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This Summer at BAMPFA: "French Noir: From the Shadows into the Light". 🕶️

Opening June 4 and running through August 28, this summer series dives into the French films that helped define, transform, and complicate the noir tradition, with films by Jean-Pierre Melville, Louis Malle, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Renoir, Jules Dassin, François Truffaut, and more. 🎬

Thu / Jun 4 @ 7 PM — BOB LE FLAMBEUR by Jean-Pierre Melville, France, 1956
Sat / Jun 6 @ 6:30 PM — ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS by Louis Malle, France, 1958
Sun / Jun 7 @ 5 PM — BREATHLESS by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1960
Wed / Jun 10 @ 7 PM — THE RULES OF THE GAME by Jean Renoir, France, 1939
Sat / Jun 13 @ 4:30 PM — LE DOULOS by Jean-Pierre Melville, France, Italy, 1962
Wed / Jun 17 @ 7 PM — LE SAMOURAÏ by Jean-Pierre Melville, France, 1967
Sat / Jun 20 @ 7 PM — LE CERCLE ROUGE by Jean-Pierre Melville, France, 1970
Sat / Jun 27 @ 4 PM — RIFIFI by Jules Dassin, France, 1955
Fri / Jul 3 @ 7 PM — LE JOUR SE LÈVE by Marcel Carné, France, 1939
Sun / Jul 12 @ 3 PM — Book Launch with David Thomson + PIERROT LE FOU by Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1965
Wed / Jul 15 @ 7 PM — PORT OF SHADOWS by Marcel Carné, France, 1938
Sat / Jul 18 @ 6:30 PM — SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER by François Truffaut, France, 1960
Fri / Jul 24 @ 7 PM — MISSISSIPPI MERMAID by François Truffaut, France, 1969
Sun / Jul 26 @ 7 PM — LE CORBEAU by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, 1943
Wed / Jul 29 @ 7 PM — PANIQUE by Julien Duvivier, France, 1946
Sun / Aug 2 @ 4:30 PM — THE CLOCKMAKER OF ST. PAUL by Bertrand Tavernier, France, 1974
Thu / Aug 6 @ 7 PM — LE TROU by Jacques Becker, France, 1960
Sun / Aug 9 @ 7 PM — THE SEVENTH JUROR by Georges Lautner, France, 1962
Wed / Aug 19 @ 7 PM — BOB LE FLAMBEUR by Jean-Pierre Melville, France, 1956
Thu / Aug 27 @ 7 PM — PURPLE NOON by René Clément, France, 1960
Fri / Aug 28 @ 7 PM — ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS by Louis Malle, France, 1958

Expect shadowy streets, cool gangsters, fatal choices, smoky atmospheres, and some of the sharpest style in cinema history. Browse the series and start planning at bampfa.org/frenchnoir or the link in bio. ✨

We are delighted to receive a $250,00 grant from Getty (@gettymuseum) through the Black Visual Art Archives initiative. This multi-year program increases access to archival collections across the country that hold important historical records related to works created by Black artists.

Grants provide archivists with wider capacity to organize, catalogue, and digitize materials, as well as activate archives through creative projects like exhibitions, programming, and more.

Coming up Friday, May 22: Black Life: Bloom as Miracle. ✨

This improvisational performance brings together two performance artists whose identities remain unknown to each other—and to the audience—until the day of the event. What unfolds is a live encounter shaped by movement, tension, healing, persistence, and collective blossoming. 🌱

Organized by Black Life Guest Curator Gabriele Christian (@gabriele.mov), Bloom as Miracle is the third installment in the yearlong series AS LONG AS THERE ARE CATASTROPHES, THERE WILL BE MIRACLES.

Included with admission. Details are at the link in bio. 🎟️

This Sunday at 11 AM: Highly Descriptive Vision Access Guided Tour of “Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection”. ✨

BAMPFA Education staff offers a highly descriptive tour of several artworks in the exhibition for blind and low-vision visitors with rich verbal description and close attention to the artworks on view. Together, we’ll explore abstraction, design, representations of the body, materiality, process, and the influence of second-wave feminism throughout Rhapsody. 🖼️

The tour is included with admission and runs from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. Details are at the link in bio. 🎟️

This Sunday at 11 AM: Highly Descriptive Vision Access Guided Tour of “Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection”. ✨

BAMPFA Education staff offers a highly descriptive tour of several artworks in the exhibition for blind and low-vision visitors with rich verbal description and close attention to the artworks on view. Together, we’ll explore abstraction, design, representations of the body, materiality, process, and the influence of second-wave feminism throughout Rhapsody. 🖼️

The tour is included with admission and runs from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. Details are at the link in bio. 🎟️

This Sunday at 11 AM: Highly Descriptive Vision Access Guided Tour of “Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection”. ✨

BAMPFA Education staff offers a highly descriptive tour of several artworks in the exhibition for blind and low-vision visitors with rich verbal description and close attention to the artworks on view. Together, we’ll explore abstraction, design, representations of the body, materiality, process, and the influence of second-wave feminism throughout Rhapsody. 🖼️

The tour is included with admission and runs from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. Details are at the link in bio. 🎟️

Ahead of this Saturday’s screening of OUR HITLER, read this @screenslate preview of Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s monumental 1977 film. 🎬

Screening at BAMPFA on May 16 at 1:30 PM, OUR HITLER is a sprawling, formally audacious work that uses stylized tableaux, projection, performance, and dense historical reference to confront the mythologies of modern Germany. ✨

Join us for the screening this Saturday. Tickets and details are at bampfa.org/event/our-hitler or the link in bio. 🎟️

This Friday at 6 PM: MFA Artists’ Talk at BAMPFA. 🎤

Hear from the 2026 graduates of UC Berkeley’s MFA program as they discuss their work with exhibition curators Omar Farah and Tausif Noor. BAMPFA’s Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition features work by graduating artists Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. It’s a chance to hear directly from these artists about the ideas, materials, and questions behind the work now on view. ✨

Tickets are required, and gallery admission is included with ticket purchase. Details are at the link in bio. 🎟️

Planning a visit to BAMPFA this month? ✨

A quick reminder that our seasonal hours begin this week. From Wednesday, May 13 through Sunday, May 24, the BAMPFA galleries and store will close early at 5 PM.

Please check our Hours & Admission page before your visit. Link in bio. 🕐

Opening tomorrow: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition. ✨

For more than fifty years, BAMPFA and the @ucberkeley_artpractice Department have partnered to present work by graduating MFA students. This year’s exhibition features work by Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. 🖼️

The exhibition opens May 13 and runs through July 26. Come see the culmination of two years of rigorous research, experimentation, and making at BAMPFA. Link in bio.

Opening tomorrow: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition. ✨

For more than fifty years, BAMPFA and the @ucberkeley_artpractice Department have partnered to present work by graduating MFA students. This year’s exhibition features work by Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. 🖼️

The exhibition opens May 13 and runs through July 26. Come see the culmination of two years of rigorous research, experimentation, and making at BAMPFA. Link in bio.

Opening tomorrow: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition. ✨

For more than fifty years, BAMPFA and the @ucberkeley_artpractice Department have partnered to present work by graduating MFA students. This year’s exhibition features work by Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. 🖼️

The exhibition opens May 13 and runs through July 26. Come see the culmination of two years of rigorous research, experimentation, and making at BAMPFA. Link in bio.

Opening tomorrow: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition. ✨

For more than fifty years, BAMPFA and the @ucberkeley_artpractice Department have partnered to present work by graduating MFA students. This year’s exhibition features work by Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. 🖼️

The exhibition opens May 13 and runs through July 26. Come see the culmination of two years of rigorous research, experimentation, and making at BAMPFA. Link in bio.

Opening tomorrow: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition. ✨

For more than fifty years, BAMPFA and the @ucberkeley_artpractice Department have partnered to present work by graduating MFA students. This year’s exhibition features work by Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. 🖼️

The exhibition opens May 13 and runs through July 26. Come see the culmination of two years of rigorous research, experimentation, and making at BAMPFA. Link in bio.

Opening tomorrow: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition. ✨

For more than fifty years, BAMPFA and the @ucberkeley_artpractice Department have partnered to present work by graduating MFA students. This year’s exhibition features work by Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. 🖼️

The exhibition opens May 13 and runs through July 26. Come see the culmination of two years of rigorous research, experimentation, and making at BAMPFA. Link in bio.

Opening tomorrow: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition. ✨

For more than fifty years, BAMPFA and the @ucberkeley_artpractice Department have partnered to present work by graduating MFA students. This year’s exhibition features work by Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán. 🖼️

The exhibition opens May 13 and runs through July 26. Come see the culmination of two years of rigorous research, experimentation, and making at BAMPFA. Link in bio.

Tomorrow at 4:30 PM: ROBERT WILSON AND THE CIVIL WARS at BAMPFA. 🎬

Howard Brookner’s documentary follows avant-garde American director Robert Wilson as he pursues one of the great unrealized productions of the twentieth century: a twelve-hour historical opera planned in six parts, rehearsed across multiple countries, and intended for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Featuring appearances by Philip Glass and David Byrne, the film captures an artistic vision of almost impossible scale. ✨

See this new digital restoration on the big screen Sunday afternoon. Tickets and details are at the link in bio. 🎟️

Tomorrow at 4:30 PM: ROBERT WILSON AND THE CIVIL WARS at BAMPFA. 🎬

Howard Brookner’s documentary follows avant-garde American director Robert Wilson as he pursues one of the great unrealized productions of the twentieth century: a twelve-hour historical opera planned in six parts, rehearsed across multiple countries, and intended for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Featuring appearances by Philip Glass and David Byrne, the film captures an artistic vision of almost impossible scale. ✨

See this new digital restoration on the big screen Sunday afternoon. Tickets and details are at the link in bio. 🎟️

Tomorrow at 4:30 PM: ROBERT WILSON AND THE CIVIL WARS at BAMPFA. 🎬

Howard Brookner’s documentary follows avant-garde American director Robert Wilson as he pursues one of the great unrealized productions of the twentieth century: a twelve-hour historical opera planned in six parts, rehearsed across multiple countries, and intended for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Featuring appearances by Philip Glass and David Byrne, the film captures an artistic vision of almost impossible scale. ✨

See this new digital restoration on the big screen Sunday afternoon. Tickets and details are at the link in bio. 🎟️

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

Art. Film. Food. Community. Support for the mission we love. ❤️

BAMPFA’s 2026 Art & Film Benefit was pure magic, honoring the incomparable Alice Waters (@alicelouisewaters) and Stephanie Syjuco (@ssyjuco), with a menu by Alice Waters herself, and a late-night dance floor that no one wanted to leave.

A special thanks to our incredible wine sponsors Beaune Imports (@beauneimports), Chez Panisse (@chezpanisse), and Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (@kermitlynchwine).

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for art and film. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

This Saturday is Second Saturdays for Families at BAMPFA! 🎨

Join us Saturday, May 9, for a full day of family-friendly programs in the galleries, Art Lab, and Reading Room. Start the day with Gallery+Studio / Architectural Designs from 11:30 AM to 1 PM, where local artist Jill McLennan leads young artists in exploring blueprint plans and bas-relief models. Then stop by the Fisher Family Art Lab from 1 to 7 PM, or join Roundtable Reading / “Lalani of the Distant Sea” by Erin Entrada Kelly from 2:30 to 3:30 PM. ✨

Admission is free for kids 13 and under, and for one accompanying adult per child. Plan your family visit at bampfa.org/family-programs, the link in bio. 🖍️

This Saturday is Second Saturdays for Families at BAMPFA! 🎨

Join us Saturday, May 9, for a full day of family-friendly programs in the galleries, Art Lab, and Reading Room. Start the day with Gallery+Studio / Architectural Designs from 11:30 AM to 1 PM, where local artist Jill McLennan leads young artists in exploring blueprint plans and bas-relief models. Then stop by the Fisher Family Art Lab from 1 to 7 PM, or join Roundtable Reading / “Lalani of the Distant Sea” by Erin Entrada Kelly from 2:30 to 3:30 PM. ✨

Admission is free for kids 13 and under, and for one accompanying adult per child. Plan your family visit at bampfa.org/family-programs, the link in bio. 🖍️

This Saturday is Second Saturdays for Families at BAMPFA! 🎨

Join us Saturday, May 9, for a full day of family-friendly programs in the galleries, Art Lab, and Reading Room. Start the day with Gallery+Studio / Architectural Designs from 11:30 AM to 1 PM, where local artist Jill McLennan leads young artists in exploring blueprint plans and bas-relief models. Then stop by the Fisher Family Art Lab from 1 to 7 PM, or join Roundtable Reading / “Lalani of the Distant Sea” by Erin Entrada Kelly from 2:30 to 3:30 PM. ✨

Admission is free for kids 13 and under, and for one accompanying adult per child. Plan your family visit at bampfa.org/family-programs, the link in bio. 🖍️

This Saturday is Second Saturdays for Families at BAMPFA! 🎨

Join us Saturday, May 9, for a full day of family-friendly programs in the galleries, Art Lab, and Reading Room. Start the day with Gallery+Studio / Architectural Designs from 11:30 AM to 1 PM, where local artist Jill McLennan leads young artists in exploring blueprint plans and bas-relief models. Then stop by the Fisher Family Art Lab from 1 to 7 PM, or join Roundtable Reading / “Lalani of the Distant Sea” by Erin Entrada Kelly from 2:30 to 3:30 PM. ✨

Admission is free for kids 13 and under, and for one accompanying adult per child. Plan your family visit at bampfa.org/family-programs, the link in bio. 🖍️

Tomorrow is Free First Thursday at BAMPFA! ✨

Gallery admission is free all day on Thursday, May 7. Drop in to check out “Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection,” “Object Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection,” “Stephanie Syjuco: Present Tense (Roll Call)”, “Sarah Cain: To—you know—you”, and the newly opened “Collection Focus / Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS”. If you’re feeling inspired, the Art Lab is open all day! 🖼️

Plan your visit at bampfa.org or the link in bio. 🎨

Tomorrow is Free First Thursday at BAMPFA! ✨

Gallery admission is free all day on Thursday, May 7. Drop in to check out “Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection,” “Object Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection,” “Stephanie Syjuco: Present Tense (Roll Call)”, “Sarah Cain: To—you know—you”, and the newly opened “Collection Focus / Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS”. If you’re feeling inspired, the Art Lab is open all day! 🖼️

Plan your visit at bampfa.org or the link in bio. 🎨

Tomorrow is Free First Thursday at BAMPFA! ✨

Gallery admission is free all day on Thursday, May 7. Drop in to check out “Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection,” “Object Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection,” “Stephanie Syjuco: Present Tense (Roll Call)”, “Sarah Cain: To—you know—you”, and the newly opened “Collection Focus / Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS”. If you’re feeling inspired, the Art Lab is open all day! 🖼️

Plan your visit at bampfa.org or the link in bio. 🎨