulent Political Era
Artists of the silheom misul movement in the 1960s and ‘70s wrestled with an increasingly globalizing, industrializing, and politically censorious Korean art world.
Art
The Made in LA Biennial Is All About Diaspora
The 39 artists and collectives in the sixth edition of the Hammer Museum’s show call LA home but make visible legacies of migration that have built and shaped the city.
Art
Art in the Early 2000s China Boom
Cruel Youth Diary: Chinese Photography and Video greets us with the dizziness befitting a period of rapid economic growth and social change.
News
LA's Hammer Museum Wants to Be Seen
After two decades of renovations, the museum that calls itself a "well-kept secret" reopens with a mission to be more visible.