Press Releases - ICA Boston

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The ICA will close at 5 PM on Fri, Mar 6 for ICA First Fridays: R&B Night with SILK, a ticketed 21+ event. Last museum entry is 4 PM.

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Theresa Romualdez
Communications Coordinator
617-478-3290
press@icaboston.org

Margaux Leonard
Director of Communications
671-478-3169
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Colette Randall
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
617-478-3181
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All other inquiries, please call the ICA’s main number: 617-478-3100

Current exhibition schedule

ICA/Boston announces Lorna Simpson as 2026 recipient of the Meraki Artist Award, recognizing the achievements of women visual artists

December 10, 2025
New collection presentation featuring works by women artists, To My Best Friend, opens at the ICA/Boston on Jan. 23

December 10, 2025
ICA/Boston presents Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now, an exhibition celebrating Boston’s African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program

December 3, 2025
ICA/Boston opens Derrick Adams’s first mid-career survey in April 2026

November 13, 2025
ICA/Boston opens An Indigenous Present, a nationally touring, thematic exhibition presenting new commissions and significant works by 15 Native North American artists

September 22, 2025
ICA/Boston opens Portia Zvavahera’s first U.S. solo museum exhibition

May 29, 2025
This fall, the ICA/Boston opens An Indigenous Present, a thematic exhibition surveying 100 years of Indigenous artistic practice

May 2, 2025
ICA/Boston announces Sarah Sze as inaugural recipient of the Meraki Artist Award

March 18, 2025
ICA/Boston announces recipients of the 2025 James and Audrey Foster Prize

February 20, 2025
ICA/Boston opens Stanley Whitney’s first-ever retrospective

February 6, 2025
ICA/Boston revisits important 1998 exhibition in the upcoming Believers: Artists and the Shakers

January 16, 2025
ICA Watershed launches 2025 season with Chiharu Shiota’s powerful installations that reflect on home and migration

January 14, 2025
The ICA/Boston unveils an ambitious, two-part exhibition with artist Sara Cwynar

December 20, 2024
Nora Burnett Abrams Appointed as Next Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

November 20, 2024
ICA/Boston presents the first U.S. museum survey of Charles Atlas, featuring over 50 years of the artist’s groundbreaking work

August 27, 2024
ICA/Boston presents the U.S. premiere of Christian Marclay’s latest video installation, Doors, on April 17, 2025

August 7, 2024
ICA/Boston Announces Curatorial Promotions

July 10, 2024
The Gun Violence Memorial Project, a citywide exhibition and living memorial to victims of gun violence, opens in Boston Aug. 29

June 11, 2024
ICA/Boston opens Tau Lewis’s first solo U.S. museum exhibition on Aug. 29

June 5, 2024
ICA/Boston presents the first U.S. museum survey of Charles Atlas, featuring over 50 years of the artist’s groundbreaking work.

May 9, 2024
ICA Watershed opens 2024 season with U.S. debut of Hew Locke’s monumental work The Procession

March 25, 2024
ICA/Boston opens the first North American museum survey dedicated to artist Firelei Báez in April 2024

February 9, 2024
New collection presentation, Wordplay, opens at the ICA/Boston on Jan. 30

December 5, 2023
Igshaan Adams creates a new, site-specific installation for the ICA/Boston’s Art Wall opening February 13, 2024

November 22, 2023
The ICA/Boston announces departure of Jill Medvedow after a transformational 25 years as director

October 25, 2023
Wu Tsang’s immersive, extended reality installation Of Whales opens Feb. 15 at the ICA/Boston

October 11, 2023
ICA/Boston to open first museum survey dedicated to artist Firelei Báez in April 2024

September 15, 2023
ICA/Boston opens Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today

September 12, 2023
The ICA/Boston Announces Appointment of Erika Umali as Curator of Collections

August 22, 2023
ICA/Boston promotes Anni A. Pullagura to Assistant Curator

July 18, 2023
ICA/Boston presents Tammy Nguyen’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States

June 27, 2023
ICA Watershed launches 2023 season with an immersive installation and vibrational healing sculptures by Guadalupe Maravilla

May 4, 2023
Ruth Erickson Appointed Barbara Lee Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs

May 2, 2023
National tour of artist Simone Leigh’s work to open on April 6 at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

March 16, 2023
ICA/Boston Announces 2023 Recipients of the James and Audrey Foster Prize

March 14, 2023
María Berrío: The Children’s Crusade opens at ICA/Boston February 16

December 20, 2022
Taylor Davis Selects: Invisible Ground of Sympathy opens at the ICA/Boston on January 31

December 14, 2022
First museum survey dedicated to artist Simone Leigh opens April 6 at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston before touring to Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles

November 8, 2022
New, site-specific installation by Barbara Kruger opens at ICA/Boston on November 3, 2022

September 20, 2022
ICA/Boston announces schedule of performances for 2022–2023

August 26, 2022
ICA/Boston Promotes Ruth Erickson to Mannion Family Senior Curator

July 29, 2022
ICA/Boston presents major thematic exhibition exploring how artists have been inspired by children and childhood

July 26, 2022
Rose B. Simpson: Legacies opens at the ICA/Boston on August 11

July 13, 2022
ICA/Boston presents Jordan Nassar: Fantasy and Truth

July 13, 2022
ICA/Boston Promotes Eva Respini to Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Barbara Lee Chief Curator

June 29, 2022
The U.S. Pavilion, Commissioned by ICA Boston, Presents Loophole of Retreat: Venice this October,  an Extension of Simone Leigh: Sovereignty 

June 22, 2022
Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms opens at ICA Watershed on May 26

May 3, 2022
U.S. Pavilion Opens Simone Leigh: Sovereignty

April 21, 2022
ICA/Boston presents Barbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: Swinguerra

February 8, 2022
ICA/Boston opens A Place for Me: Figurative Painting Now on March 31

February 8, 2022
Napoleon Jones-Henderson: I Am As I Am – A Man opens at the ICA/Boston on February 17

January 25, 2022
ICA/Boston presents advance exhibition schedule through 2023

November 16, 2021
U.S. Pavilion Launches New Website Dedicated to Artist Simone Leigh

November 4, 2021
ICA/Boston and MoMA PS1 co-organize first museum survey of Deana Lawson

October 8, 2021
Yayoi Kusama’s LOVE IS CALLING opens October 16 at the ICA/Boston

September 21, 2021
ICA/Boston presents the 2021 James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition

August 12, 2021
Raúl de Nieves: The Treasure House of Memory opens at ICA/Boston on September 1

August 11, 2021
ICA/Boston joins Bloomberg Connects cultural app with free multimedia digital guide featuring behind-the-scenes video and images, activities for kids, tours, and more

July 20, 2021
ICA/Boston announces 2021 summer programming and upcoming exhibitions

May 27, 2021
ICA/Boston releases first look at exclusive Virgil Abloh apparel ahead of Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech” opening

April 13, 2021
ICA/Boston presents groundbreaking exhibition Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”

April 6, 2021
ICA Watershed opens 2021 season with monumental, site-specific sculpture by Firelei Báez

April 5, 2021
Eva LeWitt creates new, site-specific installation for the ICA/Boston

March 5, 2021
ICA/Boston Announces 2021 Recipients of the James and Audrey Foster Prize

February 26, 2021
ICA/Boston presents i’m yours: Encounters with Art in Our Times

November 2, 2020
U.S. museum premiere of William Kentridge’s KABOOM! at the ICA/Boston

October 23, 2020
ICA Announces Simone Leigh as U.S. Representative at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale Di Venezia 2022

October 14, 2020
Ragnar Kjartansson’s The Visitors goes back on view at the ICA/Boston

September 16, 2020
ICA/Boston presents advance exhibition schedule through 2022

August 25, 2020
ICA/Boston expands its virtual teen arts programming with new summer art classes and events

August 10, 2020
The ICA/Boston reopens to the public on July 16, 2020

July 8, 2020
Food distribution in East Boston to continue at ICA Watershed through September 3

May 29, 2020
ICA/Boston announces two new curatorial appointments

February 6, 2020
New interactive art project for families opens at the ICA/Boston during February School Vacation Week

February 4, 2020
ICA/Boston announces new acquisitions, including major works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, William Kentridge, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Tschabalala Self

December 19, 2019
ICA/Boston and ICA Miami co-organize most comprehensive museum survey of Sterling Ruby to date

December 18, 2019
ICA/Boston opens Carolina Caycedo: Cosmotarrayas on January 20

November 14, 2019
Tschabalala Self: Out of Body opens at ICA/Boston on January 20

November 13, 2019
ICA/Boston announces exhibition-related programming and events for When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art

October 18, 2019
ICA/Boston announces upcoming exhibition schedule through summer 2020

September 5, 2019
Vivian Suter opens at the ICA/Boston on August 21

July 19, 2019
ICA/Boston presents the 2019 James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition

July 18, 2019
ICA/Boston announces schedule of performances for 2019–2020

July 16, 2019
ICA presents When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art

June 14, 2019
The ICA announces 2019 season schedule for the Watershed, the museum’s new seasonal space for art in East Boston

April 30, 2019
ICA opens major survey of maximalist art and design on June 26

April 2, 2019
ICA announces exhibition dates of recently acquired Infinity Mirror Room by Yayoi Kusama and new collection presentation

March 20, 2019
Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors opens at ICA/Boston on February 13

January 23, 2019
ICA/Boston announces major acquisition of Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room

January 15, 2019
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston announces 2019 exhibition schedule

January 7, 2019
Nina Chanel Abney creates new site-specific installation for the ICA/Boston

December 18, 2018
Huma Bhabha: They Live on view March 23 at ICA/Boston

December 3, 2018
The ICA Welcomes Tsugumi Maki as Chief Operating Officer

November 27, 2018
John Akomfrah named artist for the 2019 ICA Watershed installation

November 9, 2018
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces 2019 Recipients of the James and Audrey Foster Prize

October 19, 2018
The ICA Announces First-Ever National Teen Conference in November

October 15, 2018
ICA/Boston Unveils New Interactive Art Project by Artist Dennis Nance

October 3, 2018
ICA/Boston opens Jason Moran, the interdisciplinary artist’s first museum show, on September 19

August 17, 2018
ICA/Boston Announces 2018-2019 Performances, Films, and Talks

August 1, 2018
ICA/Boston Presents William Forsythe: Choreographic Objects

July 27, 2018
ICA/Boston Announces Summer 2018 Events and Programs

June 5, 2018
ICA Watershed, central to the museum’s vision for art and civic life, opens to the public July 4

May 22, 2018
ICA/Boston opens Arthur Jafa’s masterful Love is the Message, The Message is Death on June 27

May 3, 2018
ICA/Boston Presents Critically Acclaimed Exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85

May 1, 2018
Two New Exhibitions Open May 9 at the ICA: Kevin Beasley and Caitlin Keogh

March 23, 2018
ICA Debuts New Interactive Art Project for Families During April School Vacation Week

March 22, 2018
ICA Announces 2018 ICA Reads Selection: Valeria Luiselli’s Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

March 6, 2018
The ICA Announces New Appointment and Curatorial Promotions

January 24, 2018
14 Boston-Area Arts Organizations Partner Around Art + Tech

December 6, 2017
ICA announces inaugural installation at the ICA Watershed, a new space for art on Boston Harbor, opening summer 2018

November 13, 2017
ICA Opens First Major U.S. Exhibition to Examine the Impact of the Internet on Visual Art

October 25, 2017
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Partners With Baja East and All Too Human at First Fridays, October 6

October 3, 2017
Artist Evelyn Rydz Creates New Interactive Art Project at ICA/Boston

September 22, 2017
Nicholas Nixon: Persistence Of Vision On View December 13 at ICA/Boston

September 19, 2017
ICA/Boston Announces 2017-2018 Performances and Talks

July 25, 2017
Dana Schutz on View July 26 at ICA/Boston

July 24, 2017
Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist On View October 4 at ICA/Boston

May 11, 2017
ICA/Boston Announces Summer 2017 Events and Programs

May 10, 2017
ICA/Boston Collaborates with Houston-based Artist and Educator Bennie Flores Ansell on Interactive School Vacation Week Project

March 23, 2017
New York Times Bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings Selected for ICA Reads

March 8, 2017
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces Plan to Expand Artistic Programming Directly Across Harbor in East Boston

March 2, 2017
The ICA/Boston Presents the Return of Talea Ensemble for One Night Only

February 8, 2017
The ICA/Boston Presents Major Mid-Career Survey of Nari Ward

January 27, 2017
The ICA/Boston Presents the 2017 James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition

January 25, 2017
The ICA/Boston Presents U.S. Debut of Steve McQueen’s Powerful Video Installation, Ashes

December 15, 2016
The ICA/Boston Celebrates 10 Years on Boston’s Waterfront and 80th Birthday

October 20, 2016
British Artist Gillian Wearing Creates Site-Specific Installation at the ICA/Boston

October 13, 2016
The ICA/Boston presents The Artist’s Museum

September 29, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents two powerful dance experiences this fall with Big Dance Theater and Bill T. Jones

September 15, 2016
The ICA/Boston presents musician RY X for one night only – part of first solo US tour

September 15, 2016
The ICA/Boston Launches The Object Project

September 7, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston’s Largest Collection Show to Open August 17th

August 1, 2016
2017 James and Audrey Foster Prize Recipients Announced

July 28, 2016
The ICA Announces 2016-2017 Performances and Talks

July 27, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces Major Acquisition of Steve McQueen’s Ashes

June 8, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston announces First Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA/Boston

May 24, 2016
ICA Summer 2016 Season Highlights

April 25, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) Announces ICA Reads Selection: Men We Reaped by National Book Award Winner Jesmyn Ward

February 19, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Receives Grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

January 28, 2016
Groundbreaking installation of India’s leading Media Artist Nalini Malani opens June 29

January 13, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces 2016-2018 Exhibition Schedule

January 13, 2016
First Comprehensive Survey of Artist Liz Deschenes opens June 29, 2016

January 5, 2016
ICA/Boston announces major gifts of art to The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women

December 10, 2015
Solo exhibition featuring work by Geoffrey Farmer opens April 13

December 4, 2015
Major solo show of artist Walid Raad opens Feb. 24

December 3, 2015
First U.S. museum exhibition of Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian opens Dec. 16

October 30, 2015
First solo museum exhibition of artist Diane Simpson opens Dec. 16

October 29, 2015
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston PRESENTS Ensemble intercontemporain John Cage and Pierre Boulez: Correspondence on Nov. 15

October 21, 2015
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Presents Faye Driscoll

September 21, 2015
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston launches newly redesigned website

September 16, 2015
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston launches new Friday night series ICA After 5

September 4, 2015
First comprehensive U.S. museum exhibition on legendary Black Mountain College premieres at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston on Oct. 10

August 6, 2015
Two new exhibitions open Aug. 26 at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

July 31, 2015
The ICA Announces 2015-2016 Performances, Programs, Films, Talks + More

July 21, 2015
First Museum Survey of Sculptor Arlene Shechet Opens June 10 at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

March 23, 2015