Hammer Museum’s Connie Butler looks back — and ahead
Works In Progress
English - March 31, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBVisual Arts Arts Performing Arts art architecture design film theater dance performance visual arts ucla los angeles Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Hammer Museum at UCLA plans to reopen April 17, allowing the public to finally see Made in L.A. 2020: a version, the acclaimed biennial that spotlights emerging Los Angeles artists and, for the first time, extends to galleries at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.
“We’re not allowed to have big gatherings or big crowds,” said Connie Butler, the Hammer’s chief curator. “It will be quiet and a really nice time to be in the galleries.”
Butler, who co-curated the second iteration of Made in L.A. in 2014, says the biennial “proves … that Los Angeles is such a deep and vast art community right now — actually, it’s many different art communities — and it can really support a show that is a core sample of contemporary art in L.A. every two years.”
In this episode of the UCLA Arts podcast Works In Progress, Butler reflects on the Hammer's resilience during a year of challenges, and what the future holds in store for the museum.