This program takes place at the ICA Watershed

Explore the ICA Archives from the 1940s with Curatorial Assistant Max Gruber. The ICA presented Pablo Picasso’s monumental anti-war painting Guernica in 1940. In 1941, the museum featured José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros in Modern Mexican Painters. These back-to-back presentations highlight how and the ICA invested in politically engaged artists and artworks in the early 1940s,

This summer, the ICA Watershed is temporarily housing the ICA’s expansive archives which span the 90-year history of the museum. Join members of the ICA’s curatorial staff as they highlight some of their favorite things about the ICA and its history.

This project is supported by the Barr Foundation and Judi Kaufman and Arthur Rubin. 

Logo of Barr Foundation featuring stylized navy blue letters B and F with a teal triangular shape above. The words Barr Foundation are written in navy blue to the right.