Five Tables 2019

Ongoing

Drop by our art study centers on Free First Thursdays for an up-close look at treasures from the BAMPFA collection.

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Past Events

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  Thursday, December 5, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of the Indian Ocean

  Works from the collection reveal global histories of the Indian Ocean in culture, commerce, and myth.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, November 7, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of the Corporeal Woman

  Curated by the BAMPFA Student Committee, this edition of Five Tables explores representations of the female figure in art across media and cultures.

  BAMPFA
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  Wednesday, October 30, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Science in Art

  In conjunction with this year’s Bay Area Science Festival, the BAMPFA art study centers present a special Five Tables viewing of art with a scientific bent.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, October 3, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Paris and Kyoto

  This viewing session is an idiosyncratic celebration of two of the world’s most beautiful cities.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, September 5, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Honest Work

  Slow down—men and women at work! Rubbernecking is encouraged in this study center viewing.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, August 1, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Earth, Rock, Sand, and Dirt

  If the meek shall inherit the earth, the works on view in the study center show what a grand—also rocky, sandy, and dirty—inheritance this might be.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, July 4, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Collaboration

  Independence may have its advantages, but the works on view in the study center this month show what artists can get done when they work together.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, June 6, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Blackness and Belonging

  Extending the conversation on blackness and belonging articulated in About Things Loved, works on view this month explore the multiplicity of black art and its dialogue with dispossession, institutional collecting practices, black radical thought, and everyday life.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, May 2, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Amusing Moral Critique

  This month, we spotlight social critique as both entertainment and expression of outrage: works by Daumier, Goya, Hogarth, and more.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, April 4, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Fashion

  The BAMPFA study tables transform into a catwalk this month as we showcase art dressed to the nines.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, March 7, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Cities

  Explore cities across the globe through a new lens with this selection of works from the BAMPFA collection.

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, February 7, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of Fire

  An incendiary selection from the collection, from Asian scrolls to Ant Farm’s Media Burn.

   

  BAMPFA
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  Thursday, January 3, 4–7 PM

  Five Tables of the Sea

  Set sail from China to India and from Gauguin’s Brittany to the Golden Gate with this selection of oceanic artworks.

  BAMPFA