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Los Angeles, CA | Tour of ‘Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal’ with Erin Christovale at the Hammer Museum
March 5 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Portrait of Alice Coltrane, 1970. Photo: Chuck Stewart. © Chuck Stewart Photography, LLC/Fireball Entertainment Group.
Join ArtTable for an exclusive tour of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal at the Hammer Museum with Curator Erin Christovale. Christovale, who is also the co-founder of Black Radical Imagination, was an ArtTable New Leadership Awardee in 2020 and named to Apollo‘s 40 Under 40 USA in 2023. Our tour of this inventive interdisciplinary exhibition will explore Coltrane’s creative practice as well as her deep influence on contemporary art, evident in the work of Rashid Johnson, Jennie C. Jones, and Cauleen Smith, among others.
About the exhibition: The exhibition Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal is inspired by the life and legacy of jazz musician, devotional leader, and mother Alice Coltrane (b. 1937, Detroit). The title takes its name from her book Monument Eternal (1977), which reflected her newfound spiritual beliefs; the loss of her husband, the saxophonist John Coltrane; and the path to healing and self-discovery. The exhibition presents works by contemporary American artists paired with ephemera from Coltrane’s personal archive. Featuring a range of mediums including video, installation, performance, and sculpture together with Coltrane’s archival handwritten sheet music, unreleased audio recordings, and rarely seen video footage, Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal explores themes including spiritual transcendence, sonic innovation, and architectural intimacy to honor Coltrane’s cultural output and practice. This exhibition is part of a larger initiative called “The Year of Alice,” and in partnership with the John & Alice Coltrane Home.
Visitor Guidelines & Accessibility (please see the Hammer’s website for full details):
Convenient self-parking is available under the museum. Parking entrances are located on the east side of Westwood Boulevard (northbound) or on the west side of Glendon Boulevard (southbound), between Wilshire Boulevard and Lindbrook Drive. Rates are $8 for the first three hours with museum validation, and $3 for each additional 20 minutes, with a $22 daily maximum. There is a $8 flat rate after 5 p.m. on weekdays, and all day on weekends.
Portable gallery stools can be borrowed from a Hammer ambassador stationed in the galleries. Two wheelchairs are available to borrow from the Welcome Desk on a first-come, first-served basis. The Hammer asks visitors to check oversized bags and leave food and beverages outside the gallery spaces. There may be a few portions of the exhibition with capacity limits.
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- Member Guests – $20
- Non-Members – $25
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ArtTable extends its sincerest thanks to Nicole Berry for assistance in coordinating this program.
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