On View
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Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction
February 27–July 21, 2019Spanning the entirety of the artist’s career, this exhibition presents a fresh and eye-opening examination of Hans Hofmann’s prolific and innovative artistic practice.
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Afterimage: Ulrike Ottinger
March 1–April 7, 2019The German filmmaker joins us for a weeklong residency. From fantastical feminist fictions to ethnographic explorations, her films reflect a keen and wide-ranging eye for the marvelous.
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Painters Painting
March 1–April 28, 2019Inspired 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.
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African Film Festival 2019
March 2–May 10, 2019This year’s edition of the annual festival highlights the best of both new African cinema and films of the black diaspora, including a two-film tribute to the great Bill Gunn.
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Delphine Seyrig: Resistant Muse
March 8–April 27, 2019A tribute to an actress who contributed her profound intelligence, professional expertise, and sublime beauty to some of the most memorable films of the twentieth century, including Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman and Alain Resnais’s Last Year at Marienbad.
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In Focus: Hirokazu Kore-eda
March 13–April 24, 2019Lecture/Screening Series
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.
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Remembering Nelson Pereira dos Santos
March 15–May 8, 2019A tribute to a founding member of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement, whose fiery but loving dissections of postcolonial society helped put the Global South on the cinematic map.
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GLAS Animation Festival at BAMPFA
March 23–24, 2019Two programs from the GLAS Animation Festival showcase short works by Dennis Tupicoff and Jim Trainor, with the artists in person.
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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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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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Looking: The Art of Frederick Hammersley
April 10–June 23, 2019Explore the extraordinary creativity of artist Frederick Hammersley in its full breadth, from painting and photography to computer art, in this exhibition marking a significant recent donation of the artist's work.
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Permanent Accusation: Art for Human Rights
April 10–June 30, 2019This presentation of work by Fernando Botero and others asks how art can urge accountability for human rights in ways that the law cannot.
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Boundless: Pema Tseden’s Cinema of Tibet
April 25–May 12, 2019Three films from a leading figure in Tibet’s emergent cinema, whose works have received acclaim worldwide and brought both the cultural vibrancy and the social concerns of contemporary Tibet to a global audience.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda: Reprise Screenings
May 2–18, 2019Missed a screening in our In Focus series devoted to Kore-eda, or want to revisit a favorite film? Here’s a second chance to explore the acclaimed Japanese director’s work.
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The 49th Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine...
May 17–June 16, 2019BAMPFA showcases work by the latest graduates from the MFA program at Cal.
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About Things Loved: Blackness and Belonging
May 17–July 21, 2019Cal Conversations
Featuring creations by black artists in the collections of BAMPFA and the Hearst Museum of Anthropology, this exhibition organized by UC Berkeley graduate students imagines the liberatory possibilities of celebrating blackness and belonging.
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