In Berkeley, a major new exhibit for conceptual and performance art

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha was a pioneering conceptual artist and writer born in South Korea, who became well-known in the avant-garde circles of 1970s-’80s San Francisco and New York.

For the first time in 25 years Cha’s work is getting a major retrospective, opening Jan. 24 and running until April 19 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, where she once worked (back when it was the University Art Museum) as an art handler and film usher. Titled “Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple...