The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

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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⚡️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

🎉 Exciting news: the ICA and WBUR podcast for “An Indigenous Present” is a Signal Awards finalist in two categories!Head...
10/02/2026

🎉 Exciting news: the ICA and WBUR podcast for “An Indigenous Present” is a Signal Awards finalist in two categories!

Head to our “🎧 Podcast” story highlight for a preview of all five episodes, then listen to the full episodes at WBUR.org/ICA.

You can vote for the podcast to win the Listeners’ Choice Award here https://loom.ly/-3CxZy0 and here https://loom.ly/WCET5xo. Voting is open through October 15. Thank you for listening! 🫶

October is bringing a little magic to the ICA! 🪄🎃 Art, fun, and Halloween thrills await at the ICA. Plus, celebrate our ...
10/01/2026

October is bringing a little magic to the ICA! 🪄🎃 Art, fun, and Halloween thrills await at the ICA. Plus, celebrate our 90th birthday with an extra-special season of exhibitions and performances.

🎟️ For tickets and more information, visit the link in our bio.

🖼️ Free Thursday Nights
📆 Thu, Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 + 29
🕒 5–9 PM

🎃 First Friday: Pumpkin Patch
📆 Fri, Oct 2
🕒 5:30–9:30 PM

🎨 Bank of America Art Lab: perfect memory
📆 Sat, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24 + 31 / Sun, Oct 11, 18 + 25 / Mon, Oct 12
🕒 12–4 PM

🍁 Play Date
📆 Sun, Oct 4
🕒 10 AM–3 PM

🕺 Art-Making After Dark: Let’s Dance Afrobeats!
📆 Thu, Oct 8
🕒 6–8:30 PM

🎞️ “TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing” Screening
📆 Fri, Oct 9
🕒 7 PM

📺 The Artist’s Voice: Tony Oursler with Susan Goldberg, Meghan Clare Considine, and Nora Burnett Abrams
📆 Thu, Oct 15
🕒 7 PM

📚 College Night
📆 Fri, Oct 16
🕒 6–9 PM

🎸 Book Talk: Melissa Auf der Maur with Naomi Yang
📆 Sat, Oct 17
🕒 2 PM

💻 Online Series: Eyes on Art
📆 Tue, Oct 20
🕒 2 PM

💃 MIDDAY Movement Series and ICA/Boston: Braiding Futures
📆 Fri, Oct 23
🕒 8 PM

👗 Fall Teen Night and Fashion Show
📆 Fri, Oct 30
🕒 6–9 PM

🕯️ Watershed Community Event: Veronica Robles Cultural Center Day of the Dead
📆 Sat, Oct 31
🕒 10 AM–5 PM

🔮 ICA Halloween: It’s Magic!
📆 Sat, Oct 31
🕒 8 PM–12 AM

October is bringing a little magic to the ICA! 🪄 🎃 Art, fun, and Halloween thrills await at the ICA. Plus, celebrate our...
10/01/2026

October is bringing a little magic to the ICA! 🪄 🎃 Art, fun, and Halloween thrills await at the ICA. Plus, celebrate our 90th birthday with an extra-special season of exhibitions and performances.

🎟️ Tickets and more information can be found here: https://loom.ly/2wNsf5A

🖼️ Free Thursday Nights
📆 Thu, Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 + 29
🕒 5–9 PM

🎃 First Friday: Pumpkin Patch
📆 Fri, Oct 2
🕒 5:30–9:30 PM

🎨 Bank of America Art Lab: perfect memory
📆 Sat, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24 + 31 / Sun, Oct 11, 18 + 25 / Mon, Oct 12
🕒 12–4 PM

🍁 Play Date
📆 Sun, Oct 4
🕒 10 AM–3 PM

🕺 Art-Making After Dark: Let's Dance Afrobeats!
📆 Thu, Oct 8
🕒 6–8:30 PM

🎞️ "TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing" Screening
📆 Fri, Oct 9
🕒 7 PM

📺 The Artist's Voice: Tony Oursler with Susan Goldberg, Meghan Clare Considine, and Nora Burnett Abrams
📆 Thu, Oct 15
🕒 7 PM

📚 College Night
📆 Fri, Oct 16
🕒 6–9 PM

🎸 Book Talk: Melissa Auf der Maur with Naomi Yang
📆 Sat, Oct 17
🕒 2 PM

💻 Online Series: Eyes on Art
📆 Tue, Oct 20
🕒 2 PM

💃 MIDDAY Movement Series and ICA/Boston: Braiding Futures
📆 Fri, Oct 23
🕒 8 PM

👗 Fall Teen Night and Fashion Show
📆 Fri, Oct 30
🕒 6–9 PM

🕯️ Watershed Community Event: Veronica Robles Cultural Center Day of the Dead
📆 Sat, Oct 31
🕒 10 AM–5 PM

🔮 ICA Halloween: It's Magic!
📆 Sat, Oct 31
🕒 8 PM–12 AM

🎻 Just announced! In collaboration with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, violinist and singer Sudan Archives brings an inn...
09/30/2026

🎻 Just announced! In collaboration with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, violinist and singer Sudan Archives brings an innovative performance to the ICA.

“Any Shape I Want” is a meditation on the freedom to move between instruments, identities, and imagined selves, staged across six stations representing four-hour blocks of a single day. Sudan Archives moves through a full 24-hour cycle in real time, reimagining songs from her catalog with violin loops and voice while projected video shifts to reflect the hour. Audiences watch her build a private universe on stage, then step into it themselves.

Tickets are on sale now! Grab yours today: https://loom.ly/BmaWSHY

📆 Sun, Nov 8
🕖 7 PM

09/29/2026

A little surprise for only one dollar! Inciardi Prints are back in stock at the ICA with 12 mini prints to collect, including one featuring the ICA itself. Which are you hoping to find? 🦞 🌽 🧈 🛶

Due to inclement weather, the ICA will be closed on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27. Please visit our we...
09/25/2026

Due to inclement weather, the ICA will be closed on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27.

Please visit our website for up-to-date information, and stay safe! ☔️ 💨

A palette inspired by the ICA 🎨Across the museum, color brings artwork, architecture, and spaces to life. Swipe through ...
09/24/2026

A palette inspired by the ICA 🎨

Across the museum, color brings artwork, architecture, and spaces to life. Swipe through to take a colorful tour through the ICA ✨

🍁 Happy first day of fall!Celeste Rapone’s "Pack Animals" (2021) captures the season in vivid color, capturing three fig...
09/22/2026

🍁 Happy first day of fall!

Celeste Rapone’s "Pack Animals" (2021) captures the season in vivid color, capturing three figures gathered on plaid blankets on a brilliant autumn day. For the artist, fall evokes the start of school and new beginnings, making this painting a fitting way to welcome the new season. 🍂

Read more about this piece in the ICA Collection: https://loom.ly/gAahSjI
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Celeste Rapone, Pack Animals, 2021. Oil on canvas. 78 × 89 inches (198.1 × 226.1 cm). Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Acquired through the generosity of the Acquisitions Circle. Courtesy the artist; Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago; Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen; and Josh Lilley, London. Image courtesy Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago. Photo by Nathan Keay. © Celeste Rapone

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