Art Museum
University of California, Berkeley
2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
Email:
Email venue
Phone: (510) 642-0808
Website:
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Contact:
Lawrence Rinder
Director
Hours:
Wednesday - Sunday, 11am-5pm; L@te Friday Nights.
Exhibitions
January 15, 2012 - June 17, 2012
The Reading Room
A temporary project dedicated to poetry and experimental fiction.
Bring a book from your own collection to leave and take home a book from one of several noted East Bay small presses. Spend time here reading, listening to recordings of selected poets , and viewing artwork made collaboratively by artists and poets.
January 18, 2012 - June 10, 2012
Abstract Expressionisms: Paintings and Drawings from the Collection
Paintings by Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, William Baziotes, Asger Jorn, Philip Guston, and others hang Gallery A, while Gallery C displays rarely seen works on paper by Sam Francis, Mark Tobey, Antonio Saura, and Norman Bluhm.
January 27, 2012 - May 20, 2012
link image thumbnail Tables of Content: Ray Johnson and Robert Warner Bob Box Archive / MATRIX 241
The collagist Robert Warner has arranged the contents of thirteen boxes given to him by reclusive artist Ray Johnson (the "Bob Boxes") on tables and on the gallery walls.
February 29, 2012 - June 17, 2012
State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970
part of Pacific Standard Time
Description:
The mission of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is to inspire the imagination and ignite critical dialogue through art and film.
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley. Through art and film programs, collections and research resources, we aspire to be locally connected and globally relevant, engaging audiences from the campus, community, and beyond.
Editorial
Schwitters' Merzbau Re-Made In CA
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Report by Peter Selz
This fall, the Berkeley Art Museum hosts the exhibition "Kurt Schwitters: Color And Collage" (through November
Past Editorial
Schwitters' Merzbau Re-Made In CA
William T. Wiley in Retrospect