Today's Films
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Current Exhibitions
Through November 18
Through November 18
Through November 25
Through December 16
Through March 3
Through May 26
In Person
Apsara DiQuinzio on Harvey Quaytman
Wednesday, October 17
12 PM
The curator of Harvey Quaytman: Against the Static offers an overview of the exhibition, tracing the trajectory of the artist’s career.
Linda H. Rugg on Bergman's The Silence
Wednesday, October 17
3:10 PM
The UC Berkeley professor continues the public In Focus lecture/screening series on Ingmar Bergman with The Silence (Sweden, 1963).
Ute Aurand—First-Person Cinema: Program 1
Wednesday, October 17
7 PM
The featured filmmaker in our First-Person Cinema series presents her work along with that of early influence Margaret Tait.
Ute Aurand—First-Person Cinema: Program 2
Thursday, October 18
7 PM
The filmmaker continues the First-Person Cinema series, presenting her work along with films by Marie Menken and Margaret Tait.
Natalia Brizuela Introduces …My Little Frenchman
Friday, October 19
7 PM
The UC Berkeley professor introduces Nelson Pereira dos Santos' cinema-as-resistance film How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Brazil, 1972).
Hossein Khosrowjah Introduces Two-Legged Horse
Saturday, October 20
5:30 PM
The author and California College of the Arts professor introduces a screening of Samira Makhmalbaf's film.
Erika Stucky
Sunday, October 21
1 PM
The eclectic musician incorporates yodeling, scat singing, and spoken word into her happily subversive art.
Joel Smith on Peter Hujar
Saturday, October 27
1:30 PM
The exhibition curator speaks about Hujar’s compelling work and presents a screening of Peter Hujar: Immersion.
The Black Aesthetic
Friday, November 2
4 PM
The creative organization, whose mission is to curate and assemble a collective and distinct understanding of black visual culture, introduces a program of radical shorts.
Curator's Walk-through: Vanja Malloy on Dimensionism
Wednesday, November 7
12 PM
Join the curator for an exhibition walk-through exploring connections between early twentieth-century scientific advances and innovative midcentury artists.
Dimensionism Curator Vanja Malloy
Thursday, November 8
6 PM
Lecture: The Intersection of Art and Science in the Age of Einstein
Targol Mesbah Introduces The Cow
Sunday, November 11
7 PM
The curator and California Institute of Integral Studies professor introduces a screening of Dariush Mehrjui's film.
On View
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First-Person Cinema
German film artist Ute Aurand joins us to present her lyrical works alongside shorts by American underground filmmaker Marie Menken and Scottish film poet Margaret Tait.
October 17–21, 2018 -
1968 and Global Cinema
Radical films from around the world that emerged from the political and social upheavals of the late sixties.
October 19–November 29, 2018 -
Harvey Quaytman: Against the Static
Survey the career of an unsung artist whose abstract experiments in form, texture, and color are formally rigorous and rich with sensuality and humor.
October 17, 2018–January 27, 2019 -
Luchino Visconti: Cinema of Struggle and Splendor
A retrospective of a key artist of the Italian cinema, whose films are rich in resonance and throbbing with life.
September 14–November 30, 2018 -
Christina Quarles / MATRIX 271
Recent paintings that tussle with culturally prescribed identities and probe the margins where meaning remains unfixed, illegible, and subject to question.
September 19–November 18, 2018 -
Boundless: Contemporary Tibetan Artists at Home and Abroad
Contemporary works alongside the historical pieces that influence them
October 3, 2018–May 26, 2019 -
Chinese Cinema Classics
Screen Idols and Stardom in pre-World War II China
October 5–14, 2018 -
Old Masters in a New Light: Rediscovering the European Collection
BAMPFA’s outstanding collection of historical European art—including several important new acquisitions—is showcased in this exhibition, the culmination of a major research and conservation effort.
September 19–December 16 -
Mark Morris Presents: In the Age of Pepperland
The choreographer selects films that inspired his dance work Pepperland.
September 28–November 25, 2018 -
Redacted: Art for Human Rights
A selection of works from BAMPFA's collections that utilize redacted text, spaces, and elements to both illustrate and obscure the precarious nature of truth
September 19–November 25, 2018 -
Alternative Visions
An expansive avant-garde showcase of films from the early twentieth century to the present, with many special guests in person.
September 5–November 28, 2018 -
In Focus: Ingmar Bergman
Explore the director's work in depth with this screening/lecture series, part of a UC Berkeley course and open to the public.
August 29–November 28, 2018 -
Art Wall: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
A new, site-specific installation by the creator of the 1960s design phenomenon Supergraphics.
August 15, 2018–March 3, 2019 -
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 -
Limited Engagements & Special Screenings
Recent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.
Ongoing