Hammer Museum Announces Spring 2027 Exhibitions Highlighting Chicanx and Queer Los Angeles Art

The Hammer Museum has officially announced its spring 2027 exhibitions lineup, setting a schedule that features Chicanx and queer Los Angeles art across multiple gallery spaces within the institution. The announcements made by the Hammer Museum outline a comprehensive season that includes major retrospectives, surveys, specific artist projects, and community programming.

A major component of the announcements from the Hammer Museum is a Joey Terrill retrospective. The Joey Terrill retrospective features nearly 100 paintings, collages, and prints by the artist. Visitors will be able to experience the collection when the Terrill exhibition is on view at the Hammer Museum starting on April 4 through Sept. 5, 2027.

In addition to the Joey Terrill retrospective, the Hammer Museum announced a Michelle Stuart survey. The Michelle Stuart survey features nearly 70 works on paper. The Hammer Museum scheduled the Michelle Stuart survey to be on view beginning April 4 through Aug. 22, 2027, overlapping with the early weeks of the Terrill exhibition.

Further expanding the spring schedule, the Hammer Museum announced two Hammer Projects featuring Oriol Vilanova and Inga Somdyala. These two Hammer Projects featuring Oriol Vilanova and Inga Somdyala are scheduled for opening earlier in the season on Feb. 6, 2027. Within these presentations, the Oriol Vilanova installation stands out for utilizing 13,000 postcards as part of the work, while the Inga Somdyala project forms the second half of the concurrent February gallery openings at the Hammer Museum.

To engage visitors with the new season, the Hammer Museum announced a free public celebration. The free public celebration is scheduled for April 3, 2027, occurring just one day before the public debuts of both the Joey Terrill retrospective and the Michelle Stuart survey.

The spring 2027 exhibitions announced by the Hammer Museum cement a multi-month programming schedule. From the Oriol Vilanova installation utilizing 13,000 postcards and the Inga Somdyala project opening Feb. 6, 2027, to the free public celebration scheduled for April 3, 2027, and the subsequent openings of the Joey Terrill retrospective featuring nearly 100 paintings, collages, and prints on view from April 4 through Sept. 5, 2027, alongside the Michelle Stuart survey featuring nearly 70 works on paper on view from April 4 through Aug. 22, 2027, the Hammer Museum continues to center Chicanx and queer Los Angeles art throughout its announced spring 2027 exhibitions.