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The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Located in a breathtaking waterfront building, the ICA is Boston's destination for new art and ideas.
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Join us TONIGHT for a conversation with video artist Tony Oursler about the ICA's innovative partnership with GBH and a ...
10/15/2026

Join us TONIGHT for a conversation with video artist Tony Oursler about the ICA's innovative partnership with GBH and a group of artists to launch the Contemporary Art Television Fund in the 1980s. Their goal was bold: commission and produce experimental video art and bring it directly into people’s living rooms.

For a sneak peek, we are sharing never-before-seen production images from Oursler's EVOL (1984), a work featured in the ICA exhibition "90 YEARS," now on view. Supported by the CAT Fund, EVOL was shot on a soundstage in Buffalo, New York, and featured handcrafted sets and puppets.

Tonight's Artist Voice talk features Oursler in conversation with GBH President Susan Goldberg and ICA Curatorial Assistant Meghan Clare Considine, moderated by Nora Burnett Abrams, the ICA’s Ellen Matilda Poss Director.

Learn more and reserve your tickets here: https://loom.ly/xkJySsg

All photos courtesy the artist.

10/14/2026

The ICA/Boston is celebrating 90 years with a museum-wide exhibition featuring artists like Andy Warhol, Yayoi Kusama, and Simone Leigh.

It's a fun way to introduce the kids to contemporary art while exploring something new together!

📍 ICA/Boston
📅 October 15, 2026 through March 7, 2027

Save this for your next family day in Boston!

🌊 Take the scenic route with Waterfront Art Walks!🖼️ Stroll along Boston Harbor and discover contemporary public art con...
10/14/2026

🌊 Take the scenic route with Waterfront Art Walks!

🖼️ Stroll along Boston Harbor and discover contemporary public art connecting the ICA and Commonwealth Pier. Explore on your own or join a free guided walk with educators from both organizations.

🍂 Waterfront Art Walks are free, no registration required! Learn more: https://loom.ly/O4lgIFM

📆 Wed, Oct 21; Fri, Oct 23; Sun, Oct 25
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Photo by Roberto Farren

10/13/2026

😎 This Friday, take a study break at the ICA! Come to College Night for an evening of live music, gallery tours, art-making, and take home a goodie bag with treats and discounts to Boston favorites, including Salt + Straw, Life Alive, Mike & Patty’s, and more.

Make the museum yours for the night! Tickets are free for University Members: https://loom.ly/y4D1-C4

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, revisit the ICA’s podcast about “An Indigenous Present,” produced with WBUR 90.9 FM.In thi...
10/12/2026

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, revisit the ICA’s podcast about “An Indigenous Present,” produced with WBUR 90.9 FM.

In this podcast, co-curators Jeffrey Gibson and Jenelle Porter take you into the exhibition “An Indigenous Present,” which was on view at the ICA from Oct. 9, 2025 to March 6, 2026. They are joined by artists Teresa Baker, Raven Chacon, Sky Hopinka, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Caroline Monnet, Anna Tsouhlarakis and scholar Philip Deloria in a series of conversations about contemporary Indigenous art.

Called “unequivocally beautiful” by the Boston Globe, the exhibition will open at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle next month.

You can listen to all 5 episodes here: https://www.wbur.org/paid-post/1050712/an-indigenous-present-a-new-exhibit-at-the-ica-boston

Installation view, An Indigenous Present, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2025-26. Photo by Mel Taing

Spend Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the ICA! ✨ Admission is free for all tomorrow, October 12. Visit our current exhibition...
10/11/2026

Spend Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the ICA! ✨ Admission is free for all tomorrow, October 12. Visit our current exhibitions and get creative with hands-on art-making in our Bank of America Art Lab.

🎟️ Tickets are available now at the link in our bio!

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Installation view, Cynthia Daignault: Valley, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2026–27. Courtesy the artist and Night Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo by Dan Watkins.

Installation view, Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki), the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2026-27. Photo by Mel Taing

📺 Did you know the ICA and GBH partnered to bring experimental video art directly into people’s living rooms?Beginning i...
10/09/2026

📺 Did you know the ICA and GBH partnered to bring experimental video art directly into people’s living rooms?

Beginning in 1983, the ICA and GBH’s New Television Workshop worked with artists to launch the Contemporary Art Television Fund (CAT Fund), commissioning and co-producing video art and helping it reach new audiences through public broadcasting.

Join us on October 15 for a conversation about this pioneering collaboration, Boston’s role in the history of video art, and what access to art means today.

Featuring video artist Tony Oursler, GBH President Susan Goldberg, and ICA Curatorial Assistant Meghan Clare Considine, moderated by Nora Burnett Abrams, the ICA’s Ellen Matilda Poss Director.

Presented as part of the ICA’s 90th anniversary celebration. Learn more and reserve your tickets: https://loom.ly/xkJySsg

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"Video Art from the CAT Fund" poster, 1983, ICA Archives, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

In one week, the ICA/Boston celebrates its 90th anniversary with the opening of the landmark exhibition “90 YEARS.” 🎉 Fe...
10/08/2026

In one week, the ICA/Boston celebrates its 90th anniversary with the opening of the landmark exhibition “90 YEARS.” 🎉

Featuring works by Andy Warhol, Yayoi Kusama, Simone Leigh, and many more, “90 YEARS” showcases the ICA as a vital force in Boston and contemporary art and invites audiences to imagine what the museum can become next.

This special anniversary exhibition revisits nine decades of the ICA’s extraordinary history, tracing the museum’s evolution alongside the ever-changing landscape of contemporary art.

Advance timed tickets are required for Yayoi Kusama’s LOVE IS CALLING and can be reserved here: https://loom.ly/zIJtYnE
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Yayoi Kusama, LOVE IS CALLING, 2013. Wood, metal, mirrored glass, tile, acrylic panel, vinyl, blowers, lighting element, speakers, and sound. 174 1/2 × 340 5/8 × 239 3/8 inches (443 × 865 × 608 cm). Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Acquired through the generosity of Barbara Lee/The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women; Fotene Demoulas and Tom Coté; Hilary and Geoffrey Grove; Vivien and Alan Hassenfeld; Jodi and Hal Hess; Barbara H. Lloyd; and an anonymous donor, 2018.18. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York; Ota Fine Arts. Photo by Ernesto Galan. © YAYOI KUSAMA

Opening preview of “Andy Warhol” exhibition, the Institute of Contemporary Art (October 1 – November 6, 1966): Left to right, Holly Solomon, Andy Warhol, and International Velvet (Susan Bottomly), September 30, 1966. ICA Archives, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
María Izquierdo, Circus Ponies, 1940. Opaque watercolor over graphite on beige wove paper. 16 1/2 × 22 13/16 inches (41.9 × 57.9 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. MacKinley Helm, 1952-57-2 © María Izquierdo

Joan Jonas, Double Lunar Dogs (still), 1984. Single-channel video (color, sound; 24:04 minutes), dimensions variable. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York. © 2026 Joan Jonas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Installation view, Design In Industry, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 1952. ICA Archives, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

⚡️Did you experience the Exploding Plastic Inevitable at the ICA in the 1960s? We’d love to speak with you! In 1966, the...
10/07/2026

⚡️Did you experience the Exploding Plastic Inevitable at the ICA in the 1960s? We’d love to speak with you!

In 1966, the ICA/Boston hosted a groundbreaking multimedia performance by Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground. Presented as part of Warhol’s second-ever museum exhibition, Exploding Plastic Inevitable immersed audiences in a cacophony of live music, film projections, and light to create a singular, total-art experience. 🧑‍🎤 🎸✨

If you or anyone you know attended the original performance 60 years ago, share your memories in the comments or send us a DM!

🗓️ Save the date for "The Inevitable Return: Exploding Plastic Revisited" on December 11. As part of the ICA's 90th anniversary celebration, we’re reviving the spirit of what has been called one of the greatest concerts in Boston history!

Tickets and more information can be found here: https://loom.ly/Qw1fdOA
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Institute of Contemporary Art, "Andy Warhol" exhibition programming announcement, 1966. Offset lithograph on paper. ICA Archives, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.

Performance view, Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground, Exploding Plastic Inevitable, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, October 29, 1966

🎸 Just announced! Best known as the bassist for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Auf der Maur documented the 90s alte...
10/05/2026

🎸 Just announced! Best known as the bassist for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Auf der Maur documented the 90s alternative rock scene onstage, backstage, and in the crowd, building an archive of more than 10,000 photographs that go behind the scenes of a defining decade for music.

Join Auf der Maur and multidisciplinary artist Naomi Yang, formerly of the 80s indie band Galaxie 500, at the ICA for a conversation about her latest photobook, “My ’90s Rock Photographs,” and rock and roll stardom. A book signing will follow.

Learn more about book purchases and grab your tickets at the link in bio.

📆 Saturday, October 17
🕑 2 PM

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