april 28, 2023 - bampfa
Final Weekend! Out of Africa, Endless Knot, and Kentridge on the Outdoor Screen Closing Soon
Looking for something to do this weekend? Don’t miss the final days of some of our favorite exhibitions of the year. Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Morakot, William Kentridge’s films on the outdoor screen, and Out of Africa: Selections from the Kramlich Collection (featuring another William Kentridge piece) all close April 30. Plus, there’s only one week left to see Endless Knot: Struggle and Healing in the Buddhist World, which includes art by this year’s Lijin Lecturer, Tsherin Sherpa.
Coming Soon to the Galleries
Fifty-Third Annual UC Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Opening May 10: continuing a tradition that has lasted for over half a century, we are pleased to present the thesis exhibition of UC Berkeley’s MFA graduates. This year’s exhibition includes the exceptional work of Irma Yuliana Barbosa, Gericault De La Rose, Eniola Fakile, Juniper Harrower, Fei Pan, Tiare Ribeaux, and Samuel Wildman.
What Has Been and What Could Be: The #bampfa Collection
Opening June 7: the lower level galleries are transforming! What Has Been and What Could Be inaugurates a year-long presentation of our collection, bringing a contemporary perspective to the museum’s global art holdings. We are excited to #show works that span multiple generations and geographies—presented in a way you’ve likely never seen them before.
Last chance! Get Art + Film Benefit Tickets
Saturday, May 6: we invite you to join our community of friends and supporters to honor two path-breaking creatives with deep ties to the Bay Area: filmmaker and artist Cauleen Smith and conceptual artist and photographer Catherine Wagner. Artist and filmmaker Arthur Jafa will offer a special tribute to Smith, while Connie Butler, Chief Curator of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, will offer Wagner’s tribute.
In the Theater
Drylongso with Cauleen Smith in person
Sunday, May 7, 5 PM: following the Art + Film Benefit, Cauleen Smith will present a screening of her acclaimed 1998 feature debut, Drylongso, set and shot on location in Oakland. The film, shown in a new 4K restoration, is “a resonant and visionary examination of violence (and its reverberations), friendship, and gender.” (Film at Lincoln Center)
Odessa’s Uncompromising Eccentric: The Films of Kira Muratova
Through May 14: We are pleased to welcome Stanislav Menzelevskyi of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center of Ukraine to introduce several screenings of our Kira Muratova retrospective. Muratova’s utterly fearless films play in our theater through mid May!
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cinema of Now
Through May 12: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's visit to #bampfa may be over, but there's still time to immerse yourself in his ethereally beautiful work. The Adventure of Iron Pussy, Memoria, Mekong Hotel, and Cemetery of Splendor are all coming up in the next two weeks.
Upcoming Events
Lijin Lecture: Tsherin Sherpa on Art from the Himalayas: Past into Present
Sunday, April 30, 12 PM: celebrated Tibetan artist Tsherin Sherpa will give the annual Lijin Lecture this weekend. The artist will discuss present-day Himalayan art and its connections with traditional practices. Sherpa, whose own work is currently on view in Endless Knot, splits his time between California and Kathmandu and his work draws on Buddhist traditions to comment on his diasporic experience. A documentary about Sherpa's life and career, Above and Below by Sheri Brenner, will immediately follow the lecture as part of the program.
Friday, May 12, 5:30 PM: Meet the 2023 graduates of UC Berkeley’s MFA program and celebrate the opening of the 53rd annual thesis exhibition. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to learn more about each of the artists featured in the exhibition.
Berkeleyside Idea Makers: Mindy Seu, Lauren Schiller, and Hadley Dynak
Friday, May 19, 6:30 PM: BAMPFA is proud to once again partner with our friends at Berkeleyside to celebrate Berkeleyʼs stature in the world of ideas. This program explores the frontiers of feminism today with designer and technologist Mindy Seu, podcaster Lauren Schiller, and activist Hadley Dynak.
BAMPFA in the News
SFFILM 66th San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Awards winners
This past weekend marked the close of an exciting two weeks of SFFILM screenings at #bampfa. Earth Mama, which won an audience award, had its California premiere at #bampfa to a sold out house. Snow and the Bear and What These Walls Won’t Hold, which also screened at #bampfa, were recognized with jury prizes.
Perestroika blues and gender-bending fun at BAMPFA
"No matter how many films you’ve seen, there’s always something new and unusual to be discovered in the wonderful world of motion pictures." John Seal writes for Berkeleyside: #bampfa "of course, is happy to oblige those of us eager to explore new cinematic territory — and this coming weekend is no exception."
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