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Free

ICA Free Thursday Night

Thu, Aug 22, 5–9 PM
Thu, Aug 29, 5–9 PM
Thu, Sep 5, 5–9 PM
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Three members of Them Fantasies sitting on a stoop.
Free, Harborwalk Sounds, ICA Live, Music

Harborwalk Sounds: Them Fantasies

Thu, Aug 22, 6 PM
BUILDING_New brand Chuck Choi
Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

Public Tour: Summer Architecture

Thu, Aug 22, 6 PM
Thu, Aug 29, 6 PM
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Free, ICA Kids, Special Events, Summer Fridays

Free Fun Friday

Fri, Aug 23, 10 AM – 9 PM
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ICA Live, Music, Summer Fridays

DJ Night:
Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem)

Fri, Aug 23, 6:30–10 PM
An art-making table full of art supplies, and a youth creating a stamp
Art Making, Free, ICA Kids

Shapes + Patterns

Sat, Aug 24, 12–4 PM
Sun, Aug 25, 12–4 PM
Sun, Sep 1, 12–4 PM
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Six large video screens arranged side by side in a gentle curve fill a dark room. A woman stands before them, watching. They each display a different image, some black and white, including people dancing, some color.
At the Watershed, Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

¡ICA Watershed en español!

Sat, Aug 24, 1 PM
BUILDING_New brand Chuck Choi
Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

Public Tour: Summer Architecture

Sat, Aug 24, 1 PM
Sun, Aug 25, 1 PM
Sat, Aug 31, 1 PM
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At the Watershed, Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

Public Tour: ICA Watershed

Sat, Aug 24, 1:30 PM
Sat, Aug 31, 1:30 PM
Purple, green, and orange stripes on a white piece of paper.
Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

Public Tour: Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & Design

Sat, Aug 24, 2:30 PM
Sun, Aug 25, 2:30 PM
Sat, Aug 31, 2:30 PM
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At the Watershed, Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

Aquí y allá: Garden Taste

Sat, Aug 24, 2:30 PM
WATERSHED_Family day
At the Watershed, Free, Special Events

Our Home: An Eastie Community Archiving Project

Sun, Aug 25, 11 AM – 2 PM
WATERSHED_Family day
Art Making, At the Watershed, Free, ICA Kids

Watershed Sunday Studio

Sun, Aug 25, 2–4 PM
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Music, Special Events

No Hype Fest

Sun, Aug 25, 2–7 PM
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Free, Harborwalk Sounds, ICA Live, Music

Harborwalk Sounds: MALAYA

Thu, Aug 29, 6 PM
Kids making art outside
Art Making, Free, ICA Kids

Play Date: Seaside Horizons

Sat, Aug 31, 10 AM – 4 PM
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Art Making, At the Watershed, Free, Special Events

Labor Day: Free Admission

Mon, Sep 2, 10 AM – 5 PM
Unframed canvases painted with abstract shapes hang from a metal rack suspended from the ceiling in a gallery space.
Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

Curator Tour: Ruth Erickson on Vivian Suter

Thu, Sep 5, 6 PM
People dancing and drinking a beer outside at ICA
First Fridays

First Fridays: More is More

Fri, Sep 6, 5–9:30 PM
LIAB_Installation view Marcel Wanders, Pae White, Betty Woodman, Haegue Yang, Ruth Root
Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

Gallery Talk: Vivian Beer on Marcel Wanders’s Bon Bon Chair

Sun, Sep 8, 2 PM
Two female dancers in pale dresses stand on a dark stage with one arm extended toward the other.
Dance, ICA Live

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas: Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich

Thu, Sep 19, 8 PM
Fri, Sep 20, 8 PM
Sat, Sep 21, 8 PM
A painting with thick impasto shows a black female figure on a lime green background. She is wearing a strapless white top and a skirt the same green as the background. Her facial features are not rendered. On the bottom right of the canvas two figures, possibly children, are rendered sculpturally out of paint.
Free, Special Events

Public Celebration: 2019 James and Audrey Foster Prize

Thu, Sep 26, 5–9 PM
Photo of artist Rashin Fahandej in front of her artwork consisting of photographs of men.
Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

The Artist’s Voice: Rashin Fahandej, Josephine Halvorson, Lavaughan Jenkins, and Helga Roht Poznanski

Thu, Sep 26, 7 PM
KIDS_Play Date close up hands of mom and daughter art making
Art Making, Free, ICA Kids

Play Date: Handmade Moments

Sat, Sep 28, 10 AM – 4 PM
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First Fridays

First Fridays: Oktoberfest

Fri, Oct 4, 5–9:30 PM
SUTER_Installation view Gladstone Gallery
Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

Gallery Talk: Narayan Khandekar on Vivian Suter

Sun, Oct 13, 2 PM
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Free, Special Events

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Free Admission

Mon, Oct 14, 10 AM – 5 PM
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Dance, ICA Live

nora chipaumire: #PUNK 100% POP *N!&GA

Fri, Oct 18, 8 PM
Sat, Oct 19, 8 PM
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Director's Circle, ICA Members

VIP + Member Opening Reception, When Home Won’t Let You Stay

Tue, Oct 22
TEENS_ICA Teen Night
Art Making, Dance, ICA Teens

Fall Teen Night

Fri, Oct 25, 6–9 PM
KIDS_Play Date youth showing mom their art
Art Making, Free, ICA Kids

Play Date: Home Is Where…

Sat, Oct 26, 10 AM – 4 PM

Deep Dive: Art & Poetry

Sat, Oct 26, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Sun, Nov 10, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Sun, Dec 8, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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First Fridays

First Fridays: Smoke and Mirrors

Fri, Nov 1, 5–9:30 PM
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Special Events

UNCORKED 2019: Annual Wine Dinner + Auction

Sat, Nov 2, 7–11 PM
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ICA Members

Acquisitions Circle Meeting: Cocktails and Deep Dive

Mon, Nov 4, 6–8 PM
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Talks, Tours + Workshops

ICA Forum: Suitcase Stories Unpacked

Thu, Nov 7, 7 PM
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Free, Talks, Tours + Workshops

Gallery Talk: Aliza Nisenbaum

Sun, Nov 10, 2 PM
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Dance, ICA Live

Global Arts Live Presents: BODYTRAFFIC

Fri, Nov 15, 8 PM
Sat, Nov 16, 8 PM
Sun, Nov 17, 3 PM
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Dance, ICA Live

Faye Driscoll: Thank You For Coming: Space

Thu, Nov 21, 8 PM
Fri, Nov 22, 8 PM
Sat, Nov 23, 8 PM
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KIDS_Play Date youth in the art lab
Art Making, Free, ICA Kids

Play Date: Tell Me a Story

Sat, Nov 30, 10 AM – 4 PM
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First Fridays

First Fridays: Roarin’ 2020s

Fri, Dec 6, 5–9:30 PM
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Talks, Tours + Workshops

Gallery Talk: Reena Saini Kallat’s Woven Chronicle

Mon, Dec 9, 2 PM
Yayoi Kusama's LOVE IS CALLING. An installation filled with neon soft sculptures decorated with polka dots.
Director's Circle, ICA Members

After Hours with the Curator: Yayoi Kusama: LOVE IS CALLING

Tue, Dec 10, 6–8 PM
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Curator Tour: Ruth Erickson on When Home Won’t Let You Stay

Thu, Dec 12, 6 PM
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Dance, ICA Live

Global Arts Live Presents: Boston Dance Theater

Fri, Dec 13, 8 PM
Sat, Dec 14, 8 PM
Sun, Dec 15, 3 PM
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Free, Special Events

ICA Harbor Market

Sat, Dec 14, 11 AM – 4 PM
KIDS_Play Date siblings in art making activity
Art Making, ICA Kids

Holiday Vacation Week

Fri, Dec 27 11 AM – Sun, Dec 29, 4 PM
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Dance, ICA Live

Kate Wallich + The YC x Perfume Genius: The Sun Still Burns Here

Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 8 PM
Sat, Jan 18, 2020, 8 PM
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Dance, ICA Live

Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group: POWER

Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 8 PM
Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 8 PM
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Dance, ICA Live

Global Arts Live Presents: Malpaso Dance Company

Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 8 PM
Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 3 PM
Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 8 PM
Music

Roger C. Miller and Ludovico Ensemble: Electric Guitars, String Quartet, Dreams and Records

Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 8 PM
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Dance, ICA Live

Maya Beiser + Wendy Whelan + Lucinda Childs + David Lang: THE DAY

Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 8 PM
Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 8 PM
Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 2 PM
DANCE_Raphael Xavier
Dance, ICA Live

Global Arts Live Presents: Raphael Xavier

Fri, May 8, 2020, 8 PM
Sat, May 9, 2020, 8 PM