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Art Wall: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
August 15, 2018–March 3, 2019The pioneer of the 1960s design phenomenon Supergraphics creates a new piece for BAMPFA’s Art Wall.
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Boundless: Contemporary Tibetan Artists at Home and Abroad
October 3, 2018–May 26, 2019Featuring works by renowned contemporary Tibetan artists alongside rare historical pieces, this exhibition highlights how artists explore the infinite possibilities of visual forms to reflect their transcultural, multilingual, and translocal lives.
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Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein
November 7, 2018–March 3, 2019Discover the connections between the scientific and artistic revolutions of the early twentieth century with this groundbreaking exhibition, which reveals how artists responded to scientific advances with bold new forms of creative expression.
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Ink, Paper, Silk: One Hundred Years of Collecting Japanese Art
December 12, 2018–April 14, 2019An exceptional selection of scroll paintings, screens, woodblock prints, lacquerware, and ceramics demonstrating the breadth and beauty of Japanese art.
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Arthur Jafa / MATRIX 272
December 12, 2018–March 24, 2019A gallery exhibition and complementary screenings of videos by Arthur Jafa, whose work expands the concept of black cinema while exploring African American experience and race relations in everyday life.
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Masako Miki / MATRIX 273
January 9–April 28, 2019A magical installation inspired by Shinto beliefs and the shape-shifting beings of Japanese folklore.
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Get Dancin’: Selections from the Collection
January 9–March 31, 2019The exuberance, romance, and beauty of dance are central themes in this wide-ranging selection of works.
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Aaron Marcus: Early Works
February 6–June 30, 2019In these multicolored transformations of computer-generated forms, the artist makes connections between art, science, design, and visual poetry.
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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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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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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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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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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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