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Divine Women, Divine Wisdom
June 26, 2019–May 24, 2020Temporarily ClosedArt from South Asia and the Himalayan region that celebrates the beauty, fecundity, wisdom, power, and compassion of women within the context of Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
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Arts + Design Mondays @ BAMPFA: Equity and Democracy
September 9, 2019–April 13, 2020Join Berkeley Arts + Design and dozens of UC Berkeley campus organizations every Monday as we explore the connections among creative practice, social movements, and the strategic research of our public university.
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Art Wall: Edie Fake
November 20, 2019–June 21, 2020Temporarily ClosedEdie Fake’s mural envisions affordable housing for transgender elders, using architecture to celebrate the uniqueness of trans bodies and the possibilities of queer space.
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Lands of Promise and Peril: Geographies of California
December 11, 2019–April 26, 2020Cal Conversations
Temporarily ClosedThis student-curated exhibition maps California’s many contradictions as a place of beauty and brutality, prosperity and inequality, sanctuary and exclusion.
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Limited Engagements & Special Screenings
OngoingRecent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.
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Black Life
OngoingExperience the vitality and range of cultural production in the African diaspora through this multidisciplinary event series.
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Gallery Talks, Lectures & Discussions
OngoingArtists, curators, scholars, and others share their insights on BAMPFA exhibitions, the arts, and other cultural topics.
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Film to Table Dinners at Babette
OngoingDelectable dinners following screenings of the films that inspired them
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Family Events
OngoingHands-on activities, participatory readings, performances, movie matinees, and more events designed for kids and their families.
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Five Tables
OngoingDrop by our art study centers on Free First Thursdays for an up-close look at treasures from the BAMPFA collection.
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Ron Nagle: Handsome Drifter
January 15–August 30, 2020Temporarily ClosedRon Nagle’s first Bay Area survey in over twenty-five years showcases his small sculptures, which combine modernism, pop culture, and sensory pleasure in compact, perfect packages.
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Brave Warriors and Fantastic Tales: The World According to Yoshitoshi
January 15–May 31, 2020Temporarily ClosedLegendary warriors and fantastical creatures come to life in the daring prints of Taiso Yoshitoshi, one of the last great ukiyo-e artists of Meiji Japan.
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Federico Fellini at 100
January 16–May 21, 2020A centennial celebration of one of the greats of international art cinema, a master of memory, dreams, fantasy, and desire.
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Arts + Design Thursdays @ BAMPFA: Public Art and Belonging
January 23–April 23, 2020This noon lecture series explores relationships between art and belonging, with a focus on race.
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Documentary Voices
February 5–April 29, 2020Our annual series showcases an international array of recent and historical nonfiction films.
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Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective
February 19–July 19, 2020Temporarily ClosedThe largest exhibition of Rosie Lee Tompkins’s work to date, this retrospective reveals her as a brilliantly inventive quiltmaker and an artist of stunning variety, depth, and impact.
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Art for Human Rights: Peace Now!
February 26–July 12, 2020Temporarily ClosedA selection of protest posters made in Berkeley in the sixties and seventies offers a chance to reflect on an era when Americans were at war with one another while waging war abroad.
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When All That Is Solid Melts into Air
March 4–May 24, 2020Exploring the Intersection of the Folk and the Modern in Postcolonial India
Temporarily Closed Drawing on BAMPFA’s collection of contemporary Indian folk art as well as less traditional forms, this exhibition tells the story of the momentous social and artistic transformations that unfolded in the relationship between the “modern” and the “folk” in India... View
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African Film Festival 2020
March 4–May 8, 2020This year’s edition of the African Film Festival welcomes new voices and veteran filmmakers from both the African continent and the diaspora, spotlighting stories, communities, and struggles rarely seen in Western cinema.
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Francis Ford Coppola and 50 Years of American Zoetrope
Starting March 5, 2020Fifty 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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East Meets West: The Films of Ulrike Ottinger
March 8–June 28, 2020In conjunction with the MATRIX exhibition of her photographs, Ulrike Ottinger returns to BAMPFA for a series of her films, which encompass ethnography, history, and fantasy. “Watching her films is like traveling through an undiscovered country of marvels” (Village Voice).
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Ulrike Ottinger / MATRIX 276
March 25–June 28, 2020In tandem with a series of Ulrike Ottinger’s films in the Barbro Osher Theater, this exhibition highlights her work as a photographer, revealing her keen eye for landscape and intimate portraiture.
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The Cinema of the Absurd: Eastern European Film 1960–1989
March 26–May 15, 2020A series of stark, scathing, and playful films from the former socialist republics of Eastern Europe, where absurdity was a fact of life under authoritarian rule—and a source of cinematic creativity.
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