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Opening tomorrow: Campus Collaborations / "Private Frontiers: Media Legacies of the Cold War" This exhibition brings tog...
09/08/2026

Opening tomorrow: Campus Collaborations / "Private Frontiers: Media Legacies of the Cold War"

This exhibition brings together new and recent photography, video, and installation by Naeem Mohaiemen, Prajakta Potnis, TJ Shin, and Tiffany Sia. Drawing on television broadcasts, pop songs, and other forms of mass media, the artists examine how politics was articulated and contested through culture during the second half of the twentieth century, and how these histories continue to shape our present.

The exhibition explores how media technologies shaped perceptions of security, threat, and national belonging during the Cold War, and how these ideas continue to shape how we relate to media today.

"Private Frontiers: Media Legacies of the Cold War" is organized by BAMPFA and curated by Tausif Noor, Assistant Curator, and Atreyee Gupta, Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art at UC Berkeley

On view September 9–December 13, 2026. Learn more and plan your visit at bampfa.org or the link in bio.

Image 📸
1. Prajakta Potnis, "still life", 2009. Digital print on archival paper. Courtesy the artist and Project 88, Mumbai.
2. Naeem Mohaiemen, Das Stasi Panoptikon, Tele 1: Mauern fallen immer, 2026. Single-channel video; color, sound; 4 min. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Evan Walsh.
3. Tiffany Sia, "Scroll Figure #5" (still), 2022, from Scroll Figures, 2022–. 22-inch monitor with security foil, media players, and video; color, silent; 5 min. Courtesy the artist and Maxwell Graham Gallery.
4. TJ Shin, Delta (detail), 2026. Two-channel video installation; looped, infinite duration. Courtesy the artist and Erlich Steinberg, Los Angeles. Photo: Evan Walsh.

Maxwell Graham Gallery

Join us Saturday, September 19 at 1 PM for a Curators’ Conversation on "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" Cocurators ...
09/07/2026

Join us Saturday, September 19 at 1 PM for a Curators’ Conversation on "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces"

Cocurators Natalia Brizuela and Julia Bryan-Wilson discuss Rosenfeld’s approach to art under authoritarianism, feminist strategies for disobedience, materiality and ephemerality, and her work across performance and video.

Lotty Rosenfeld: "Disobedient Spaces" originated at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, with support from Teiger Foundation and the collaboration of the Fundación Lotty Rosenfeld. The exhibition is co-curated by Natalia Brizuela, Professor of Film & Media and Spanish & Portuguese, UC Berkeley, and Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University. The presentation at BAMPFA is organized by Anthony Graham, Senior Curator.

Tickets are required, with gallery admission included with ticket purchase.

Learn more and get tickets at bampfa.org/calendar or the link in bio. 🎟️

Starting September 5: "Martin Scorsese Pictures" 🎬For more than sixty years, Martin Scorsese has shaped the possibilitie...
09/06/2026

Starting September 5: "Martin Scorsese Pictures" 🎬

For more than sixty years, Martin Scorsese has shaped the possibilities of American cinema. His films explore organized crime, power, money, fame, romantic and existential longing, and the search for spiritual redemption. The screenings this fall trace the films that launched Scorsese’s career and established him as one of the defining cinematic voices of his generation.

MEAN STREETS — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1973 — Sat, Sep 5, 7 PM and Fri, Nov 6, 4 PM
ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1974 — Sun, Sep 6, 7 PM
TAXI DRIVER — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1976 — Sat, Sep 12, 7 PM and Sat, Nov 14, 3:30 PM
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1977 — Sun, Sep 13, 7 PM
THE LAST WALTZ — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1978 — Sun, Sep 20, 7 PM and Fri, Nov 27, 5:30 PM
ITALIANAMERICAN AND AMERICAN BOY: A PROFILE OF STEVEN PRINCE — Thu, Oct 1, 7 PM
RAGING BULL — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1980 — Fri, Oct 16, 7 PM and Sat, Nov 21, 6:30 PM
THE KING OF COMEDY — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1982 — Sun, Oct 18, 7 PM
AFTER HOURS — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1985 — Sun, Oct 25, 7 PM
GOODFELLAS — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1990 — Sun, Nov 1, 7 PM and Sun, Nov 29, 5 PM
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1988 — Sun, Dec 6, 2:30 PM
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1993 — Sun, Dec 13, 2 PM and Sat, Jan 30, 1 PM
CAPE FEAR — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1991 — Fri, Dec 4, 7 PM
CASINO — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1995 — Thu, Jan 14, 7 PM and Sun, Feb 28, 3 PM
MY VOYAGE TO ITALY — Martin Scorsese, United States, Italy, 1999 — Sun, Jan 17, 1 PM
KUNDUN — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1997 — Sat, Jan 23, 1 PM
WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR? — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1967 — Sun, Feb 7, 7 PM
LIFE LESSONS: FOUR SCORSESE SHORTS — Sat, Feb 20, 2 PM
BRINGING OUT THE DEAD — Martin Scorsese, United States, 1999 — Wed, Mar 3, 12 PM

"Martin Scorsese Pictures" continues through June 2027. Explore the series and get tickets at bampfa.org/film or the link in bio. 🎟️

Second Saturday for Families is coming up at BAMPFA! 🎨📚On Saturday, September 12, gallery admission is free for kids 13 ...
09/05/2026

Second Saturday for Families is coming up at BAMPFA! 🎨📚

On Saturday, September 12, gallery admission is free for kids 13 and under and one accompanying adult per child.

Gallery + Studio / Lines That Connect: Pattern, Repetition, and Belonging at 11:30 AM 🎨
For ages 6–12, explore Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA Collection before creating your own layered composition through pattern, repetition, and mark making. Included with gallery admission.

Roundtable Reading / The Long Way Around by Anne Nesbet at 2:30 PM 📚
Recommended for ages 7 and up, young readers will read aloud together from Nesbet’s adventure novel. Participants receive a copy of the book to continue reading at home. Included with gallery admission.

Stay for the family-friendly film MODERN TIMES at 4 PM!
Recommended for ages 8 and up, Charlie Chaplin’s politically outspoken classic combines social commentary with some of his funniest scenes, as the Tramp causes chaos simply by being human. MODERN TIMES is a separately ticketed screening, and children under 18 are only $5.

Learn more and plan your visit at bampfa.org/family-programs or the link in bio. ✨

This fall: "Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films" 🎬From BREATHLESS to his early experiments with form, Godard transformed cinem...
09/04/2026

This fall: "Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films" 🎬

From BREATHLESS to his early experiments with form, Godard transformed cinema through jump cuts, elliptical structures, close-ups, and innovative approaches to text, image, and sound. His films reflect his deep engagement with politics, philosophy, literature, art, music, and film history—and continue to inspire filmmakers around the world.

Sat / Sep 5 @ 4:30 PM — BREATHLESS by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1960
Sun / Sep 6 @ 4:30 PM — A WOMAN IS A WOMAN by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1961
Fri / Sep 11 @ 7 PM — VIVRE SA VIE by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1962
Sat / Sep 19 @ 4:30 PM — CONTEMPT by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1963
Sun / Oct 4 @ 1 PM — BAND OF OUTSIDERS by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1964
Sun / Oct 11 @ 1 PM — JEAN-LUC GODARD'S EARLY SHORT FILMS
Thu / Oct 22 @ 7 PM — BREATHLESS by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1960
Sat / Oct 24 @ 7 PM — LE PETIT SOLDAT by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1963
Fri / Oct 30 @ 7:30 PM — A WOMAN IS A WOMAN by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1961
Sat / Oct 31 @ 4 PM — VIVRE SA VIE by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1962
Sun / Nov 8 @ 6:30 PM — CONTEMPT by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1963
Thu / Nov 12 @ 7 PM — BAND OF OUTSIDERS by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1964
Thu / Nov 19 @ 7 PM — LA CHINOISE by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1967

This series is presented alongside "Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films: Posters Designed by Gvido Augusts", on view on the Collection Wall outside the Film Library & Study Center.

Browse the series and get tickets at bampfa.org/film or the link in bio.

Copresented by Villa Albertine

Coming September 12 at 2 PM: "The Unlearning"Composer and musician Theresa Wong performs her 2011 song cycle "The Unlear...
09/03/2026

Coming September 12 at 2 PM: "The Unlearning"

Composer and musician Theresa Wong performs her 2011 song cycle "The Unlearning" as a duo with violinist and vocalist Carla Kihlstedt. Inspired by Francisco Goya’s "The Disasters of War," the work reflects on the enduring resonance of Goya’s 1810 etchings and their connection to our contemporary world.

Experience this unique performance at BAMPFA, accompanied by visual projections by filmmakers Daria Martin and Mao Mollona. Presented in conjunction with "Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA Collection."

Tickets are required, and gallery admission is included with your ticket. Get tickets at bampfa.org/utopia or the link in bio. 🎟️

On Friday, September 4, Kopi Bar and Bakery will close early at 2 PM for a private event. BAMPFA will remain open from 1...
09/03/2026

On Friday, September 4, Kopi Bar and Bakery will close early at 2 PM for a private event. BAMPFA will remain open from 11 AM to 7 PM. ☕️

Kopi Bar and Bakery will be back to regular hours Saturday, September 5. Thanks for understanding, and we'll see you soon! 💜

Just announced 📣 New films from some of today’s most exciting filmmakers are coming to BAMPFA this October as part of Mi...
09/02/2026

Just announced 📣 New films from some of today’s most exciting filmmakers are coming to BAMPFA this October as part of Mill Valley Film Festival

We’re excited to once again be the exclusive East Bay venue for the renowned festival, bringing the best in American independent and international cinema to Berkeley.

🎟️ MVFF 49 lineup will be announced September 10 at 12 PM. Tickets go on sale September 17 at 12 PM.

BAMPFA members get special pricing on MVFF49 screenings! Not yet a member? Join today starting at $40/year.

This Thursday is Free First Thursday at BAMPFA! 🗓️Gallery admission is free all day on September 3, making it a great ti...
09/02/2026

This Thursday is Free First Thursday at BAMPFA! 🗓️

Gallery admission is free all day on September 3, making it a great time to see all that BAMPFA has to offer! Be sure to join our free Exhibition Tour of "Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing" at 1:15 PM, or enjoy the Fisher Family Art Lab all day.

Exhibitions on view:
“Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing”
“Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces”
Atrium Projects / Sarah Cain: "To—you know—you”
Teaching Gallery / "Artists on Colonization, Nuclear Legacies, and Climate Crisis”
Art Wall / Marcel Pardo Ariza: "Las frutas del labor”
“Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA Collection”
“Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films: Posters Designed by Gvido Augusts”

Learn more and plan your visit at bampfa.org or the link in bio!

Coming up September 3–18: "Alice Diop in Person" 🎬From documentary to narrative filmmaking, Alice Diop’s work explores q...
09/01/2026

Coming up September 3–18: "Alice Diop in Person" 🎬

From documentary to narrative filmmaking, Alice Diop’s work explores questions of memory, identity, migration, and belonging with formal rigor and ethical commitment. In conjunction with her residency at UC Berkeley as the 2026–27 Avenali Chair in the Humanities at the Townsend Center for the Humanities () and Pajus Distinguished Visitor in French Studies, BAMPFA presents a retrospective of Alice Diop’s films.

[SOLD OUT] Thu / Sep 3 @ 7 PM — SAINT OMER by Alice Diop, France, 2022
[SOLD OUT] Fri / Sep 4 @ 7 PM — WE by Alice Diop, France, 2021
Thu / Sep 10 @ 7 PM — ON CALL by Alice Diop, France, 2016
Sun / Sep 13 @ 3:30 PM — DANTON’S DEATH by Alice Diop, France, 2011
[FREE] Fri / Sep 18 @ 7 PM — SENEGALESE MEET SENE-GALLIC by Alice Diop, France, Senegal, 2007

🎟️ Browse the series and get tickets at bampfa.org/film or the link in bio.

Copresented by Villa Albertine, UC Berkeley Department of French, and Townsend Center for the Humanities

Now on view: "Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films: Posters Designed by Gvido Augusts" 🎬🖼️Nearly sixty years ago, American pain...
08/31/2026

Now on view: "Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films: Posters Designed by Gvido Augusts" 🎬🖼️

Nearly sixty years ago, American painter and graphic artist Gvido Augusts designed a series of posters for a 1968 retrospective of Jean-Luc Godard’s films at the Pacific Film Archive. The event marked Godard’s first visit to Berkeley and was one of the early accomplishments of then–Program Director Tom Luddy.

Recently acquired by BAMPFA, this complete set of posters includes designs for Godard’s early films as well as other Berkeley cultural events. The exhibition offers a glimpse into the history of film culture in Berkeley—and the lasting connections between the Pacific Film Archive, its early programming, and the artists who helped bring it to life. ✨

On view July 8, 2026–July 4, 2027. Pair your visit with our film series, "Jean-Luc Godard’s Early Films" from September 5–November 19, 2026.

Visit at bampfa.org or the link in bio.

📸: Chris Grunder

Coming up September 9: PUSH BUTTONS AND AI 🤖🎬In conjunction with "Hidden Layers: AI Infrastructures and Hallucinations" ...
08/30/2026

Coming up September 9: PUSH BUTTONS AND AI 🤖🎬

In conjunction with "Hidden Layers: AI Infrastructures and Hallucinations" at UC Berkeley’s Worth Ryder Art Gallery this screening brings together works exploring AI and its social and technical infrastructures.

From automation and chatbot interactions to the human labor behind AI and the ways machines see and classify the world, these films offer a playful, and sometimes unsettling, look at our increasingly automated lives.

Following the screening, Antonio Somaini, Hannes Bajohr, and Sonja Thiel join Gibbs Chapman for a conversation.

🎟️ Get tickets at bampfa.org/film or the link in bio.

BAMPFA is hiring! ✨We're looking for an Assistant to the Executive Director to provide high-level executive support acro...
08/28/2026

BAMPFA is hiring! ✨

We're looking for an Assistant to the Executive Director to provide high-level executive support across board and donor communications, staff-wide initiatives, programs, special projects, and the day-to-day operations of the Executive Director’s Office.

➡️ Learn more about the position and apply at bampfa.org/careers or the link in bio.

Join Maren Hassinger in person for a restaging of her iconic 1982 performance, "Pink Trash" 🌸🌿This free performance on C...
08/27/2026

Join Maren Hassinger in person for a restaging of her iconic 1982 performance, "Pink Trash" 🌸🌿

This free performance on Crescent Lawn will explore the encounters between humans and nature in public space. For this new iteration, Hassinger will be joined by six UC Berkeley students, bringing an intergenerational dimension to the work and to our collective responsibility to protect the natural world.

Co-presented by the UC Berkeley Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative and Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry. ✨

Learn more about this event at bampfa.org/hassinger or the link in bio.

Image 📸
Maren Hassinger, documentation of performance Pink Trash, 1982. Courtesy of Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC. Photo: Harmon Outlaw

Now open: Campus Collaborations / Lotty Rosenfeld: "Disobedient Spaces" ✨One of the most important feminist artists of t...
08/27/2026

Now open: Campus Collaborations / Lotty Rosenfeld: "Disobedient Spaces" ✨

One of the most important feminist artists of the twentieth century, Chilean artist Lotty Rosenfeld (1943–2020) used printmaking, collage, video, and site-specific installation to create gestures of creative resistance against systems of power.

Rosenfeld’s first US retrospective brings together works spanning her career, including rarely seen prints, collages, book covers, and serigraphs with thread. The exhibition also foregrounds her collaborations with artists and activists, including Diamela Eltit, the women’s movement for democracy, and Colectivo Acciones de Arte.

Lotty Rosenfeld: "Disobedient Spaces" originated at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, with support from Teiger Foundation and the collaboration of the Fundación Lotty Rosenfeld. The exhibition is cocurated by Natalia Brizuela, Professor of Film & Media and Spanish & Portuguese, UC Berkeley, and Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University. The presentation at BAMPFA is organized by Anthony Graham, Senior Curator.

On view at BAMPFA through November 15, 2026. Learn more and plan your visit at bampfa.org or the link in bio.

08/26/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Poster Pizza Palooza! 🍕🎨

We loved welcoming incoming UC Berkeley students to BAMPFA for an afternoon of pizza, posters, art, and film. We hope you enjoyed exploring the galleries and finding a new favorite place to spend time on campus. 💙💛

Remember to bring your Cal ID to BAMPFA and make the most of your student benefits. Gallery admission is free, film tickets are $5, and the $40 Student Film Pass is valid through December 18. 🎬

Need a coffee or snack? Show your Cal ID at Kopi Bar and Bakery (KOPI BAR & BAKERY) for 10% off your purchase. ☕️

We’ll see you at BAMPFA! ✨

Join Alice Diop in person presenting SAINT OMER on September 3 at 7PM 🎬Diop’s haunting courtroom drama follows a young n...
08/25/2026

Join Alice Diop in person presenting SAINT OMER on September 3 at 7PM 🎬

Diop’s haunting courtroom drama follows a young novelist who attends the trial of a woman accused of murdering her fifteen-month-old daughter. Inspired by a real-life case, the film explores motherhood, immigration, abandonment, and the complicated ways we understand one another.

Alice Diop’s visit is made possible by the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Department of French, and Villa Albertine, San Francisco, with additional support from the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, and the Center for African Studies.

Following the screening, Alice Diop joins Debarati Sanyal in conversation. Learn more and get tickets at bampfa.org/film or the link in bio. 🎟️

August 30 at 3:30 PM: SKIN OF GLASS 🏙️When documentarian Denise Zmekhol learns that squatters occupy the landmark São Pa...
08/23/2026

August 30 at 3:30 PM: SKIN OF GLASS 🏙️

When documentarian Denise Zmekhol learns that squatters occupy the landmark São Paulo skyscraper her late father designed in the early 1960s, she returns to her hometown to investigate his legacy—and the lives of those who now call the building home.

Following the screening, Zmekhol joins Teresa Caldeira, UC Berkeley Professor of City & Regional Planning and the Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Urban Studies at UC Berkeley, for a conversation.

Get tickets at bampfa.org/madeinberkeley or the link in bio. 🎬

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