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Featured among the 150-plus events: Maggie Nelson, Stan Douglas, Sarah Lucas and Kyle Abraham.

“Inheritance: Recent Video Art from Africa,” features the work of three artists and opens Feb. 17 and will remain on view through July 28.

Meredith Monk, Allen Ruppersberg, Batsheva and Lars Müller are among those featured among the 150-plus events, which include exhibitions, lectures, screenings and performances.

The exhibition of portraits by Pableaux Johnson showcase Second Line Parades, the jubilant processions organized by African American social aid and pleasure clubs.

The acclaimed biennial will be co-curated by Tunisian-French writer and curator Myriam Ben Salah and Lauren Mackler, a curator based in Los Angeles.

The annual Gala in the Garden supports the Hammer Museum at UCLA’s internationally acclaimed exhibitions and public programs, which are free to the public.

“Summoning the Ancestors” explores a comprehensive collection of bronzes — 76 bells and 73 ǫfǫ (small objects derived from wooden staffs of power).

Featured among the 150-plus events: Taylor Mac, Theaster Gates, Fran Lebowitz, Monika Baer, Judy Baca and Juliana Huxtable.

“World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean,” an exhibition that challenges fixed and familiar notions of places like Africa, opens Oct. 21.

“South of No North: Gato Negro Ediciones,” is a dynamic installation of risograph prints and runs until Dec. 9.

Of the 32 artists featured in this year’s exhibition, 11 are Bruins and 10 of those got degrees from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.

The show of works from the permanent collection runs until Sept. 9.

The exhibition “Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths” contains more than 225 pieces will travel internationally after debuting at UCLA.

The announcement coincides with a lead gift of $30 million — the largest in the museum’s history — from Lynda and Stewart Resnick.

The biennial exhibition, which begins June 3 and runs through Sept. 2, focuses primarily on emerging artists.

‘Pelotas Oaxaqueñas/Oaxacan Ball Games: Photographs by Leopoldo Peña’ is on view until July 15.

Events feature Ai Weiwei, Al Gore, Taylor Mac, Kyle Abraham, Meleko Mokgosi and others.

“Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter and Power” opens Feb. 11, 2018 and runs through July 1.

“Dining with Kings: Ceremony and Hospitality in the Cameroon Grassfields” runs from Dec. 17 through April 15, 2018.

Renee Tajima-Peña’s award-winning documentary “No Más Bebés” tells the story of how these women were sterilized without their consent or under extreme duress from doctors.

Highlights include honors for Ava DuVernay and Hilton Als and tributes from J.J. Abrams and Maggie Nelson, live performance by HAIM.

“Africa/Americas: Photographic Portraits by Pierre Verger” runs through Jan. 21, 2018.

Highlights of the more than 150 public events include theater and dance performances, faculty and student lectures and discussions and Pacific Standard Time museum exhibitions.

Part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, “Axé Bahia” features more than 100 works by 35 artists. It will run from Sept. 24 through April 15, 2018.

The National Endowment of the Humanities has awarded the museum a $250,000 grant for “Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths,” which is scheduled to open in June 2018.