Press Releases

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
Nov 8, 2022
New, site-specific installation by Barbara Kruger opens at ICA/Boston on November 3, 2022
Sep 20, 2022
ICA/Boston announces schedule of performances for 2022–2023
Aug 26, 2022
ICA/Boston Promotes Ruth Erickson to Mannion Family Senior Curator
Jul 29, 2022
ICA/Boston presents major thematic exhibition exploring how artists have been inspired by children and childhood
Jul 26, 2022
Rose B. Simpson: Legacies opens at the ICA/Boston on August 11
Jul 13, 2022
ICA/Boston presents Jordan Nassar: Fantasy and Truth
Jul 13, 2022
ICA/Boston Promotes Eva Respini to Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Barbara Lee Chief Curator
Jun 29, 2022
The U.S. Pavilion, Commissioned by ICA Boston, Presents Loophole of Retreat: Venice this October,  an Extension of Simone Leigh: Sovereignty 
Jun 22, 2022
Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms opens at ICA Watershed on May 26
May 3, 2022
U.S. Pavilion Opens Simone Leigh: Sovereignty
Apr 21, 2022
ICA/Boston presents Barbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca: Swinguerra
Feb 8, 2022
ICA/Boston opens A Place for Me: Figurative Painting Now on March 31
Feb 8, 2022
Napoleon Jones-Henderson: I Am As I Am – A Man opens at the ICA/Boston on February 17
Jan 25, 2022
ICA/Boston presents advance exhibition schedule through 2023
Nov 16, 2021
U.S. Pavilion Launches New Website Dedicated to Artist Simone Leigh
Nov 4, 2021
ICA/Boston and MoMA PS1 co-organize first museum survey of Deana Lawson
Oct 8, 2021
Yayoi Kusama’s LOVE IS CALLING opens October 16 at the ICA/Boston
Sep 21, 2021
ICA/Boston presents the 2021 James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition
Aug 12, 2021
Raúl de Nieves: The Treasure House of Memory opens at ICA/Boston on September 1
Aug 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
Jul 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
Apr 13, 2021
ICA/Boston presents groundbreaking exhibition Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”
Apr 6, 2021
ICA Watershed opens 2021 season with monumental, site-specific sculpture by Firelei Báez
Apr 5, 2021
Eva LeWitt creates new, site-specific installation for the ICA/Boston
Mar 5, 2021
ICA/Boston Announces 2021 Recipients of the James and Audrey Foster Prize
Feb 26, 2021
ICA/Boston presents i’m yours: Encounters with Art in Our Times
Nov 2, 2020
U.S. museum premiere of William Kentridge’s KABOOM! at the ICA/Boston
Oct 23, 2020
ICA Announces Simone Leigh as U.S. Representative at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale Di Venezia 2022
Oct 14, 2020
Ragnar Kjartansson’s The Visitors goes back on view at the ICA/Boston
Sep 16, 2020
ICA/Boston presents advance exhibition schedule through 2022
Aug 25, 2020
ICA/Boston expands its virtual teen arts programming with new summer art classes and events
Aug 10, 2020
The ICA/Boston reopens to the public on July 16, 2020
Jul 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
Feb 6, 2020
New interactive art project for families opens at the ICA/Boston during February School Vacation Week
Feb 4, 2020
ICA/Boston announces new acquisitions, including major works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, William Kentridge, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Tschabalala Self
Dec 19, 2019
ICA/Boston and ICA Miami co-organize most comprehensive museum survey of Sterling Ruby to date
Dec 18, 2019
ICA/Boston opens Carolina Caycedo: Cosmotarrayas on January 20
Nov 14, 2019
Tschabalala Self: Out of Body opens at ICA/Boston on January 20
Nov 13, 2019
ICA/Boston announces exhibition-related programming and events for When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art
Oct 18, 2019
ICA/Boston announces upcoming exhibition schedule through summer 2020
Sep 5, 2019
Vivian Suter opens at the ICA/Boston on August 21
Jul 19, 2019
ICA/Boston presents the 2019 James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibition
Jul 18, 2019
ICA/Boston announces schedule of performances for 2019–2020
Jul 16, 2019
ICA presents When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art
Jun 14, 2019
The ICA announces 2019 season schedule for the Watershed, the museum’s new seasonal space for art in East Boston
Apr 30, 2019
ICA opens major survey of maximalist art and design on June 26
Apr 2, 2019
ICA announces exhibition dates of recently acquired Infinity Mirror Room by Yayoi Kusama and new collection presentation
Mar 20, 2019
Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors opens at ICA/Boston on February 13
Jan 23, 2019
ICA/Boston announces major acquisition of Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room
Jan 15, 2019
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston announces 2019 exhibition schedule
Jan 7, 2019
Nina Chanel Abney creates new site-specific installation for the ICA/Boston
Dec 18, 2018
Huma Bhabha: They Live on view March 23 at ICA/Boston
Dec 3, 2018
The ICA Welcomes Tsugumi Maki as Chief Operating Officer
Nov 27, 2018
John Akomfrah named artist for the 2019 ICA Watershed installation
Nov 9, 2018
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces 2019 Recipients of the James and Audrey Foster Prize
Oct 19, 2018
The ICA Announces First-Ever National Teen Conference in November
Oct 15, 2018
ICA/Boston Unveils New Interactive Art Project by Artist Dennis Nance
Oct 3, 2018
ICA/Boston opens Jason Moran, the interdisciplinary artist’s first museum show, on September 19
Aug 17, 2018
ICA/Boston Announces 2018-2019 Performances, Films, and Talks
Aug 1, 2018
ICA/Boston Presents William Forsythe: Choreographic Objects
Jul 27, 2018
ICA/Boston Announces Summer 2018 Events and Programs
Jun 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
Mar 23, 2018
ICA Debuts New Interactive Art Project for Families During April School Vacation Week
Mar 22, 2018
ICA Announces 2018 ICA Reads Selection: Valeria Luiselli’s Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions
Mar 6, 2018
The ICA Announces New Appointment and Curatorial Promotions
Jan 24, 2018
14 Boston-Area Arts Organizations Partner Around Art + Tech
Dec 6, 2017
ICA announces inaugural installation at the ICA Watershed, a new space for art on Boston Harbor, opening summer 2018
Nov 13, 2017
ICA Opens First Major U.S. Exhibition to Examine the Impact of the Internet on Visual Art
Oct 25, 2017
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Partners With Baja East and All Too Human at First Fridays, October 6
Oct 3, 2017
Artist Evelyn Rydz Creates New Interactive Art Project at ICA/Boston
Sep 22, 2017
Nicholas Nixon: Persistence Of Vision On View December 13 at ICA/Boston
Sep 19, 2017
ICA/Boston Announces 2017-2018 Performances and Talks
Jul 25, 2017
Dana Schutz on View July 26 at ICA/Boston
Jul 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
Mar 23, 2017
New York Times Bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings Selected for ICA Reads
Mar 8, 2017
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces Plan to Expand Artistic Programming Directly Across Harbor in East Boston
Mar 2, 2017
The ICA/Boston Presents the Return of Talea Ensemble for One Night Only
Feb 8, 2017
The ICA/Boston Presents Major Mid-Career Survey of Nari Ward
Jan 27, 2017
The ICA/Boston Presents the 2017 James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition
Jan 25, 2017
The ICA/Boston Presents U.S. Debut of Steve McQueen’s Powerful Video Installation, Ashes
Dec 15, 2016
The ICA/Boston Celebrates 10 Years on Boston’s Waterfront and 80th Birthday
Oct 20, 2016
British Artist Gillian Wearing Creates Site-Specific Installation at the ICA/Boston
Oct 13, 2016
The ICA/Boston presents The Artist’s Museum
Sep 29, 2016
The ICA/Boston presents musician RY X for one night only - part of first solo US tour
Sep 15, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents two powerful dance experiences this fall with Big Dance Theater and Bill T. Jones
Sep 15, 2016
The ICA/Boston Launches The Object Project
Sep 7, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston’s Largest Collection Show to Open August 17th
Aug 1, 2016
2017 James and Audrey Foster Prize Recipients Announced
Jul 28, 2016
The ICA Announces 2016-2017 Performances and Talks
Jul 27, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces Major Acquisition of Steve McQueen’s Ashes
Jun 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
Apr 25, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) Announces ICA Reads Selection: Men We Reaped by National Book Award Winner Jesmyn Ward
Feb 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
Jan 28, 2016
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces 2016-2018 Exhibition Schedule
Jan 13, 2016
Groundbreaking installation of India’s leading Media Artist Nalini Malani opens June 29
Jan 13, 2016
First Comprehensive Survey of Artist Liz Deschenes opens June 29, 2016
Jan 5, 2016
ICA/Boston announces major gifts of art to The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women
Dec 10, 2015
Solo exhibition featuring work by Geoffrey Farmer opens April 13
Dec 4, 2015
Major solo show of artist Walid Raad opens Feb. 24
Dec 3, 2015
First U.S. museum exhibition of Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian opens Dec. 16
Oct 30, 2015
First solo museum exhibition of artist Diane Simpson opens Dec. 16
Oct 29, 2015
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston PRESENTS Ensemble intercontemporain John Cage and Pierre Boulez: Correspondence on Nov. 15
Oct 21, 2015
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Presents Faye Driscoll
Sep 21, 2015
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston launches newly redesigned website
Sep 16, 2015
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston launches new Friday night series ICA After 5
Sep 4, 2015
First comprehensive U.S. museum exhibition on legendary Black Mountain College premieres at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston on Oct. 10
Aug 6, 2015
Two new exhibitions open Aug. 26 at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Jul 31, 2015
The ICA Announces 2015-2016 Performances, Programs, Films, Talks + More
Jul 21, 2015
First Museum Survey of Sculptor Arlene Shechet Opens June 10 at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Mar 23, 2015

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