Organization

Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)
The Institute of Contemporary Art strives to share the pleasures of reflection, inspiration, provocation, and imagination that contemporary art offers through public access to art, artists, and the creative process.
The primary activities of the ICA are threefold:
• To present outstanding contemporary art in all media, including visual art exhibitions, music, film, video and performance, that is deserving of public attention and has not been presented in depth to Boston audiences
• To provide innovative experiential learning opportunities for people of all ages through direct encounters with artists and art making
• To design interpretative programs that provide context, develop appreciation, and add meaning to contemporary art and culture
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Contact Info
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210Phone: 617-478-3100 | Email | Official Website
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Current Events
03/21/12-
07/15/12Charline von Heyl
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/17/12-
05/20/12Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams
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Upcoming Events
06/22/12 Experiment
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)06/22/12-
09/23/12Josiah McElheny: Some Pictures of the Infinite
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)06/29/12-
07/06/12Masters of the Universe
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)06/30/12 Play Date: To Infinity And Beyond
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/12/12-
08/30/12Harborwalk Sounds
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/12/12 Two Alike
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/13/12-
08/03/12Talking Taste
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/15/12 Gallery Talk: Taylor Walsh
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/26/12 Glass Blowing Demonstration
Massachusetts Institute of Technology07/26/12-
07/27/12How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/28/12 Play Date: Rhythm and Moves
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/05/12 Gallery Talk: Niels Cosman
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/10/12-
08/31/12DJs On the Harbor
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/23/12-
08/30/12Cell Phone Photography Workshop
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/25/12 Play Date: Take It Outside
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)
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Current &
Upcoming Events-
Current Events
03/21/12-
07/15/12Charline von Heyl
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/17/12-
05/20/12Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)
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Upcoming Events
06/22/12 Experiment
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)06/22/12-
09/23/12Josiah McElheny: Some Pictures of the Infinite
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)06/29/12-
07/06/12Masters of the Universe
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)06/30/12 Play Date: To Infinity And Beyond
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/12/12-
08/30/12Harborwalk Sounds
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/12/12 Two Alike
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/13/12-
08/03/12Talking Taste
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/15/12 Gallery Talk: Taylor Walsh
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/26/12 Glass Blowing Demonstration
Massachusetts Institute of Technology07/26/12-
07/27/12How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/28/12 Play Date: Rhythm and Moves
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/05/12 Gallery Talk: Niels Cosman
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/10/12-
08/31/12DJs On the Harbor
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/23/12-
08/30/12Cell Phone Photography Workshop
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/25/12 Play Date: Take It Outside
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)
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Past
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Past Events
05/11/12-
05/12/12red, black & GREEN: a blues (rbGb)
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/23/12 Teen Night: Streetology
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/26/12 Gallery Talk: Kelly Sherman
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/25/12 Play Date: Color Me Contemporary
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/24/12 Either/Orchestra: The Collective Unconscious
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/21/12-
02/23/12Color Sleuths
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/20/12-
03/11/122012 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/17/12 Prometheus Dance: Inventories of Animated Bodies
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/12/12 Family Art-Making Workshop
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)01/28/12 The ICA 3rd Annual International Children's Film Festival
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)11/30/11-
03/04/12Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)10/28/11-
03/04/12Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/05/11-
08/26/11DJs on the Harbor
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)06/03/11-
06/24/11Vinyl Fridays
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)05/28/11 What's Inside? What's Outside?: ICA Play Date
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)05/13/11-
05/15/11EMERGING AMERICA FESTIVAL Bellona, Destroyer of Cities
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)04/15/11-
09/05/11The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)04/01/11-
04/03/11Chautauqua!
12/02/10-
12/30/10The Art and Technique of the American Commercial
12/02/10-
12/30/10Award-Winning British Commercials 2010
11/21/10 3x3@3: Rebcecca Myers, Evelyn Rydz & Eirik Johnson
11/19/10-
03/13/11Mark Bradford
11/18/10 Mark Bradford, Hilton Als & Helen Molesworth
11/13/10-
11/14/10Women Without Men
11/11/10 Words and Images: Amie Siegel
11/07/10 3x3@3: Robert de Saint Phalle, Amie Siegel & Matthew Rich
11/05/10-
11/06/10Trajal Harrell
10/31/10 The Armenian Film Festival of Boston: Heart of Two Nations & Modern Love
10/30/10 The Armenian Film Festival of Boston: From Ararat to Zion & The Fifth Column
10/29/10 The Armenian Film Festival: Barking Island and The Army of Crime (L’Armee Du Crime)
10/28/10 Words and Images: Rebecca Meyers
10/24/10 3x3@3: Daniela Rivera, Fred Liang & Stephen Tourlentes
10/05/10-
10/26/10Art Now
10/02/10 Think Global, Act Local
09/24/10-
09/26/10Young Jean Lee's The Shipment
09/22/10-
01/17/112010 James and Audrey Foster Prize
09/12/10-
08/19/10Pipilotti Rist's Pepperminta
09/03/10-
07/19/10Into The Heart of Music: Beyond Ipanema
08/27/10 Into the Heart of Music: RiseUp
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/26/10 HarborWalk Sounds: Liz Longley
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/20/10 The Callithumpian Consort: The Sinking of the Titanic
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/19/10 HarborWalk Sounds: Eric Robertson and The Boston Boys
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/13/10 Into the Heart of Music: Al Otro Lado
08/12/10 HarborWalk Sounds: Tubby Love
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)08/10/10 Trajal Harrell
08/05/10 HarborWalk Sounds: Berklee Global Jazz Institute
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/28/10 Co Lab: Jenny Holzer and Miguel Gutierrez
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/22/10 HarborWalk Sounds: Pinchback Blues
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/20/10 Co Lab: Anne Carson and Rashaun Mitchell
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/16/10-
10/17/10Charles LeDray Exhibition
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/15/10 HarborWalk Sounds: Tais Alvarenga
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/08/10 HarborWalk Sounds: Sierra Hull
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)05/29/10 Play Date: Design a City: Boston in Your Hands!
05/14/10-
05/15/10Disfarmer
05/14/10 Experiment America
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)04/24/10 Play Date : Made by Kids: International Children's Film Festival
04/20/10 Owen Pallett
04/17/10 The Swallow Quartet
04/16/10 Eyes Wide Open
04/15/10 Gallery Talk: Dr. Lakra
04/15/10 On Pins & Needles: Tattooing in Massachusetts
04/14/10-
09/06/10Dr. Lakra
04/11/10 Dickinson on Dickinson
04/08/10 The Wedding Song
04/02/10 Xavier LeRoy: Self-Unfinished
04/02/10 Xavier LeRoy: La Sacre du Printemps
03/28/10 Reporting War
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/27/10 Play Date: Be a Secret Agent Artist
03/26/10 Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/15/10 MOTHER'S DAY ART-MAKING WORKSHOP Drawings: Layered, Upside-Down, and Reassembled
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/15/10 FAMILY ART-MAKING WORKSHOP Burnt Wood, Pins & Magic Tape
03/14/10 Understanding War
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/28/10 Impacts of War
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/27/10 Play Date: ICA Bird Watch
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/27/10 Christopher O'Riley
02/19/10-
02/21/10Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/19/10-
06/13/10Roni Horn aka Roni Horn
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/18/10 Words from the Walk
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/17/10 Roni Horn in conversation with John Waters
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/13/10 Reggie Watts/Tommy Smith: Disinformation
01/27/10 Xavier LeRoy: Self Unfinished
01/14/10 SHIFTboston Forum
11/18/09-
03/28/10Momentum 15: R.H. Quaytman
11/04/09-
03/28/10...OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)11/04/09-
03/28/10Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Veterans Project
09/18/09-
01/18/10Damian Ortega: Do It Yourself
08/29/09 Play Date: By the Sea
08/28/09 Music Performance: Wavelengths: Black Moth Super Rainbow
08/27/09 Music Performance: HarborWalk Shuffle
08/21/09 Music Performance: Wavelengths: Zizek Club at the ICA: Fauna, Uproot Andy and Oro11
08/20/09 Music Performance: HarborWalk Shuffle
08/14/09 Music Performance: Wavelengths: Nomo, Dutty Artz: DJ/Rupture + Matt Shadetek
08/13/09 Music Performance: HarborWalk Shuffle
08/08/09-
08/09/09Film: Scratch
08/08/09-
08/09/09Film: Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
08/07/09 Music Performance: Wavelengths: Prefuse 73
08/06/09 Music Performance: HarborWalk Shuffle
08/04/09-
08/07/09Teens: Summer Video Boot Camp
08/01/09-
08/02/09Film: Bomb it
08/01/09-
08/02/09Film: They Live
07/31/09 Talking Taste: Frank McClelland
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/30/09 Music Performance: HarborWalk Sounds: Alex Wintz
07/29/09-
07/18/10ICA Collection: In The Making
07/25/09 Play Date: Your Body in Art
07/24/09 Talking Taste: Deidre Heekin and Caleb Barber
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/23/09 Music Performance: HarborWalk Sounds: La Timbistica
07/17/09 Talking Taste: Colin Lynch and John Gertsner
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)07/16/09 Music Performance: HarborWalk Sounds: Tubby Love
07/14/09-
07/17/09Artist Encounter for Teens: Mario Ybarra, Jr. and Karla Diaz
07/11/09 Dance Performance: The Disappearing Woman
07/09/09 Music Performance: HarborWalk Sounds: Neara Russell
06/27/09 Play Date: Obey Giant
06/26/09 Talking Taste: Ana Sortun
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)05/29/09-
05/30/09Play Date: KidsBuild: ICA City
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)05/28/09 Lunchtime Talk: Nicholas Baume on the ICA Collection
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)05/22/09 HarborWalk Sounds, Inside: Neara Russell
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)05/17/09-
06/28/09Shepard Fairey: Off Site
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)05/03/09-
05/07/09New England Animators
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)04/24/09-
04/25/09Gimp
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)04/16/09 ICA/Boston Words from the Walk: Kevin Young
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)04/10/09 HarborWalk Sounds, Inside: Katie Thiroux
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)04/04/09 Design as Social Agent
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)04/02/09 Lunchtime Talk: Acting Out: New Social Experiments in Video
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)04/02/09 National Center For Jewish Film's 12th Annual Film Festival
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/31/09-
03/04/11Target Free Thursday Nights at the ICA
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/28/09-
02/28/09Play Date: Art Messengers
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/21/09 Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/19/09 Lunchtime Talk: Momentum 13: Eileen Quinlan
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/18/09-
04/16/09Art and Life: Icons, Urban Scrawl and Dissent
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/13/09-
03/15/09Nature Theater of Oklahoma
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)03/06/09 HarborWalk Sounds, Inside: Manami/Randy
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/28/09 Play Date: Loch Ness Quest
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/26/09 Words from the Walk: Marilyn Chin
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/26/09-
03/01/09Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/17/09-
02/20/09Vacation Week Art Classes
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/13/09 HarborWalk Sounds, Inside: Jeni Magana
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/13/09 The Necks and Craig Taborn
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/12/09 Lunchtime Talk: Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/08/09 Sunday Afternoon Art Class: Mask-making
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)02/06/09-
08/16/09Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand
01/31/09 Play Date: Windows Inside/Out
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)01/30/09 New Music Now: Shelley Hirsch and Theo Bleckmann/Ben Monder Duo
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)01/29/09 Where God Left His Shoes
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)01/28/09 Author Talk: Closer in the Cafe with Lawrence Weschler
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)01/25/09 Sunday Afternoon Art Class: Design your own unique house
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)01/21/09 Vacation Week Art Classes
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA)11/12/08-
03/01/09MOMENTUM 12: GERARD BYRNE
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Member Reviews
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Event Name: Into the Heart of Music: RiseUp
"I will be there to "Rise Up""
Comment posted by: IyahSound from Boston, MA, Aug 17, 2010
Exciting to see this documentary...Director/Producer Luciano give thanks for this hard work and dedication.
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Event Name: Xavier LeRoy: La Sacre du Printemps
"The music, alas"
Review posted by: Grumbly from Somerville, MA, Apr 04, 2010
Sorry to say I was terribly disappointed with this. LeRoy's performance was self-indulgent and added up to little. It was neither real conducting nor dance nor some kind of interesting... Expand
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Event Name: Shepard Fairey: Off Site
"Cool art"
Review posted by: Jean from Boston, MA, Mar 25, 2009
I saw this last week at the ICA and it was pretty cool how he does the layering of the pieces and arranges the artwork within a certain concept. I liked it.
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