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{{Short description|University art museum, movie theater, and archive}}
{{use MDY dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Distinguish|Berkeley Art Center}}
{{Infobox museum
|name = Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
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|former_name = University Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (UAM/PFA)
|map_type = United States Oakland#San Francisco Bay Area#California
|map_caption =Location in Berkeley shown on a map centered on [[Oakland, California]]##Location in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]##Location in [[California]]
|coordinates = {{coord|37|52|16|N|122|15|59|W|display=inline}}
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|map_size = 200
|location = 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720
|established = 1963
|type = [[art museum]], [[Archive#Films|film archive]]
|architect = [[Mario Ciampi]] (1970), [[Diller Scofidio + Renfro]] (2016)
|director = [[Julie Rodrigues Widholm]]
|website = {{URL|https://bampfa.org/}}
}}
The '''Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive''' ('''BAMPFA''', formerly abbreviated as '''BAM'''/'''PFA''') are a combined art museum, repertory movie theater, and archive associated with the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. [[Lawrence Rinder]] was Director from 2008, succeeded by [[Julie Rodrigues Widholm]] in August, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/09/23/lawrence-rinder-director-and-chief-curator-of-bampfa-to-step-down/|title= Lawrence Rinder, director and chief curator of BAMPFA, to step down|website=news.berkeley.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/arts/design/berkeley-art-museum-new-director.html| title = Berkeley Art Museum Names a New Director| date = 2020-06-25| work=The New York Times|last=Libbey |first=Peter}}</ref> The museum is a member of the [[North American Reciprocal Museums]] program.

== Collection ==
=== Art ===
[[File:Flight into Egypt--School of Joachim Patinir--BAMPFA.jpg|thumb|left|The collection's first object: ''Flight into Egypt''.]]The University of California art collection began with ''Flight into Egypt'', a 16th-century oil on wood panel by the School of [[Joachim Patinir]] gifted to the University by San Francisco banker and financier François Louis Alfred Pioche in 1870.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/p/piocheFrancois.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726162022/http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/p/piocheFrancois.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 July 2011|title=Francois Louis Alfred Pioche, San Francisco Banker and Financier|author=Charles A. Fracchia|date=26 July 2011|website=www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>''Flight into Egypt'', [https://webapps.cspace.berkeley.edu/bampfa/search/search/?maxresults=1&displayType=full&idnumber=1870.1 BAM Collection object 1870.1]</ref> The museum was founded in 1963 after a donation was made to the university from artist and teacher [[Hans Hofmann]] of 45 paintings<ref>{{cite web|url=https://webapps.cspace.berkeley.edu/bampfa/search/search/?artistcalc=Hofmann,+Hans&artistcalc_qualifier=keyword&displayType=grid&maxresults=50&start=1|title=Art Collection – CollectionSpace|website=webapps.cspace.berkeley.edu}}</ref> plus $250,000. A competition to design a building was announced in 1964, and the museum, designed by [[Mario Ciampi]], opened in 1970.<ref name="BAMPFA History">[http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/about/mission BAM/PFA Mission & History]</ref> Founding Director [[Peter Selz]], formerly of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York, served from 1965 to 1973 and played a key role in establishing the museum, championing unorthodox Bay Area artists.<ref name="PS">{{cite book |last1=Karlstrom |first1=Paul J. |title=Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art |date=2012 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=9780520269354}}</ref>

The collection holds more than 22,000 works of art, including Ming and Qing dynasty Chinese paintings, Mughal dynasty Indian miniature painting, Baroque painting, old master prints and drawings, early American painting, African-American quilts, 19th and 20th century photography, Conceptual art, and international contemporary art.

[[File:Ganesh, India, 10th century, sandstone - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive - DSC04177.JPG|thumb|Sandstone statue of [https://webapps.cspace.berkeley.edu/bampfa/search/search/?maxresults=1&displayType=full&idnumber=EL.1.2012.17 Ganesha], India, 10th century.]]The museum has featured works by [[Albert Bierstadt]], [[Jonathan Borofsky]], [[Joan Brown]], [[Robert Colescott]], [[Jay DeFeo]], [[Helen Frankenthaler]], [[Paul Gauguin]], [[Juan Gris]], [[Ant Farm (group)|Ant Farm]], [[Howard Fried]], [[Paul Kos]], [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], [[Knox Martin]], [[Jackson Pollock]], [[Mark Rothko]], and [[Sebastião Salgado]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/about/exhibition-film-history|title=Exhibition History – BAMPFA|website=bampfa.org}}</ref>

The museum also features the MATRIX Program for Contemporary Art.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/about/matrix|title=Matrix Exhibitions – BAMPFA|website=bampfa.org}}</ref> MATRIX has featured artists such as [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], [[Louise Bourgeois]], [[James Lee Byars]], [[Sophie Calle]], [[Jay DeFeo]], [[Willem de Kooning]], [[Juan Downey]], [[Eva Hesse]], [[Sol LeWitt]], [[Shirin Neshat]], [[Nancy Spero]], [[Cecilia Vicuña]], and [[Andy Warhol]].<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Miro--BAMPFA.jpg|thumb|left|[[Joan Miró]], ''Metamorphosis'', mixed media, 1936, one of 15 works given to the museum in 2021 from the Richard and Mary L. Gray Collection.]]In 2009, the museum acquired (as a gift from the artist) the [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib]] Series<ref>{{cite web|url=https://webapps.cspace.berkeley.edu/bampfa/search/search/?keyword=botero&keyword_qualifier=keyword&displayType=grid&maxresults=100&start=1|title=Art Collection – CollectionSpace|website=webapps.cspace.berkeley.edu}}</ref> of 56 painting and drawings by [[Fernando Botero]].<ref>Lucinda Barnes, [http://archive.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibition/botero_2009 "Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series," September 23, 2009-February 7, 2010 exhibition notes.]</ref> Selections from the series have been regularly included in the museum's annual Art for Human Rights exhibitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/program/permanent-accusation-art-human-rights|title=Permanent Accusation: Art for Human Rights|website=bampfa.org}}</ref>

In 2014, the museum acquired San Francisco collector and dealer Steven Leiber's collection of [[Conceptual art]] and art materials, as well as his library of reference and artists' books related to [[Conceptualism]] and the [[Fluxus]] movement. According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', "with the acquisition…the museum and film archive will become one of the world’s most important centers for the study of Conceptual art."<ref>Randy Kennedy (December 18, 2014), [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/a-permanent-home-for-a-collection-of-art-ephemera/ A Permanent Home for a Collection of Art Ephemera] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref>

In 2019, as a bequest, the museum acquired the [[Eli Leon]] Collection of almost 3,000 works by African-American quilt makers, including more than 500 works by [[Rosie Lee Tompkins]]. The collection now accounts for about 15 percent of the museum's art collection.<ref name= bequest>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/news/bampfa-receives-historic-bequest-nearly-three-thousand-quilts-african-american-artists|title=BAMPFA Receives Historic Bequest of Nearly Three Thousand Quilts by African American Artists|website=bampfa.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/arts/design/african-american-quilts-eli-leon.html| title = African-American Art Quilts Find a Museum Home in California| date = 2019-10-16| work=The New York Times|last=Libbey |first=Peter}}</ref> Drawing from the Eli Leon Collection, BAMPFA presented ''Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective'' in 2020; ''The New York Times'' called it "a triumphal retrospective" that "confirms her standing as one of the great American artists–transcending craft, challenging painting and reshaping the canon."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/program/rosie-lee-tompkins-retrospective|title=Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective|website=bampfa.org}}</ref><ref name=Radical>{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/26/arts/design/rosie-lee-tompkins-quilts.html| title = The Radical Quilting of Rosie Lee Tompkins| date=2020-06-26| work=The New York Times|last=Smith |first=Roberta}}</ref> A subsequent exhibition showcasing the broader Eli Leon Collection is planned for 2022.<ref name= bequest />

In 2021, a gift from the Richard and Mary L. Gray Collection added 15 significant works on paper to the collection, by artists including [[Guercino]], [[Tiepolo]], [[Guardi]], [[Géricault]], [[Juan Gris]], [[Paul Klee]], and [[Miró]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/program/enduring-mark|title= The Enduring Mark: Six Centuries of Drawing from the Gray Collection |website=bampfa.org|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref>

=== Film ===
The Pacific Film Archive (PFA) was founded by [[Sheldon Renan]], who began screening films on the UC campus in 1966 and was appointed Director of the new PFA in 1967.<ref>{{cite journal |date=Spring 2004 |last=Amazonas | first=Lee | title=Guerrilla Cinematheque Comes of Age: The Pacific Film Archive | url=https://cshe.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/chron6_excerpt_pfa.pdf | journal=Chronicle of the University of California | pages=147–159}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/event/sheldon-renan-selects-light-and-time|title=Sheldon Renan Selects: Light and Time|website=bampfa.org}}</ref> The PFA specializes in programming films "in a theoretical or critical context—exploring, for example, film noir in the context of the post-war ethos."<ref>{{cite journal | author= |title= The Pacific Film Archive | journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |volume= 16 | date=1996 | issue= 1|pages=39–42|doi= 10.1080/01439689600260071 }}</ref> Lectures by film scholars and visits from filmmakers further contextualize the programming. The archive houses 16,000 films and videos, including the largest collection of Japanese films outside of Japan.<ref>bestcollegereviews.org: [https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/best-college-art-museums/ The 35 Best College Art Museums]</ref> The PFA also includes a library and study center,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/about/film-library-study-center|title=Film Library & Study Center – BAMPFA|website=bampfa.org}}</ref> and maintains online catalogs of its films and books<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/about/search/film-video-and-book-catalogs|title=Search Film, Video, and Book Catalogs|website=bampfa.org}}</ref> and an online database of documentation associated with the films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu|title=CineFiles Film Document Database|website=bampfa.org}}</ref>
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File:Hans Hofmann exhibit at BAMPFA March 2019 photo by Steven Saylor.jpg|BAMPFA's major retrospective in March 2019 of the work of [[Hans Hofmann]], who was instrumental in the creation of the museum. Photo by [[Steven Saylor]].
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== Buildings ==
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The former Berkeley Art Museum building was designed by [[Mario Ciampi]] and opened in 1970.<ref name="BAMPFA History" /> The concrete [[Brutalist architecture|Brutalist]] building was deemed seismically unsafe in 1997, and iron braces were added in 2001 to improve safety. In 1999, the Pacific Film Archive moved to a temporary building across the street.<ref name="cctimes">{{cite news | url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/theater-museums/ci_14287898 | title=UC Printing Plant may become new home of Berkeley Art Museum | last=Modenessi | first=Jennifer | date=2010-01-29 | work=Contra Costa Times | access-date=2010-02-10}}</ref>

[[File:Interior_view_-_Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive_-_DSC04185.JPG|thumb|right|Interior of the former (seismically unsafe) Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive building designed by [[Mario Ciampi]]]]
In 2008, BAMPFA unveiled plans for a new visual arts center, to be designed by the Japanese architect [[Toyo Ito]] and located in downtown Berkeley, across the street from UC Berkeley's main entrance.<ref name=NYT_Crop>{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/arts/artsspecial/28univ.html| title = On College Campuses, A Crop of Galleries| date = 2007-03-28| work=The New York Times|last=Kino |first=Carol}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/30/BAGK7LFO961.DTL&hw=toyo+ito&sn=001&sc=1000| title = Tokyo architect to design Cal's new museum| date = 2006-09-30| work = San Francisco Chronicle| first=Rick |last=DelVecchio}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/arts/design/25ito.html?em| title = A Berkeley Museum Wrapped in Honeycomb| date = 2008-11-24| work=The New York Times| last=Ouroussoff |first=Nicolai}}</ref> In 2009 those plans were cancelled. Citing the weak economy and trouble raising necessary funds, BAMPFA decided to retrofit and enlarge (rather than demolish) the former [[University of California Press]] printing plant at that site, a 1939 [[Art Deco]] building on the [[California Register of Historic Resources]] and qualified to be on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="cctimes" /><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=4207 | title=Berkeley's Moderne Art Museum | work=The Architect's Newspaper | last=Lee | first=Lydia | date=2010-01-26 | access-date=2010-02-10 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129160155/http://www.archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=4207 | archive-date=2010-01-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2010-01-28/article/34571 | title=University Eyes Old UC Printing Plant for New Art Museum | work=Berkeley Daily Planet | last=Bhattacharjee | first=Riya | date=2010-01-28 | access-date=2010-02-10 }}</ref>

[[File:Berkeley Art Museum sign by Steven Saylor.jpg|thumb|left|Berkeley Art Museum sign (detail), photo by [[Steven Saylor]]]]
In 2011, BAMPFA presented the schematic design for the $100 million transformation of the former printing plant into its new home, designed by the New York firm [[Diller Scofidio + Renfro]].<ref name="Berkeley Museum Unveils New Design">{{cite news|first=Robin|last=Pogrebin |date=September 16, 2011|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/design-unveiled-for-new-berkeley-art-museum-and-pacific-film-archive/|title=Berkeley Museum Unveils New Design|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Located at 2155 Center Street in downtown Berkeley, the building combines the existing concrete structure with a new metal-clad, skylighted addition that includes several galleries, a 232-seat theater, a store and a learning center.<ref name="Berkeley Museum Unveils New Design" /> Construction began in 2013.<ref>{{ Citation | last = Rosario | first = Gladys| title = Construction begins on UC Berkeley Art Museum | newspaper = Daily Californian | date = 2013-02-13 | url = http://www.dailycal.org/2013/02/13/construction-begins/ }}</ref> The museum re-opened to the public on January 31, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/event/community-day|title=Community Day – BAMPFA|website=bampfa.org}}</ref> The building totals 83,000 square feet, with 25,000 square feet of gallery space.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/press/bampfa-thrives-its-first-few-months-its-new-downtown-berkeley-home-looks-forward-first-summer|title=BAMPFA Thrives in its First Few Months in its New Downtown Berkeley Home|website=bampfa.org}}</ref>

The vacated Mario Ciampi building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/13001034 |title=University Art Museum: 13001034 |website=National Register Information System |access-date=December 11, 2021 }}</ref> The building, seismically retrofitted and "reimagined", reopened in late 2021 as the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub, an incubator for [[biotechnology]] start-ups,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://capitalstrategies.berkeley.edu/bakar-bioenginuity-hub|title= Bakar BioEnginuity Hub|website=Capital Strategies, University of California, Berkeley}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=King |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-brutalist-icon-in-Berkeley-is-reborn-as-a-16686212.php |title=A brutalist icon in Berkeley is reborn as a bioresearch hub |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=December 9, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2021 }}</ref> named Woo Hon Fai Hall in honor of the father of a donor, David Woo.<ref>{{cite web |first=José |last=Rodríguez |url=https://news.berkeley.edu/2011/12/19/hong-kong-businessman-honors-father-woo-hon-fai-with-major-gift-to-uc-berkeley|title= Hong Kong businessman honors father, Woo Hon Fai, with major gift to UC Berkeley|website=Berkeley News |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |date=December 19, 2011 |access-date=December 11, 2021 }}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Visual arts|Film|San Francisco Bay Area}}
* [[List of film archives]]

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive}}
* {{Official website|http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/ |Official BAMPFA Website}}
* [https://webapps.cspace.berkeley.edu/bampfa/search/search/ Search Art Collection]
* [https://bampfa.org/about/search/film-video-and-book-catalogs Search Film, Video, and Book Catalogs]
* [http://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ CineFiles Film Document Database] (film reviews, press kits, program notes, etc.)

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