Lawrence Rinder

BAMPFA opened its display of Tompkins’ works in February, but in light of shelter-in-place orders due to the coronavirus, this exhibition has had to adapt to virtual-only viewing.

After nearly 25 years of service to BAMPFA, what does Rinder feel most gratified by? In addition to his efforts to tie the museum more closely to the campus and the Berkeley community at large, he pointed to his curatorial work. Each exhibition he’s curated — of which there have been over a hundred — has left its mark on him in one way or another.

“The exhibition came together through a process,” said Linder. “In a way, it started with a handful of works that I knew I wanted to include and that formed a kind of a nucleus out of which I built the concept of the exhibition.”

In "Way Bay 2" works from different time periods, of different genres and by people who never met were presented side by side.

BAMPFA has a significant impact on the East Bay, bringing our local art scene and pieces from around the world together to coexist in the same gallery.

The Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive’s new exhibit, “Way Bay,” is an exploration into the collective unconscious of the Bay Area.

Here's a look at the administration as it stands now, in the opening days of Carol Christ's chancellorship.

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre could lose federal funding if President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget is approved.

More than a year after the center opened at its new site in Downtown Berkeley, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Archive’s old building remains unrenovated because of the structure’s landmark status.