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Summer Film Tickets are Now on Sale!

Tickets are now available for our summer film season, kicking off in June with film noirs set in locales beyond the city, a showcase of Robert Altman films across five decades, and the stunning, poetic films of Andrei Tarkovsky.

We'll also dive into the films of Japanese auteur Mikio Naruse and welcome the acclaimed Malaysian-born, Taiwan-based director Tsai Ming-liang in person. View the full season→

Members get half-price film tickets, exclusive presales, and more great perks! Not yet a member? Join today starting at just $40/year.

Upcoming Films

In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City

Vivien’s Wild Ride

The 400 Blows

Robert Altman at 100

Bruce Conner: Films from the BAMPFA Collection

Vermiglio

Andrei Tarkovsky: Voyages in Time

A Photographic Memory

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Exhibitions on View

To Exalt the Ephemeral: The (Im)permanent Collection

Art Wall / Tanya Aguiñiga: Border Fall Height

Collection Focus / Sky Hopinka: Sunflower Siege Engine

Upcoming Events

Exhibition Tour: To Exalt The Ephemeral

Fabric Marker Jam with Cone Shape Top

Exhibition Tour: To Exalt The Ephemeral

Teach Your Children to Slurp Noodles

Perfume Workshop with Zapah Lab

Preview Day: Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California

Community Day: Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California

Roundtable Reading / Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary

Gallery+Studio / Family and Community Quiltmaking

Lijin Lecture: Yasufumi Nakamori on Martin Wong and Premodern Art of Asia

Exhibition Tour: Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California

ART LAB AT HOME

#1: Stamp and Postcard Making

#2: Printing with Leaves

#3: Paper Plant Making

#4: Camera Obscura

#5 Part 1: Natural Dyeing

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For Families

Gallery+Studio / Create Your Own Shield!

¡Roundtable Reading Bilingüe! Voyage of the Dogs / Perronautas by Greg Van Eekhout

Gallery+Studio / Make Your Mark

Roundtable Reading / Ferris by Kate DiCamillo

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News

An update regarding the loss of IMLS and NEA grants supporting the African American Quilt Collection at BAMPFA

BAMPFA Reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums

Excerpt from the exhibition catalog for "Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California"

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From The Archives

Off the Shelves: Hispanic and Latinx Collection Spotlight

Off the Shelves: Kinuyo Tanaka

Off the Shelves: Asian American Cinema Rarities from the BAMPFA Film Library & Study Center

Distinguished Women of BAMPFA: Celebrating 150 Years of Women at UC Berkeley

Off the Shelves—Black Cinema, Black History

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