The UCLA Hammer Museum’s final phase of revamping, including a new entry and new galleries, will be ready to premiere March 26.
are under construction, the former aiming for a 2024 completion, the latter to open in 2025.
“For the last couple of decades, the museums have been growing and their ambitions have been on display,” Philbin said. “And I think this is just a matter of the city being ready, both from the point of view of the ambitions of people working in these institutions, but also the philanthropy around them ready to make these institutions what they can and should be.
annexed gallery will show Rita McBride’s “Particulates,” a large-scale installation featuring commingling lasers and mist. The 900-square-foot sculpture terrace will feature Sanford Biggers’ monumental, 25-foot-tall cast bronze sculpture “Oracle,” which is part of the artist’s “Chimera” series and was previously on view in New York’s Rockefeller Center. Both works are part of the museum’s permanent collection.
In addition to the Hammer Contemporary Collection exhibition, two additional exhibitions will be on view, both opening in February. “Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio” is a— co-organized by the Hammer with the Art Institute of Chicago and New York’s Morgan Library & Museum. “Cruel Youth Diary: Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection” will feature works from the ‘90s and early 2000s by artists such as Cao Fei, Weng Fen and Xu Zhen,“This is a really big deal for me — and the Hammer. It’s been a long time coming,” Philbin added of the March opening. “I’m just super proud of what we’ve accomplished in two decades.”
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