Visual arts

Lewis Hamilton in a white suit, Angela Bassett in a blue suit wearing a black velvet hat, Zendaya in a white suit and matching wide-brimmed hat, Gigi Hadid in a gold dress, and Ayo Edebiri in a white and coral dress, all on a blue carpet

Arts & culture

Did the Met Gala’s attendees live up to its Black dandy-inspired theme? UC Berkeley experts discuss

Professors Leigh Raiford and Zamansele Nsele, experts on Black art and visual culture, break down the event and its theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”

Workers building a stand and case to hold a large Diego Rivera mural at Doe Library.

Arts & culture

Stunning Diego Rivera mural starts a new chapter at UC Berkeley’s Doe Library

A wall in an art exhibition of replicas of many famous artworks, like van Gogh's Sunflowers and da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Arts & culture

Berkeley Voices: Fakes, replicas and forgeries: What counts as art?

Several hand drawn art books by Caribbean and Latin American artists sit behind glass in an exhibit

Arts & culture

From trash to treasure: Library showcases new Latin American book art exhibit

Jake Merioles, a student painter, stands with his back to the camera at an easel in Memorial Glade, working on a painting of University Library. The Campanile is sticking up over the top of the library and the sky is blue with small white clouds. Merioles is wearing a black shirt.

Without his Friday painting sessions, Jake Merioles says, ‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today.’

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

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

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,

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

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.

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

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