On View
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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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Black Life
OngoingExperience the vitality and range of cultural production in the African diaspora through this exciting, multidisciplinary event series.
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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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Family Events
OngoingHands-on activities, participatory readings, performances, movie matinees, and more events designed for kids and their families.
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Limited Engagements & Special Screenings
OngoingRecent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.
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Film to Table Dinners at Babette
OngoingDelectable dinners following screenings of the films that inspired them
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Unlimited: Recent Gifts from the William Goodman and Victoria Belco...
March 27–September 1, 2019Celebrating a major gift of photographs from a pair of local collectors, this exhibition features works by masters of the photographic form, with an emphasis on contemporary work from the Bay Area and around the world.
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Art Wall: Carlos Amorales
March 27–October 13, 2019This new commission draws on multiple histories of Mexican muralism, graffiti, and political protest, while reinforcing the importance of social engagement in the present moment.
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It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll
June 13–August 31, 2019Rock ’n’ roll is the soundtrack to summer at BAMPFA as we celebrate the roots and resonance of rock in cinema. Three free events on our outdoor screen take the music to the streets.
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Divine Women, Divine Wisdom
June 26, 2019–January 12, 2020Art 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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No Horizon: Helen Mirra and Sean Thackrey
July 3–August 25, 2019This exhibition brings together two Bay Area artists whose work embraces the simple act of seeing as an inspiration to deep reflection and understanding.
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Jean-Pierre Léaud at 75
July 4–August 30, 2019This series surveys the career of a French New Wave icon, from his youthful roles as François Truffaut’s alter ego Antoine Doinel to his embodiment of a dying Louis XIV.
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View Finders: Women Cinematographers
July 12–November 21, 2019Showcasing the artistic visions of female cinematographers around the world, this series asks whether there is such a thing as a “female gaze.”
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Meditation in Motion: Zen Calligraphy from the Stuart Katz Collection
July 17–October 20, 2019The first exhibition at BAMPFA to present the unique art form of Japanese Zen-inspired calligraphy, Meditation in Motion features important works by Chinese Ōbaku monks who immigrated to Japan, as well as writings by Japanese monks who expanded on their examples.
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Against Authority: The Cinema of Masaki Kobayashi
July 20–August 18, 2019A rare chance to see 35mm prints of films by a key figure in mid-twentieth-century Japanese cinema, including his masterwork, the three-part antiwar epic The Human Condition.
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Dennis Feldman: Photographs
July 31–October 13, 2019Photographs from two series, Hollywood Boulevard, 1969–1972 and American Images, demonstrate the artist’s achievements as an affecting social documentarian and explorer of what he calls “a world contained in a frame.”
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Abbas Kiarostami: Life as Art
August 2–December 21, 2019Iran’s most influential director, Kiarostami made films that blended fiction and documentary, minimalism and spontaneity, poetic vision and humanist spirit. We present a near-complete retrospective of his work.
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