The Hammer opened November 28, 1990 with an exhibition of work by the Russian Suprematist painter Kazimir Malevich which originated at the National Gallery of Art in Washington and subsequently travelled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York [REF].
The second iteration of Made in L.A. in 2014[REF] took over the entire space of the museum to feature work by more than 30 different artists and collectives.