Venue Directory

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
The ICA is one of the country's leading museums dedicated to exhibiting the innovative art of our time. Since its founding in 1963, I.C.A. has established a reputation for identifying artists of promise who later emerge in the international spotlight.
-
At-a-
Glance-
Contact Info
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
S. 36th Street and Sansom Street
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104Phone: 215-898-7108 | Official Website
-
Map
-
Accessibility Services
-
Accessibility Details
Access Information: Printed information is available in large print by request. Advance reservations are required at least two weeks in advance for special tours, accessible seating or interpreted events. Advance reservations are required at least three weeks for discounted admission.
Wheelchair Access: Entrance is accessible, and an elevator is available—assistance may be needed.
-
-
Current Events
05/05/13-
06/16/13Free Tour
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/24/13-
07/28/13Karla Black
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/24/13-
07/28/13Each One as She May; Ligon, Reich, and De Keersmaeker
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/06/13-
07/28/13White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
-
-
-
Upcoming Events
05/22/13 Lecture: Hilton Als on "Diane Arbus in Manhattan"
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/29/13 Lecture and Music: James Goggin and Lattimore/Zeigler Duo
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)06/26/13 Screening: I-House at ICA: Films by James Scott, Introduced by the Filmmaker
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
-
NOTE: We do our best to ensure all information is accurate. However, it's a good idea to visit the website or call the venue to verify the information.
-
-
Current &
Upcoming Events-
Current Events
05/05/13-
06/16/13Free Tour
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/24/13-
07/28/13Karla Black
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/24/13-
07/28/13Each One as She May; Ligon, Reich, and De Keersmaeker
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/06/13-
07/28/13White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
-
Upcoming Events
05/22/13 Lecture: Hilton Als on "Diane Arbus in Manhattan"
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/29/13 Lecture and Music: James Goggin and Lattimore/Zeigler Duo
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)06/26/13 Screening: I-House at ICA: Films by James Scott, Introduced by the Filmmaker
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
-
-
Past
Events-
Past Events
05/11/13 Conversation: Richard Meyer and Judith Tannenbaum
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/17/13 Performance: Leig Elggren, That Little Idiot Telling the Truth
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/27/13 Free For All
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/21/13 PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture Series: Mary Reid Kelley
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/20/13 Opening Program: Excursus IV: Primary Information
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/13/13 With Tomorrow's Sun: A Night of Poetry and Performance
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/27/13 Brian Weil Gallery Talk with Jeanna Vaccaro
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/24/13 Curator Talk and Conversation: Brian Weil
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/21/13 PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture Series: Wael Shawky
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/16/13 Screening and Talk: Chris Kraus
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/07/13 PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture Series: Jules de Balincourt
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/06/13-
03/31/13Brian Weil
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/06/13 Winter Opening Reception @ ICA
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/06/13-
03/31/13Glitter and Folds
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/06/13-
03/31/13Open Video Call
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)11/28/12 ICA Salon: Folk / Subculture
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)11/07/12 ICA Salon: Sound / Music
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/31/12 Open Video Call
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/28/12 My Barbarian Performance
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/24/12 ICA Salon: Staging / Restaging
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)09/21/12-
09/22/12Enchanted Drawing II: Animation Across the Disciplines Symposium
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)07/28/12 Bachelor Party: Marcel Duchamp's Birthday Celebration with Will Holder
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)07/26/12 Is Your Leisure Time Private?
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/26/12 Machete Group: Discussion Series with Order of the Third Bird
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/23/12 Machete Group: Discussion Series with Daniel Snelson and Mashinka Firunts
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/16/12-
06/03/12Marginal Utility Daniel Lefcourt: Active Surplus
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/13/12 Ian Svenonius: Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/04/12-
08/12/12Stefan Sagmeister - The Happy Show at ICA
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)12/08/11 Stefan Sagmeister at PennDesign
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)12/03/11 Performance Art Event
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)11/17/11 PennDesign Presents Diana Cooper
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/06/11 PennDesign Presents Hamza Walker
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)09/15/11 PennDesign presents Leslie Hewitt
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/23/11 Le Bateau Lavoir
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/20/11 Travelogue: Santiago, Chile- Camila Marambio
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/24/11 Exhibition Opening of Sheila Hicks: 50 Years
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/16/11 Lecture: On Sherry Boyle & Emily Duke: The Illuminatons Project
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/02/11 Conversation: On Anne Tyng
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/23/11 Travelogue: Paris, France--Pierre Leguillon
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/16/11 Weaving as Metaphor Lecture Series
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/09/11 ICA Free for All
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/09/11 Lecture: Artist as Curator
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)01/13/11 Winter Opening Reception
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)01/13/11-
03/20/11Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)12/08/10 Travelogue: Singapore
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)12/01/10 Conversation with Erin Shirreff
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)11/10/10 Open Video Call
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)11/03/10 Conversation: On Conservation
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/20/10 Travelogue: Vilnius, Lithuania
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/13/10 ICA Book Celebration and Lecture
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)09/29/10 ICA Free for All
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)09/22/10 Art School Double Feature
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)09/15/10-
08/10/10Fall Opening Reception
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)07/17/10 Women's Body Image Workshop
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)07/01/10-
07/31/10Summer Studio with Anthony Campuzano
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)06/23/10 Screening/Salon/Cabaret/Disco
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/19/10 Screening: The Extraordinary Ordinary
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/05/10 ICA: Benefit 2010
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/01/10-
05/31/10Admission to Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/28/10 Conversation and Screening: Ryan Trecartin
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/22/10-
03/30/10ICA Spring Opening Reception
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/21/10 Maira Kalman
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/14/10 Whenever Wednesday: Jewish Culture in Maira Kalman's Work
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/14/10-
03/30/10Lecture: Jewish Culture in Maira Kalman's Work
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/08/10-
04/11/10Milton
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/07/10 Whenever Wednesday: Cabaret, Curated by Sarah McEneaney
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/31/10 Whenever Wednesday: Michael Bierut and Chee Pearlman on M&Co
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/03/10 Lecture: Ingrid Schaffner on Maira Kalman
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/24/10 Whenever Wednesday: Screening: Kinetic Cinema
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/10/10 Whenever Wednesday: Lecture: Maira Kalman
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/04/10 Douglas Crimp on Warhol's Paul Swan
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)02/03/10 Lucy Gallun on Video Art: Replay Part II
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)01/30/10 Exaltations
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)01/15/10-
06/06/10Philagrafika 2010: Independent Project - Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)01/14/10 Winter Opening Reception
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)01/13/10 Whenever Wednesday: Dance with Camera Cinema Program
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)12/02/09 On Dance with Camera
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)11/04/09 On Tim Rollins + K.O.S.: A History
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/28/09 Tim Rollins And Members of K.O.S.
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/21/09-
03/10/10Kinetic Cinema
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/14/09 Under The Influence of Busby Berkeley
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)10/07/09 What is Contemporary
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)09/10/09 Fall Opening Reception
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)09/10/09-
03/21/10Dance with Camera
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)09/10/09-
12/06/09Video Art: Replay, Part 1, Asking Not Telling
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)07/22/09 Whenever Wednesday Performance: Saturn Never Sleeps
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)07/15/09 Whenever Wednesday: Double Feature
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)07/11/09 Philadelphia Record Fair 2009
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)07/08/09 Whenever Wednesday Lecture: John Szwed
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)06/10/09 Whenever Wednesday: Get Your Dirt On: Clay Workshop and Film
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/30/09 Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/27/09 Whenever Wednesday: Eugene Hecht on George Ohr
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)05/07/09 Conversation with Beverly Semmes and Glenn Adamson
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/27/09-
05/03/09Museum Week at the Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/24/09-
08/02/09Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-68
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/24/09-
08/02/09Tavares Strachan: You Can Do Whatever You Like (The Orthostatic Tolerance Project)
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)04/23/09 ICA Spring Opening Reception
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/25/09 Conversation: Kathy Butterly and Garth Clark
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)03/18/09 Conversation: Joshua Mosley and Elisabeth Camp
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)01/15/09-
06/21/09Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
-
-
funsavers
-
Featured Sections
-
More Fun!

- HALF-PRICE CLASSES AND CAMPS! // FUNSAVERS FUN PACKS
- PECO Powers the Arts
- Philadelphia: America's Garden Capital
- Philadelphia Science Festival
- Celebrate Arts and Aging!
- Get Fit in Philly!
- Live from Philadelphia: Best Local Comedy
- Military Discounts!
- Best Public Art
- Best of Philly
- Teen Scene
- Single & Social!
- Cheap Date Ideas!
- Happy Hour!
- Independence Starts Here! Accessible Events Calendar
- Arts at Penn
- On the Parkway
-
Follow Us On
-
Facebook






