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Format: 2026-09-14
Format: 2026-09-14
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    Black and white photo of a woman with woodwind instruments casting shadows on her face, and a man holding and looking at a large wind instrument against a dark background.
    ICA Live, Music

    Colin Stetson & Brìghde Chaimbeul 

    Sun, Sep 20, 8 PM
    A person poses in a sculptural, futuristic, ribbed white garment with dramatic folds and textures, one arm bent over their head. The lighting casts soft shadows, creating an artistic and modern atmosphere.
    ICA Live, Music

    anaiis with special guest ToriTori

    Fri, Sep 25, 8 PM
    Four people stand on stage; three watch as one in front, wearing a red shirt, dramatically poses mid-dance against a dark background.
    Dance, ICA Live

    MIDDAY Movement Series and ICA/Boston present: Braiding Futures

    Fri, Oct 23, 8 PM
    Eight dancers on a dark stage, each extending one arm and one leg outward in a diagonal pose, with dramatic lighting highlighting their movements. Small lights hang overhead.
    Dance, ICA Live

    Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Collage Revisited and Story/ 

    Fri, Nov 20, 8 PM
    Sat, Nov 21, 8 PM
    Sun, Nov 22, 2 PM
    A black-and-white photo shows a man in large, dark sunglasses and a leather jacket surrounded by a group of stylishly dressed women and men at a crowded indoor gathering.
    ICA Live

    The Inevitable Return: Exploding Plastic Revisited

    Fri, Dec 11, 7–11 PM
    Dark room filled with countless small blue lights, some hanging from the ceiling and others reflecting off the shiny floor, creating a mesmerizing, starry, immersive space—nowiswhenweare the stars.
    ICA Live

    Andrew Schneider: NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars)

    Thu, Jan 21, 2027
    Fri, Jan 22, 2027
    Sat, Jan 23, 2027
    More Dates
    Five dancers in matching dark costumes perform a synchronized routine onstage under bright spotlights, posing with one arm raised and one arm bent, with focused expressions and dynamic energy.
    Dance, ICA Live

    Ogemdi Ude: MAJOR

    Fri, Feb 26, 2027, 8 PM
    Sat, Feb 27, 2027, 8 PM
    A woman embodying the spirit of motherhood, dressed in a vintage gown, lifts a smiling baby above her head in a nursery near a crib and a window with striped curtains. Reminiscent of Suzanne Bocanegra’s evocative storytelling, the photo is framed by a decorative border.
    ICA Live

    Motherhood, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra Starring Judah Lang 

    Thu, Mar 18, 2027, 8 PM
    Fri, Mar 19, 2027, 8 PM
    Two dancers in textured costumes pose dramatically under a glowing, circular light, framed by a large metal hoop. Highlighted against a dark background with a few small lanterns on the floor nearby, their sweat variant adds a palpable sense of intensity and realism to the scene.
    Dance, ICA Live

    sweat variant – Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born: adaku, part 2

    Fri, Apr 9, 2027, 8–9:30 PM
    Sat, Apr 10, 2027, 8–9:30 PM
    On view exhibitions
    Side-by-side images show a person wearing a tall, elaborate costume walking on a city street. The left image is in front of a grocery store, while the right image is on a quiet street with buildings in the background.

    Collection Spotlight: Nari Ward

    Apr 14 – Sep 20, 2026
    A lavender wall displays an arrangement of small, black-framed portraits in black and white—each featuring individual people

    To My Best Friend

    Jan 23 – Dec 31, 2026
    A gallery wall displays a grid of landscape photos, each showing different views and lighting of mountains, all neatly aligned in rows and columns above a polished concrete floor.

    Cynthia Daignault: Valley

    Aug 27, 2026 – Jan 18, 2027
    Two abstract, faceless busts—one dark, one yellow—lean together on a pedestal. The dark figure has coiled metal on its head; the yellow figure has twisted black cords as hair. Both have textured, rough surfaces.

    Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki)

    Aug 27, 2026 – Jan 18, 2027
    A large textured wall installation with abstract black circular and linear shapes arranged in a geometric pattern

    Caroline Monnet: Man-made Land

    Sep 25, 2025 – Mar 21, 2027

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