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In celebration of International Day of Women of African Descent (July 25), join a gallery talk on Firelei Báez led by women from Hispanola. How do we heal? How do we uplift? How do we move forward? … more
A “key stop” in Boston.—New York Times The ICA Watershed is a seasonal exhibition space located in a formerly condemned copper pipe factory that is transformed every summer with a new exhibition. The 2024 season will feature Hew Locke:… more
Join artists, writers, and readers in a citywide discussion of Men We Reaped, a compelling memoir that tackles race, masculinity, and misfortune in the American South. Recounting the tragic deaths of five young men from her rural community within four years, National Book Award… more
The artist’s first solo exhibition in Boston features a selection of intricate embroidered and mixed media works that explore ideas of home, land, and memory (Boston, MA—July 13, 2022) On August 11, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston… more
Renowned photographer Nan Goldin has a long association with Boston and specifically the ICA/Boston. In 1985, the ICA presented Goldin’s legendary The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, one of her first museum exhibitions, and has shown her work… more
Ana Mendieta came to prominence in the 1970s for her fusion of performance, feminist, and land art. She used her own body in interaction with the landscape to make connections between nature and the femme body. Mendieta… more
To expand access to i’m yours: Encounters with Art in Our Times during the pandemic, the ICA has created a virtual experience of the exhibition. Explore i’m yours virtually Events of this year have brought the world… more
In summer 2022, the ICA Watershed presents Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms, an exhibition of large-scale installations by six international artists who reclaim and reuse industrial and everyday materials. Inspired by the Watershed building’s mixed-use history—built in the… more
Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech” is the first museum exhibition devoted to the work of the genre-bending artist and designer Virgil Abloh (b. 1980, Rockford, IL). Abloh pioneers a practice that cuts across media and connects visual artists, musicians, graphic designers,… more
Vivian Suter (b. 1949, Buenos Aires, Argentina) works in close partnership with the natural environment surrounding her home and studio in Panajachel, Guatemala. Her method often involves moving her canvases between the indoors and outdoors and exposing… more