Today's Films
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Today's Events
12:15 PM
Guided Tours: Way Bay 2
Today's Gallery Hours
Open 11AM–7PM
Current Exhibitions
Through August 19
Through August 26
Through September 2
Through September 2
Through September 16
Through October 14
Through November 18
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Persona
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Greta Garbo in A Woman of Affairs (June 10)
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In Person
Workshop with Mary Banas
Saturday, July 21
1 PM
Create a collaborative book based on poetry and imagery from Way Bay 2 in this design workshop.
Judy Irving & Mark Bittner
Saturday, July 21
4 PM
Filmmaker Judy Irving and Mark Bittner, the subject of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, join us for a screening of the film.
Full: Affirmative Action
Friday, July 27
7 PM
This collaborative production foregrounds concepts of transparency, radical diversity, and inclusion, highlighting the “lens of whiteness” through which artists of color present their work.
Matthew Coleman on Peter Hujar
Sunday, July 29
3 PM
This exhibition walkthrough explores Hujar’s distinctive and arresting photographic style and imagery.
Risograph Workshop with Tim Belonax
Saturday, August 4
12 PM
Join designer and educator Tim Belonax to create Risograph-printed postcards in response to Way Bay 2.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon & Jacquelynn Baas
Thursday, August 16
12 PM
The origniator of Supergraphics discusses her new Art Wall commission with BAMPFA's former director.
Black Life: Brontez Purnell
Friday, August 17
6 PM
Join us for a performance by the renowned Oakland dancer, musician, and author.
Feral Fabric with Amanda Walters & Paulina Berczynski
Sunday, August 26
12 PM
Discover how undomesticated cloth can be in this hands-on workshop with the artists.
Full: Maggi Payne & Laetitia Sonami
Sunday, August 26
7 PM
Two of the Bay Area’s finest composers and intrepid musical pioneers team up for an evening of solo and collaborative performances, electroacoustic music, and sound art.
On View
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Peter Hujar: Speed of Life
The first retrospective of this influential artist, who described his own work as “uncomplicated, direct photographs of complicated and difficult subjects,”
June 30–November 18, 2018 -
Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen
The artist's first survey exhibition addresses discarded and displaced people, places, and things in a time of global climate change.
July 11–October 14, 2018 -
Jacques Becker
Rediscover the films of this classic French director.
July 12–August 31, 2018 -
Aki Kaurismäki: Films from the Other Side of Hope
Melodrama meets minimalism and bitter reality is tempered with deadpan comedy in Kaurismäki's unique cinematic universe.
July 6–August 5, 2018 -
Joanne Leonard: Intimate Documentary
Rare, intimate photographs of life in Oakland in the 1960s and 1970s.
July 4-September 2, 2018 -
Way Bay 2
A fresh iteration of our innovative exhibition exploring the creative energies that have emerged from the Bay Area over the past two centuries.
June 13–September 2, 2018 -
Michelangelo Antonioni, a retrospective
Explore the full range of this Italian Modernist master’s dazzling work in this comprehensive retrospective.
June 15–August 31, 2018 -
Color, Form, Unicorn: New Acquisitions
Recent additions to the BAMPFA collection feature unusual approaches to color and form—plus a unicorn.
June 6-August 19, 2018 -
The Luminous Legacy of Greta Garbo
Bask in the radiance of one of cinema’s greatest stars with this big-screen celebration of Garbo’s subtle skill and timeless allure.
June 7–July 13, 2018 -
Alicia McCarthy & Ruby Neri / MATRIX 270
New work by two artists who have maintained a strong artistic dialogue since meeting in San Francisco in the 1990s.
May 23–August 26, 2018 -
Master Traces, Transcultural Visions
Works from second through twentieth-century Asia reveal how Buddhist power was expressed and spread through art.
May 16–September 16, 2018 -
Limited Engagements & Special Screenings
Recent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.
Ongoing