Institute of Contemporary Art Boston

In one week, experience our newest exhibitions, “Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon” and “Christian Marclay: Doors,” opening at the ICA on April 17! Explore the evolution of Stanley Whitney’s unique and powerful abstractions throughout his 50-year career, and get lost in the U.S. premiere of Christian Marclay’s new labyrinthine video collage. Mark your calendars → https://loom.ly/R9HbZxA Stanley Whitney, By the Love of Those Unloved, Oil on linen (diptych). 78 3/4 x 102 1/2 inches (200 x 260.4 cm) (overall). Private Collection. Courtesy Stanley Whitney Studio. Photo by Lisson Gallery. © Stanley Whitney Christian Marclay, Doors (still), 2022. Single-channel video projection (color and black-and-white, sound; continuous loop). Courtesy the artist, White Cube, and Paula Cooper Gallery. © Christian Marclay

We’re hiring a new Director of Facilities! This position is responsible for overseeing the effective, efficient, and safe maintenance and operation of the ICA’s three facilities. The Director of Facilities will play a critical role in maintaining HVAC systems and the building infrastructure, preparing annual budgets and facilities plans, identifying long-term capital projects, and providing guidance for large-scale building improvement projects. Learn more → https://loom.ly/YAK0-u4 Photo by Chuck Choi

Come work with us! The ICA is hiring a Visitor Services Supervisor to provide oversight and support to our Visitor Services team and serve as the onsite point-person for customer service. Learn more and apply today → https://loom.ly/1nMhuiA Photo by Chuck Choi

"I do like to make things happen." And yes, she has. On Jill Medvedow's last day as director, we celebrate 27 transformative years during which she took the ICA from a "scrappy" itinerant exhibition space to an internationally recognized incubator for contemporary art, performance, ideas, and education on both sides of Boston Harbor. She built a museum where art serves to engage, bring people together, build community, and share a moment of reflection, joy, or inspiration. And through her unwavering commitment to art, artists, creative expression, and new ideas, she changed a city and she made Boston contemporary. Read the WBUR story → https://loom.ly/q8k8HwM

We are thrilled to announce Sarah Sze as the first recipient of our new annual Meraki Artist Award! Generously funded by Fotene Demoulas, this $100,000 award celebrates the artistic achievements of women artists and their impact on the field of contemporary visual art and will be awarded at the ICA’s Women’s Luncheon. Widely recognized for expanding the boundaries between media, Sze creates complex multimedia works that challenge perceptions of space, time, and scale, making her one of the most compelling artists of our time. Learn more → https://loom.ly/ENsn8lk Photo by Deborah Feingold Sarah Sze, Surround Sound (After Studio), 2019. Oil, acrylic, acrylic polymers, ink, aluminum, archival paper, Dibond, and wood. Three parts, 103 × 130 inches (261.6 × 330.2 cm) (overall). Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Promised gift of Fotene Demoulas and Tom Coté, 800.24.05. Courtesy the artist. © Sarah Sze

Did you know that the ICA, founded in 1936, was one of the first contemporary art museums in North America? Right now, we are undertaking a huge project processing our archive, which includes documents, posters, catalogues, artwork, recordings, photography, correspondence, and more spanning almost 90 years! These materials hold important stories about art, culture, politics, and power in the twentieth century through today, and we're working through reviewing, organizing, describing, inventorying, and increasing accessibility to them. Learn more about the project → https://loom.ly/B9I4fQc Various archival materials | 4x5 large format slides from 2000 exhibition “Customized: Art Inspired by Hot Rods, Low Riders and American Car Culture” | Film reels | Photograph of ICA Director Sue Thurman with President Lyndon B. Johnson (1965)

We're so happy to be part of Boston's arts community, and we loved hosting local Tessitura users here last week. Thank you, Andrew Recinos, for visiting!

How much do you know about the Shakers, and their influence on contemporary art and art history? Tune in from home for a three-part online series of presentations and discussions on art, history, and community exploring the 250-year history of the Shakers — a Christian sect of pacifists recognized for communal living and gender and racial equality — and their remarkable influence on contemporary art and artists. This online series starts next week! Sign up → https://loom.ly/wff7x1E Installation view, Believers: Artists and the Shakers, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2025. Photo by Mel Taing.

“For 30 years, I never looked back. Whatever was in the past, I just went on to do something new.” — Charles Atlas Next week, catch legendary film and video artist Charles Atlas in conversation with curator Jeffrey de Blois for a FREE talk on his groundbreaking solo exhibition at the ICA! Hear more about Atlas’s creative practice over the last five decades, and see the exhibition one last time before it comes down on March 16. Free tickets now available → https://loom.ly/Nfn57b4 Photo by Meg Elkinton | Installation views, Charles Atlas: About Time, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2024–25. Photo by Mel Taing.

Looking for a summer opportunity in the arts? We’re looking for three Boston-area college students who are passionate about museums! Find out what goes on behind the scenes, and intern with us this summer! The ICA is offering three paid summer internships this year in education, marketing, and teen programs. Applications are due on March 5. Apply through Studio Institute today! Check out our open positions → https://loom.ly/-sBECjc Photo by Lauren Miller