The next iteration of the Hammer Museum’s critically acclaimed biennial Made in L.A. will be co-curated by Essence Harden and Paulina Pobocha. Harden is a curator at the California African American Museum and is also curator of the Focus section of the upcoming edition of Frieze Los Angeles. Pobocha recently joined the Hammer as its new Robert Soros Senior Curator; she was previously a curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Inaugurated in 2012, Made in L.A. has become one of the Hammer’s flagship exhibitions, showcasing the diversity and energy of the city’s art scene. Previous editions have been curated by Diana Nawi and Pablo José Ramírez with Ashton Cooper (2023); Myriam Ben Salah and Lauren Mackler with Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi (2020); and Anne Ellegood and Erin Christovale in 2018. The 2025 edition, set to open in the fall of 2025, will be presented in collaboration with the California African American Museum.
