“Art, according to the fluxus artist Robert Filiou, is what makes life more interesting than art.
Read MoreThe Berkeley News Center made this nifty video that captures the excitement of our January 31 Community Day opening. With narration by BAMPFA Director Lawrence Rinder, UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, and US Representative Barbara Lee.
Read MoreThanks to everyone who was a part of our amazing Grand Opening Week. We had a great time welcoming members, friends, donors, Cal students, and the community over four spectacular days. If you haven’t yet visited us in our new building in downtown Berkeley, we hope to see you soon.
Read MoreBAMPFA is offering two engaging lecture/film screening series on Wednesday afternoons this spring that complement our year-round film programming.
Read MoreCustom wood seating and shelving designed and built by Paul Discoe and his firm Joinery Structures is now being installed at the new BAMPFA.
Read MoreWelcome to our new website! Thanks to a grant from the IMLS, we have been able to revamp our site to make it more useful for YOU.
Highlights of this new site include:
Read MoreWe have just confirmed that the first feature to screen in our new theater will be Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal. The new state-of-the-art theater is named after Barbro Osher, the Honorary Consul General of Sweden in California, and she has sel
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