This winter, ICA is relaunching Mindfulness at the Museum, a series of drop-in sessions focused on helping our wider community—inside and outside of the museum—to have access to tools to become more aware. Mindfulness meditation can help us to develop healthier minds and bodies, reduce stress, foster compassion, and increase our memory skills, among many…

Join Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival at the Institute of Contemporary Art for three days of free programming exploring the intersections of art as activism and historical memory during Opening Weekend of the festival, November 10-12. Friday begins with a community town hall hosted by Governor Wolf’s Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, followed…

The Institute of Contemporary Art has teamed up with Elixr Coffee Roasters, specialty coffee roasters based out of Center City, to bring the new Elixr Coffee Bar at ICA to our lobby space. The coffee bar is open Wednesday-Friday from 10AM to 5PM, and Saturday-Sunday from 10AM-2PM (even when our galleries are closed!) and serves…

In a new essay for Two Coats of Paint, Becky Huff Hunter reviews the paintings of Ginny Casey featured in Ginny Casey & Jessi Reaves, on view at ICA through August 6, 2017: “A disembodied hand hangs languidly in thin air, massaging a squashed ball of clay; dark eyes peep out of a clamshell box…

In The Brooklyn Rail, Leah Gallant writes about Myths of the Marble, on view at ICA through August 6, 2017: “[Florian] Meisenberg’s piece, like others in Myths of the Marble, posits virtual reality as both an imagined world and one predicated on the lived experiences of its makers…We encounter most of the objects in our…

This summer, ICA is launching Mindfulness at the Museum, a series of drop-in sessions focused on helping our wider community—inside and outside of the museum—to have access to tools to become more aware. Mindfulness meditation can help us to develop healthier minds and bodies, reduce stress, foster compassion, and increase our memory skills, among many…

Extra Credit EXTRA CREDIT is a new education series that aims to provide a general overview of contemporary art and to demystify the field for those outside of the art world. It is ideal for anyone interested in learning more and for those looking to further engage with exhibitions and museums. View full program brochure…

Before the exhibition closes on March 19, Title Magazine’s Anne Cross encourages readers to visit The Freedom Principle: “The Freedom Principle […] is the kind of show that I find myself encouraging everyone to go see. It is required viewing not only for anyone interested in radical black aesthetics, but also for anyone interested in…

Meredith Sellers of Hyperallergic recalls her experience with Jumatatu Poe’s “Let ‘im Move You: A Study” (2013/16) and “Let ‘im Move You: This is a Success” (2016) as part of Endless Shout: “The group danced out of the gallery to a remix of Beyoncé’s “Sorry,” heading onto the landing, lassoing with their arms as they…

It’s that time of year again: new video works by Philadelphia-area artists and filmmakers will be selected as part of ICA’s annual Open Video Call. Submissions are now live; submit online here. Part of ICA’s spring/summer exhibition season, Open Video Call will be on view on the first floor of the museum April 28–August 13,…