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DS+R's Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive announces first exhibit, preps for 2016 opening

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pac ific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View from the intersection of Center and Oxford Streets. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the Film Library and Study Center. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View from café facing north. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View towards café from the mezzanine. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the multi-purpose gallery space and forum. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the Film Library and Study Center. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the 233-seat film theater. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Rendering of the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pac ific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. View of the Center Street façade, including main entrance. Courtesy of the Regents of University of California.

Yuri Ancarani: still from Il Capo, 2010; 35mm; color, 5.1 Dolby Digital; 15 min.; courtesy of the artist and ZERO..., Milan. © Yuri Ancarani.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Hand holding the film theater model for BAM/PFA , 2012; digital photograph; courtesy and © Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

Johannes Itten: The Encounter, 1916; oil on canvas; 41 ⅓ x 31 ½ in.; collection of Kunsthaus Zürich. © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Zürich.

Johannes Itten: The Encounter, 1916; oil on canvas; 41 ⅓ x 31 ½ in.; collection of Kunsthaus Zürich. © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Zürich.

Johannes Itten: The Encounter, 1916; oil on canvas; 41 ⅓ x 31 ½ in.; collection of Kunsthaus Zürich. © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Zürich.