.jpg) The Institute of Contemporary Art inPhiladelphia (2024) | |
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| Established | 1963 |
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| Location | 118 South 36th Street Philadelphia,Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°57′15″N75°11′41″W / 39.9542°N 75.1948°W /39.9542; -75.1948 |
| Director | Zoë Ryan |
| Architect | Adèle Naudé Santos |
| Owner | University of Pennsylvania |
| Public transit access |  36th Street: T |
| Website | www |
TheInstitute of Contemporary Art orICA is acontemporary artmuseum inPhiladelphia. The museum is associated with theUniversity of Pennsylvania, and is located on its campus. The Institute is one of the country's leading museums dedicated to exhibiting the innovative art of our time. Robert Chaney is its director of curatorial affairs.[1]
Since its founding in 1963 by Holmes Perkins,[2] the ICA has established a reputation for identifying artists of promise who later emerge in the international spotlight. The ICA has exhibited the first museum shows ofAndy Warhol,[3]Laurie Anderson,[4]Agnes Martin,[5] andRobert Indiana.[6] The ICA does not have a permanent collection, but new exhibits are shown three times a year, with approximately twelve shows annually. ICA offers educational programs, artist talks, lectures, films and tours.
Early shows included works byRichard Artschwager,Vija Celmins,Karen Kilimnik,Charles LeDray,Barry Le Va,Glenn Ligon,Robert Mapplethorpe,Pepon Osorio,Tavares Strachan, andCy Twombly.[2] Other featured artists have includedGillian Wearing,Yoshitomo Nara,John Armleder,Robert Crumb,Kate Gilmore, andOdili Donald Odita.
Roberta Smith of theNew York Times wrote in 2007 that the ICA is "among the most adventuresome showcases in the country where art since 1970 is concerned. It chooses its subject well, keeps things accessible through the judicious use of well-written labels and brochures, and takes risks that prove that the curatorial discipline is alive and kicking".[7] In 2009, Smith also observed, "On a surprisingly regular basis, the tiny Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania here mounts exhibitions that make the contemporary-art adventures of many larger museums look blinkered, timid and hidebound."[8]
The ICA was previously headquartered inMeyerson Hall. The current modern gallery building was built in 1990 and designed byAdèle Naudé Santos,[9] who later became the dean of architecture atMIT.
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