NEWS
Barbara Hammer’s films Double Strength (1978), Sappho (1979), The Great Goddess (1977), and Multiple Orgasm (1976) will be featured in Celluloid Is Out: Queer Freedom and Subculture of the 1970s, programmed by Avivit Ashman and Scott Potis, on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 9:30 pm!
We are thrilled to announce that a solo presentation of Barbara Hammer’s works will be presented by Galerie Champ Lacombe in the 11th edition of Paris Internationale in Paris, FR!
Barbara Hammer was recently mentioned in "Why Sixties Surreal at the Whitney is not Surrealism" in WhiteHot Magazine!
SCREENING: “No No Nooky T.V.” in Paris Festival of Different and Experimental Cinema
Barbara Hammer’s film, No No Nooky T.V. (1987) will be screened in the Paris Festival of Different and Experimental Cinema, presented by Collectif Jeune Cinéma on October 18, 2025 at 8 pm!
Barbara Hammer's photograph, Big Eye (1980) was recently featured in a review of "Ways of Seeing" at Muzeum Sztuki in Contemporary Lynx!
A curated selection of Barbara Hammer’s films from the 1970’s will be screened in "Celluloid Is Out: Queer Freedom and Subculture of the 1970s," programmed by Avivit Ashman and Scott Potis, on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 9:30 pm!
Barbara Hammer's film, "Nitrate Kisses" (1992) will be screened in "Spectra: Queer Non Fiction Films" at UCL East Community Cinema on October 15, 2025 at 7 pm!
SCREENING: “Pond and Waterfall” at Cinéma Laminar Hôtel de Ville
Barbara Hammer’s film, "Pond and Waterfall" (1982) will be included in Scratch Collection 2025 presented by Lightcone at Cinéma Laminar Hôtel de Ville on October 9, 2025 at 8:30 pm!
SCREENING: “Sanctus” at the Galeri Muzium Telekom (Immersio)
Barbara Hammer’s film "Sanctus" (1990) will be screened alongside a live performance and talk by composer Neil Rolnick on October 9, 2025 at the Galeri Muzium Telekom (Immersio) in Kuala Lumpur, MY at 8:30 pm!
Barbara Hammer’s film "Sanctus" (1990) will be screened alongside a live performance and talk by composer Neil Rolnick on October 7, 2025 at Muzium & Galleri Tuanku Fauziah in Penang, MY at 2:30 pm!
Barbara Hammer's film, "Schizy (1968) was featured in "Sixties Surreal: new exhibition offers an alternative view of the decade" by the Guardian!
Barbara Hammer’s film "Sanctus" will be included in the 2025 Fotograf Zone Festival in Holešovice, Prague opening on October 3rd!
SCREENING: “No No Nooky T.V.” at Cinema Hall of the Centre for Culture Korčula
Barbara Hammer’s film "No No Nooky T.V." (1987) will be screened in Pansini’s Days, curated by Petra Belc, Sonja Leboš, Dina Pokrajac, at Cinema Hall of the Centre for Culture Korčula, HR on October 1, 2025 at 6 pm!
Barbara Hammer’s film, "Schizy" (1968), as well as her photographs "Tee Corinne #7" (1972) and "Tee Corinne Sleeping" (1972), are now on view in "Sixties Surreal" at the Whitney Museum!
Barbara Hammer’s film, “Sanctus” (1990) will be exhibited in “Strip to the bones,” curated by Clément Caballero, at Galerie Derouillon from September 10th to October 4th, 2025!
Barbara Hammer’s photographs “Self-Portrait, Baja, California” (1974, reprinted 2017) and “Gloria’s Eye”(1975, reprinted 2017) are included in "13 Women: Variation VI" at the Orange County Museum of Art!
42 Grand St, New York, New York
Barbara Hammer’s film, “Double Strength” (1978) will be screened in “We Collapse and Dream Together,” a live score screening and performance event on August 29th at 7 PM!
Barbara Hammer’s “Welcome to This House” (2015) will be screened at Seoul Art Cinema in Seoul, South Korea this Thursday, August 21st at 7:30 pm!
Barbara Hammer’s “Lesbian Whale” (2015) will be included in “Queer Intimacies - Experiments in First Person Documentary” at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide, Australia, on Thursday, August 14!
Works on paper and silver gelatin prints by Barbara Hammer on view.
ARTICLE: “A Film Lover’s Guide to Sapphic Cinema” by A Rabbit’s Foot
From groundbreaking classics to modern masterpieces, we round up a selection of essential features that capture the complexity of the sapphic experience—rich and diverse portrayals of identity and resilience that have shaped what lesbian love looks like on screen.
SCREENING: “Dyke Tactics”, “Menses”, and “Multiple Orgasm” at Festival Obscure
Barbara Hammer's films "Dyke Tactics" (1974), "Menses" (1974), and "Multiple Orgasm" (1976) are screening at Festival Obskura in Rennes, France on July 2, 2025!
Hammer's "Cleansed II" will screen alongside works by Cecilia Vicuña and Joan Jonas
SCREENING: “Women I Love” and “Nitrate Kisses” at the Lichtspiel/Kinemathek Bern
Screening on July 14th
SCREENING: Tone Glow Presents “The Places Between Our Bodies”
Tone Glow presents the film program “The Place Between Our Bodies” — a showcase of queer short films made between 1965 and 1984.
KOW is showing Barbara Hammer's "Menses" (1974) at this year's Art Basel!
SCREENING: She’s Beautiful, Sexy, Angry and Liberated! + live readings at the Barbican Centre
Barbara Hammer's films, "Dyketactics", "Superdyke", "Women I Love", and "Double Strength" will be screened at the Barbican Centre in London, UK, on June 11, 2025.
Barbara Hammer’s Audience (1982) is now available for viewing on Le Cinema Club's website!
On June 10th, Barbara Hammer's "Dyketactics" is screening at Kunsthalle Bremen.
Barbara Hammer’s “Menses” (1974) will accompany A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner’s “Community Action Center” (2010) and Jerry Tartaglia’s “See for Yourself” (1995) for a program at MoMA on May 29th at 7:30pm!