July 22, 2009 - December 20, 2009

Artists from Francisco Goya to Carrie Mae Weems bear witness to social issues and consider cultural memory in a new selection of works from the Berkeley Art Museum collection.

August 26, 2009 - February 7, 2010

Conceptual art takes on elemental themes in this exhibition of works by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, drawn from the artist’s archive at BAM/PFA.

September 23, 2009 - February 7, 2010

Recording New York’s downtown art world or the emerging hip-hop scene, shooting snowboarders hurtling down a vertical mountain face or chronicling the vicissitudes of his own family life, photographer Ari Marcopoulos unerringly captures the zeitgeist. This midcareer retrospective surveys the intimate and compelling work of a key documentarian of contemporary culture.

September 23, 2009 - February 7, 2010

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

March 17, 2010 - July 18, 2010

This retrospective surveys the witty, idiosyncratic, and introspective work of William T. Wiley. Layered with ambiguous ideas and allusions, autobiographical narratives and private symbols, Wiley’s art is also enlivened by self-deprecating humor and a sense of the absurd.

October 25, 2009 - December 17, 2009

Omer Fast’s video works conflate factual and fictional narratives at the intersection of memory, history, and media. In his project for MATRIX, an interview with a Nigerian refugee is reimagined as science fiction.

September 1, 2009 - November 30, 2009

The first presentation of <a href="http://netart.bampfa.berkeley.edu" target="_new">the new BAM/PFA NetArt portal</a> features whimsical and meditative works that offer a nuanced critique of social spectacle.

December 1, 2009 - February 28, 2010

This new Internet artwork and iPhone app takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to the notion of “personal time.”

October 30, 2009 - February 14, 2010

A new exhibition unveils major gifts to the BAM collection, including subtly beautiful Chinese ceramics and fascinating, intricately sculpted seals.

January 29, 2010 - November 30, 2011

How often do you get a chance to sit, lounge, study, or play on a work of art? A hybrid of sculpture, furniture, and stage, <i>BAMscape</i> invites you to interact with art—and with the museum—in unexpected ways.

January 24, 2010 - April 11, 2010

An imaginary metropolis constructed from models of buildings and vehicles that have figured in acts of violence and terrorism worldwide, Ahmet &Ouml;&#287;&uuml;t’s <i>Exploded City </i>engages the poetics and politics of space, architecture, and international relations.

February 3, 2010 - April 25, 2010

Born deaf and raised in rural Idaho, James Castle was a self-taught artist of remarkable range, subtlety, and graphic skill. This retrospective is the first comprehensive museum exhibition of Castle’s drawings, books, and paper constructions.