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Beyond Boundaries: Buddhist Art of Gandhara
April 30, 2021–March 13, 2022Northern India’s Gandharan region was a crossroads of power, culture, and art from the second to ninth centuries. Rare sculptural images of the Buddha and his life story reflect cultural exchanges between the Hellenistic world and the native artistic traditions of India.
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Present Tense: Five Centuries of Colonialism in Latin American and...
April 30–June 20, 2021Cal Conversations
An exhibition of historical and contemporary art that reveals how colonialism has shaped life in the Latin Americas offers captivating works that critique society and introduce beauty as a form of healing.
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Ulrike Ottinger / MATRIX 276
April 30–July 18, 2021In tandem with a streaming series of Ulrike Ottinger’s films, this exhibition highlights her work as a photographer, revealing her keen eye for landscape and intimate portraiture.
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Streaming: Recent Films of Amit Dutta
April 30–August 31, 2021Indian filmmaker and writer Amit Dutta has created his own distinctive cinema through deep explorations of India’s artistic, literary, and cultural traditions. We present the premiere of a portrait of Krishna Baldev Vaid, along with other recent work and the landmark Nainsukh.
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The 50th Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine...
May 14–June 20, 2021After a pandemic-related postponement, we showcase works by 2020 graduates from the MFA program at Cal.
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Kay Sekimachi: Geometries
May 28–October 24, 2021This survey spans the innovative career of Kay Sekimachi, whose experimental objects fold together art and craft, found and made, and Japanese and American artistic traditions.
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The 51st Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine...
June 11–July 11, 2021BAMPFA presents works by this year’s MFA graduates from the Department of Art Practice at Cal.
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Art Wall: Luchita Hurtado
August 6–March 20, 2022Developed from a drawing that delineates the differing strata of earth's material structure, BAMPFA's Art Wall commission is Hurtado's most monumental painting to date and among the last works she made.
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The Enduring Mark
August 6–November 28, 2021Six Centuries of Drawing from the Gray Collection
Celebrating drawing as an expression of the beauty, vigor, and ephemerality of life, this exhibition charts a history of European and American drawing from the fifteenth to the twentieth century with works by Rubens, Degas, Klee, Picasso, and more.
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Free Films on BAMPFA’s Outdoor Screen
August 12–September 9, 2021This summer BAMPFA is thrilled to partner with the Downtown Berkeley Association to present three inspiring documentaries on our outdoor screen, welcoming audiences back to the museum to celebrate the vision of artists and activists, from the Bay Area and beyond.
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New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century
August 28, 2021–January 30, 2022Featuring more than 150 works, most made since the year 2000, this major survey presents a kaleidoscopic view of feminist practices in contemporary art.
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Arts + Design Thursdays @ BAMPFA
September 2–December 2, 2021Creativity and Practice
All events will be live captioned. If you require captioning to access a prerecorded event on our site, please contact Paris Cotz at pariscotz@berkeley.edu. Please allow seven to ten days for captioning to be provided.
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Guided Tours 2022
OngoingGet a deeper look at the artworks on view by joining an expert-led tour.
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Alternative Visions 2021
September 8–November 17, 2021Our annual showcase Alternative Visions continues with 1990s Japanese experimental films by women, with guest curators Wakae Nakane and Miryam Sas in conversation. Collage animator Janie Geiser also presents a program of her recent films, created from a haunting array of visual... View
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Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA
September 13–November 15, 2021Perseverance, Renewal, and Reflection in a Changing World
Pre-register for the events using the zoom registration link in the event pages below. For more information and updates, visit artsdesign.berkeley.edu.
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On the Hour: Night Watch
September 16–October 31Screening hourly on BAMPFA's Outdoor Screen, Shimon Attie's 2018 video work features twelve portraits of refugees who fled violence and discrimination in their homeland and were granted political asylum in the United States.
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Tutorials: Streaming from Home
If you would like to watch a film from BAMPFA’s rotating selection of streaming films, you can learn how to get started with these helpful tutorials.
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Mill Valley Film Festival at BAMPFA
October 8–17, 2021BAMPFA is pleased to partner with the Mill Valley Film Festival to present selected screenings from MVFF44 in the Barbro Osher Theater.
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Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2021
October 21–November 27, 2021Recent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.
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Kazuo Miyagawa: Cinematographer and Visual Stylist
October 23–November 28, 2021One of film’s most talented cinematographers, Kazuo Miyagawa worked with many of the great Japanese directors, including Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, Kon Ichikawa, and Masahiro Shinoda, all represented in this series, which foregrounds his artistry on the big... View
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New Time: The Future Is Feminist
October 24, 2021–January 29, 2022Conceived in dialog with BAMPFA’s major exhibition New Time, The Future Is Feminist brings together a diverse range of works made since 2000 by women filmmakers representing an array of feminist voices and aesthetics, variously observational, confrontational,... View
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The Black Film Ambassador: The Ecstatic World of Albert Johnson
October 30–November 26, 2021Dedicated to a pillar of the Bay Area film scene, film critic, curator, and educator Albert Johnson (1925–1998) the films in this series gesture toward the breadth of his interests and provide a welcome opportunity to celebrate his brilliant legacy.
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Afterimage: Walter Murch in Conversation
November 6–20, 2021Walter Murch, whose accomplishments have earned him respect and praise as “the film editor’s editor” and “a sound and image guru,” is our guest for Afterimage, sharing his wisdom on editing and sound design in three in-depth conversations.
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Marguerite Duras: The Seamless Past and Present
November 11–28, 2021The celebrated French author and filmmaker Marguerite Duras is the focus of this trio of works, including the Bay Area premiere of Suzanna Andler. Also featured are Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima mon amour and a new restoration of Le navire Night.
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Big Screen: Highlights from a Year of Virtual Cinema
December 2, 2021–February 16, 2022Now that we are back in the Barbro Osher Theater, we want to share some highlights from the past year of virtual cinema as an affirmation of the importance of seeing films on the big screen and with an audience.
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Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope
December 3, 2021–February 27, 2022Fifty years after the founding of American Zoetrope, we celebrate the studio and its co-creator, Francis Ford Coppola. Along with Coppola’s works, the series features films by George Lucas, Jean-Luc Godard, Akira Kurosawa, and more.
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Five Tables 2022
First Thursdays of each monthFive Tables is a monthly event coinciding with First Free Thursdays organized by the BAMPFA staff, and periodically by the Student Committee. Drop by the Florence Helzel Works on Paper Study Center for a curated behind-the-scenes experience.
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Readings 2022
OngoingMeet the authors of new books and hear poets and other literary lights read their work.
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