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BERKELEY, CA - October 26 - Atmosphere at Shah Garg Collection at BAMPFA on October 26th 2024 at BAMFA in Berkeley, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)

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One of the world’s largest collections of work by women artists is now on view at BAMPFA

"Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection" features nearly 70 women artists, illuminating intergenerational connections between past and present.

The white cover of an artist book with a sepia-toned drawing of an eye next to a row of several vials labeled things like,

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Artists’ books shine in new exhibit at the UC Berkeley Library

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I’m a Berkeleyan: BAMPFA Senior Curator Anthony Graham asks, Why now? And why here?

Circle-shaped headshots of Jennifer Redfearn and John Connelly, UC Berkeley's newest recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships, are in shades of blue.

Awards

UC Berkeley historian, documentary filmmaker are 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

A black-and-white photo of a young man without a shirt on holding and squeezing the bare skin on his chest with a pained expression on his face

Berkeley Voices: Art student’s photo series explores masculine vulnerability

Brandon with a mustache and glasses and wearing a hat smiles and stands in front a wall of black-and-white photos of men is a range of poses that convey vulnerability

As a kid, he learned men don’t cry. As an art practice student, he’s challenging that.

students point to a piece of art on a table at an exhibition

More exciting than a term paper: Student exhibition highlights art, science and new pathways

four dancers wearing black shirts, shorts and shoes perform a live dance in a museum gallery

Tender and aggressive: Student dancers embody Asian American Greek life

artwork in a gallery: twelve wooden tepee poles painted white, steel cable, charcoal, rope, digital print on linen

‘mymothersside’: A tribute to the knowledge keepers in artist Duane Linklater’s family

Berkeley Talks: Chinese activist Ai WeiWei on art, exile and politics

a person stands in front of a wall with photos on it

Art practice student honors Bay Area roots by resurfacing family history

a person wearing a colorful shirt smiles at the camera

Gericault De La Rose knows who she is and won’t change for anyone

A graduate student stands on a ladder in the Berkeley Art Museum where she is installing a sculpture that she's made of long pieces of cloth dyed with a traditional method from Latin America. She is looking at the camera and wearing blue rubber gloves.

Exhibit of emerging UC Berkeley artists’ work opens May 10 at BAMPFA

four students look at items in a glass case

When language comes under pressure

Hannah Weisman, the new executive director of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, smiles at the camera. She is wearing eyeglasses and a print top with a necklace.

How is The Magnes rethinking its engagement with museum visitors?

person stands behind a white table with small metal sculptures resting on it

New events for artist William Kentridge campuswide residency

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