In nearly 25 years at the helm, Philbin helped transform the museum and elevate its reputation, and left a mark on the cultural landscape of Los Angeles.
Tag: Hammer Museum
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Turning Trash Into Poetry
Ser Serpas, a young artist known for kinetic arrangements of discarded furniture, opens up about her expressive way of processing the used world.
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Ulysses Jenkins: Journeys of a Video Griot
He changed how artists use video, exposing how the medium reinforced racial stereotypes, then using it as a conduit for global community. At the Hammer Museum, he gets his due.
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In Her Last Works, Kaari Upson Explores Vanity and Decay
The artist, who probed the depths of psychic trauma, left behind elusive new portraits that will debut at the Venice Biennale.