Special Programs The Manifestation of Form: Living Materials in Contemporary Art

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Special Programs The Manifestation of Form: Living Materials in Contemporary Art

Saturday, August 22, 2026
This group exhibition featuring work by 22 artists from North, Central, and South America explores the intertwined relationship between living materials—such as stones, avocado, cacao, achiote, cochineal, and clay—and contemporary art.

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About Hammer Museum

Founded by Dr. Armand Hammer, the museum was originally built to house his private collections of old master and 19th-century European paintings. It became part of UCLA in 1994, and since 2014, admission has been entirely free to the public.story

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