Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
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The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an art museum and exhibition space located in Boston, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The museum was founded in 1936 with a mission to exhibit contemporary art.
Formerly located on Boylston Street in the Back Bay neighborhood, the ICA moved to a new facility in the Seaport District area of South Boston. The museum celebrated the completion of its new building the weekend of December 9-10, 2006. This new building was designed by the architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro,. It is one of that firm's first structures to be built, and the first to be built in the United States. It is also the first new art museum to be built in Boston in over a century. The building's design, which echoes that of nearby waterfront gantry cranes, has been celebrated for its openness, represented by its exterior grand staircase, and willingness to embrace the surrounding harbor.
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- Stella Kramrisch, (Curator of Indian Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art)
