Today's Films
Today's Events
Today's Gallery Hours
Open 11AM–7PM
Current Exhibitions
Through April 28
Through May 26
Through June 23
Through June 30
Through June 30
Through July 21
Through October 13
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Hans Hofmann: Indian Summer, 1959; oil on canvas; 60 1/8 x 72 1/4 in.
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Frederick Hammersley: Me & thee, 1980; oil on linen; 24 x 24 in.
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In Person
2019 Les Blank Lecture: Susana de Sousa Dias
Wednesday, April 24
7 PM
With a screening of her film Luz obscura
Isabel Allende in Conversation with Caridad Svich
Thursday, April 25
12 PM
Arts + Design Thursdays: The House of the Spirits
Richard Peña
Friday, April 26
7 PM
Introducing a screening of Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Tent of Miracles
Lijin Collection Lecture: Clarissa von Spee
Saturday, April 27
2 PM
Wu Hufan, Victoria Contag, and C. C. Wang—A Passion for Paintings and a Lifelong Friendship
Namwali Serpell
Saturday, April 27
5:45 PM
With a screening of I Am Not a Witch, an African Film Festival selection
Lecture by Gian Luca Farinelli, Stephen Horne on live piano
Wednesday, May 1
3 PM
With a screening of the silent film Grand Tour Italiano, 1905–1914
Director Mark Freeman
Wednesday, May 1
7 PM
With a screening of his short film dancedance/REVOLUTION and African Film Festival selection The Fruitless Tree
Gallery Talk: John Zurier on Hans Hofmann
Thursday, May 2
12 PM
An artist's perspective on the exhibition
On View
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Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction
Spanning the entirety of the artist’s career, this exhibition presents a fresh and eye-opening examination of a prolific and innovative artistic practice.
February 27–July 21, 2019 -
Looking: The Art of Frederick Hammersley
Explore the extraordinary creativity of the artist in its full breadth, from painting and photography to computer art.
April 10–June 23, 2019 -
Unlimited: Recent Gifts from the William Goodman and Victoria Belco Photography Collection
Works by masters of the photographic form, with an emphasis on contemporary work from the Bay Area and around the world.
March 27–September 1, 2019 -
Permanent Accusation: Art for Human Rights
How can art can urge accountability for human rights in ways that the law cannot?
April 10–June 30, 2019 -
In Focus: Hirokazu Kore-eda
This lecture/screening series is a chance to explore the stylistically restrained yet psychologically probing work of one of the most acclaimed directors working today.
March 13–April 24, 2019 -
Delphine Seyrig: Resistant Muse
A tribute to an actress whose profound intelligence, professional expertise, and sublime beauty contributed to some of the most memorable films of the twentieth century
March 8–April 27, 2019 -
Art Wall: Carlos Amorales
This new commission invokes Mexican muralism, graffiti, and political protest, while reinforcing the importance of current social engagement.
March 27–October 13, 2019 -
Remembering Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Films by a founding member of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement, who helped put the Global South on the cinematic map.
March 15–May 8, 2019 -
African Film Festival 2019
An annual selection of the best of both new African cinema and films of the black diaspora, including a two-film tribute to the great Bill Gunn.
March 2–May 10, 2019 -
Painters Painting
Inspired by BAMPFA’s Hans Hofmann retrospective, we screen a selection of exceptional films about painters and painting, from Van Gogh to Basquiat, Giotto to Joan Mitchell.
March 1–April 28, 2019 -
Documentary Voices
Our annual series of nonfiction films showcases inventive approaches to the documentary form.
January 23–April 24, 2019 -
Masako Miki / MATRIX 273
A magical installation inspired by Shinto beliefs and the shape-shifting beings of Japanese folklore.
January 9–April 28, 2019 -
Boundless: Contemporary Tibetan Artists at Home and Abroad
Contemporary works alongside the historical pieces that influence them
October 3, 2018–May 26, 2019 -
Movie Matinees for All Ages
Treat the family to an afternoon at the movies.
Ongoing