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The UCLA Hammer Museum's exhibition of the uniquely inventive work of British designer Thomas Heatherwick closes May 24, 2015.

Bring your whole family to celebrate Indian arts and culture at the UCLA Fowler Museum's 'Arts of India Festival,' from 12:30-4 p.m. on Sunday, May 17.

In an exhibition opening May 3, hair adornments and a contemporary film address changing ideas of beauty and identity in Africa.

The UCLA Hammer Museum is still seeking volunteers for Mexican artist Pedro Reyes’ People’s United Nations General Assembly on May 2-3.

The UCLA Hammer Museum’s annual Kids’ Art Museum Project on May 17 is a one-of-a-kind fundraising event imagined by artists that provides extraordinary experiences for kids and their families.

Conservation students apply both science and art to preserve priceless artifacts.

“Making Strange: Gagawaka + Postmortem by Vivan Sundaram” and “The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989” both open April 19.

Upcoming exhibition will showcase photographs documenting monumental art environments created by artists who find inspiration in their surroundings.

The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture offers more than 150 public events for winter 2015.

The first major touring exhibition of Emirati art features more than 50 paintings, sculptures and works in other media.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has acquired objects that represent the work of world-renowned painter and muralist Judith Baca, a professor in the UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies.

The star-studded fundraiser featured tributes to artist Mark Bradford, musician Joni Mitchell and a performance by pop singer Sia.

“Round Trip: Bicycling Asia Minor, 1891” opens Dec. 14 and features 42 black-and-white photos from the historic trip.

From concerts by guest performers and student ensembles to stunning exhibitions, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture has more than 75 public events coming up this quarter.

‘Robert Heinecken: Object Matter,’ which runs from Oct. 3 through Jan. 18, captures his eclectic body of work that transformed photography from an instrument of reportage to a tool for deconstructing social norms.

The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents "World Share: Installations by Pascale Marthine Tayou," a large-scale immersive environment that combines the artist's sculpture, drawings and poetry with Fowler artworks and recorded sound.

The UCLA Hammer Museum’s public engagement curator writes about her experiences going from what was then a unique role at any museum to what she's proud of having accomplished.

UCLA’s Hammer Museum and KCRW are teaming up to present Made in L.A. Music, four nights of free, live, Los Angeles-based music in the museum courtyard over four weeks.

The Hammer's biennial showcase of emerging Los Angeles artists has forced the museum to temporarily shelve its collection of European masters for the first time ever.

The Getty Foundation recently announced grants totaling $685,000 to UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center, Fowler Museum, Hammer Museum, and Film and Television Archive to cover research, planning for 'Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA' in 2017. 

Two exhibitions opening May 4 highlight the Fowler's collection of Native American art and long-standing commitment to displaying the works of indigenous cultures.

The Hammer’s Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood is a museum-led initiative to show was Westwood Village could become.

The funds will further UCLA's standing as a leader in environmental research, a campus that cares about access for all students, and a vital community resource for the arts.