Hammer Museum

An ongoing series of provocative dialogues on the arts, culture, and sciences presented by the Hammer Museum.

For more information, please visit the Hammer's website.

Hammer Museum

Hammer Museum

An ongoing series of provocative dialogues on the arts, culture, and sciences presented by the Hammer Museum. For more information, please visit the Hammer's website....

Danzy Senna and Gary Younge

Hammer Conversation: Author Danzy Senna (Caucasia) speaks with the UK Guardian's Gary Younge about race in America and abroad.

Danger Mouse at the L.A. Film Festival with Jason Bentley

Jason Bentley of KCRW's Metropolis speaks with Los Angeles Film Festival resident artist Danger Mouse about his various projects and some of his favorite films.

David Foster Wallace reads Consider the Lobster

Hammer Readings presents New American Writing with David Foster Wallace reading Consider the Lobster and an introduction by author Benjamin Weissman.

The Year of Magical Thinking - Reading by Joan Didion

video platform video management video solutions video player Author and essayist Joan Didion reads an excerpt from her book "The Year of Magical Thinking," an essay that recounts the death of Didion's husband John Dunne, the simultaneous declining health...

Miranda July and George Saunders

A conversation between filmmaker Miranda July and author George Saunders on the artistic process, writing, and making movies.

Women and Islam, A Lecture by Mona Eltahawy

Mona Eltahawy discusses the state of politics, Islamic feminism, and being Muslim in the US post 9/11.

Kara Walker in Conversation with Gary Garrels

Artist Kara Walker discusses her work in the exhibition My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love with Hammer Museum Chief Curator, Gary Garrels.

Pre-Election Post-Partisanship, a Recovering Republican and a Disappointed Democrat

John Dean and David Sirota talk with Ian Masters on the night of the 2008 New Hampshire primaries.

A Reading by Poet John Kinsella

Poet, novelist, critic, and journal editor John Kinsella reads for the Hammer Museum. Recorded October 2, 2007.