The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an art museum and exhibition space located in the South Boston Seaport District, in a 2006 building designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

The ICA’s dynamic visual arts program features major thematic exhibitions, surveys of leading contemporary artists, and new commissions, and introduces emerging artists in first-ever solo museum shows.
 

The ICA 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 for, develop appreciation of, and add meaning to contemporary art and culture.