Advance tickets are recommended and are available for visits through July.
Abelardo Morell, Camera Obscura: Houses Across The Street in Our Bedroom, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1991. Archival pigment print, 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 61 cm). Gift of Les and Sandy Nanberg. Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York and Zurich. © Abelardo Morell
For Director’s Circle Leaders + above
For more information on this benefit or on joining the Director’s Circle, please contact Katie Mayshak, Director of Development, at 617-478-3198 or kmayshak@icaboston.org.
The Northern Trust Company is proud to sponsor the Director’s Circle.
Get an insider’s look at New York’s always-evolving art scene on this three-day trip available exclusively to ICA members.
The ICA, in collaboration with EF/Go Ahead, a world leader in handcrafting meaningful travel experiences, is excited to announce a series of curated visits to sites of great significance to contemporary art open to all ICA members. Our inaugural tour will be a three-day adventure to New York City and Storm King Art Center, one of the largest outdoor sculpture parks in the country, only an hour outside of the city.
On this exclusive tour, you’ll get an insider’s look at New York’s always-evolving art scene as you admire some of the most acclaimed contemporary art the country has to offer. With visits to the Whitney Museum of American Art, Storm King, the High Line, and some of the most sought-after Chelsea galleries, you’ll experience New York’s art scene from all angles.
EF/Go Ahead is a world leader in international education, with more than 50 years of experience designing travel experiences across the globe.
Deadline to enroll is February 15, 2018. Open to all ICA members, but capacity is limited!
See a full itinerary and reserve your spot now
Photo by Liza Voll
Join ICA curators and fellow supporters for a sneak peek at artist Steve Locke’s process and works in progress. Space is limited; contact dcevents@icaboston.org for more information.
For Director’s Circle leader members + above and Acquisitions Circle members
Damián Ortega, Olympus, 2009. Metal, plastic, and sectioned camera, 24 3/4 × 83 1/8 × 19 7/8 inches (62.9 × 211.1 × 50.5 cm). Gift of Mark and Marie Schwartz. Courtesy the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City. © Damian Ortega
Take a sneak peek of the newest exhibition of the ICA Collection, Entangled in the Everyday, in this private tour led by Ruth Erickson, Mannion Family Curator.
For Gifts of Art donors and Acquisitions Circle members
Nina Chanel Abney, I Left Three Days Ago, 2016. Acrylic and spray paint. Library Street Collective, Detroit, Michigan. Courtesy of Nina Chanel Abney studio. © Nina Chanel Abney
Celebrate the opening of Nina Chanel Abney’s new work on the Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall with a private reception, and discuss the installation with the artist and Assistant Curator Ellen Tani.
For Friend members + and corporate members
Josephine Halvorson, Broadsheet (Measure), 2017. Gouache and silkscreen on paper, 22 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches. Courtesy the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. © Josephine Halvorson
Join fellow supporters and Ruth Erickson, Mannion Family Curator, for a private studio visit with Josephine Halvorson, Boston-based artist, Professor of Art and Chair of Graduate Studies in Painting at Boston University, and recipient of the ICA’s 2019 James and Audrey Foster Prize.
Transcribing her perceptions in real time, Halvorson connects with the world around her through the medium of paint. Join Ruth Erickson and Josephine Halvorson to learn more about the artist’s work, concepts, and practice.
For Director’s Circle Leader members + and Acquisitions Circle Members
The Northern Trust Company is proud to sponosr the Director’s Circle
John Akomfrah, still frame from Purple, 2017. Six-channel HD color video installation with 15.1 surround sound; 62 minutes. Courtesy Lisson Gallery. © Smoking Dogs Films
Enjoy lunch and a private screening of John Akomfrah: Purple with Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, and fellow Director’s Circle members.
For Director’s Circle and Corporate members + above
The Northern Trust Company is proud to sponsor the Director’s Circle.
Photo by Ally Schmaling
Photocomfort
Photo by Ally Schmaling
Celebrate the start of summer on the waterfront at this exclusive annual member event! Kick off the season with drinks, a dessert bar from Milk Bar Harvard Square, entertainment by Photocomfort, and water views.
For Corporate and Associate members + above
Franklin Williams, Yellow Apron, 1970. Acrylic, fabric, yarn, and nails on canvas. 40 × 48 inches (101.6 × 121.9 cm). Courtesy the artist and Parker Gallery, Los Angeles. © Franklin Williams
Mingle with fellow Director’s Circle members and enjoy a private tour led by Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.
For Director’s Circle members +
Wilmington Trust is proud to sponsor the Director’s Circle.
Photo by Ally Schmaling
John Akomfrah, Purple, 2017. Six-channel HD color video installation with 15.1 surround sound; 62 minutes. Installation view, John Akomfrah: Purple, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2018. Courtesy Lisson Gallery and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. © Smoking Dogs Films
East Boston residents and all members are invited to see the ICA Watershed—featuring John Akomfrah: Purple—before it opens to the public for its second season.
The ICA Watershed, opened in the Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina in summer 2018, transformed a 15,000-square-foot, formerly condemned space into a vast and welcoming venue to see and experience large-scale art in East Boston. Learn more about the Watershed
Free admission to the ICA Watershed is made possible by the generosity of Alan and Vivien Hassenfeld and the Hassenfeld Family Foundation.
The Boston Foundation welcomes you to the ICA Watershed.
The ICA Watershed is supported by Fund for the Arts, a public art program of the New England Foundation for the Arts.
