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Institute of Contemporary Art

WOKE IN PROGRESS III: DEAFENING SILENCE AT BOSTON’S TWO BEST-KNOWN ART MUSEUMS

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted December 30, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Though hundreds in the Boston area signed the June 2020 Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers in Demand of Racial Equity and Social Transformation that began this inquiry, listing their professional affiliations along with their names on the petition, many have been reluctant to talk about what they or their institutions have done or plan to do since making these commitments.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, arts, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers, Politics, Protest, racial equity, racism

THE SEVEN SEES: UNDERRATED VENUES TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted January 18, 2016 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

Tired of going to the same music venues? Us too.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2016, Allston, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Charlie’s Kitchen, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Dig, DigBoston, First Church in Cambridge Congregational, Institute of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Music, Notes From the Scene, Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery, Venues, Waterworks Museum

UNBREAKABLE: CAMBRIDGE-BASED SCULPTOR CRAFTS HAND-MADE CAREER

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted March 26, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

For Levy, the conscious decision to build her business in Boston was both an economical one and one related to Boston’s unique ability to foster the development of arts entrepreneurs in the early stages of their careers.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: arts, Cambridge, functional art, Gabriella K. Levy, immerlit, Institute of Contemporary Art, kiln, lighting, parish cafe, porcelain, sculptor, Skidmore College, slutcracker

REVIEW: THE LONG COUNT/THE LONG GAME AT THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted January 17, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Reviews

The experience was immersive. It expanded the world and left it that way, bowing as if to say, “This space is yours now. Add to the sound.”

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Reviews Tagged With: 2015, Aaron Dessner, Art, Bryce Dessner, Contemporary Art, Evan Ziporyn, Guitar, ICA, Indie Rock, Institute of Contemporary Art, Kelley Deal, Laurie Anderson, live, Matthew Ritchie, MIT, Monstrance/Remonstrance, Music, My Brightest Diamond, Noise, Performance Art, rock, Shara Worden, The Breeders, The Long Count/The Long Game, The National

IN THE FRAME

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted December 15, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Documentary on the history of black photographers sees New England Premiere at ICA.

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Anthony Barboza, Carrie Mae Weems, Clarissa Sligh, Coco Fusco, Deborah Willis, documentary, Frederick Douglass, Hank Willis Thomas, Institute of Contemporary Art, Lorna Simpson, Reflections in Black, Renee Cox, Roy DeCarava, Sojourner Truth, Thomas Allen Harris, Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

IN THE FRAME: DOCUMENTARY ON THE HISTORY OF BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS SEES NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE AT THE ICA

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted December 15, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Film

We see that the past can't be changed, but how we remember it and teach it is controlled by those images we scour and share today, whether they be dug up in an archive or snapped on your cell phone camera.

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Anthony Barboza, Carrie Mae Weems, Clarissa Sligh, Coco Fusco, Deborah Willis, Dig Boston, DigBoston, documentary, Frederick Douglass, Hank Willis Thomas, Institute of Contemporary Art, Lorna Simpson, Reflections in Black, Renee Cox, Roy DeCarava, Sojourner Truth, Thomas Allen Harris, Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

A POUND (OR TWO) OF FLESH: VIOLENCE AND RACE RELATIONS ON DISPLAY IN NEW ICA EXHIBIT

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted December 3, 2014 Filed Under: Visual Arts

Adriana Varejão’s paintings bleed. Torn maps bulge with exposed gore and the organs that lay beneath the leathery surface. Pools of blood spill across clean, orderly tiles, devoid of any human presence. ...  read more

Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged With: Adriana Varejão, and Z, anthropophagy, Brazil, Brazilian, cultural diversity, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Eye Witnesses X, global curatorship, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, Polvo, Polvo Oil Colors (Tintas Polvos), Y

DIG THIS: CAPTIV E BEAUTY, COMFORTABLE CONTROL + THE SLUTCRACKER

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 3, 2014 Filed Under: DigThis, Film

Illustration by Lauren Wendell

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Future Boston Fun-Draiser
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A few reasons why you should come out tonight for Future Boston’s fundraiser, aptly and cheesily titled Fun-Draiser. 1) The fun will be raised to stupidly high levels. 2) Future Boston ...  read more

Filed Under: DigThis, Film Tagged With: Angaje, BCA, Boston Cyberarts, burlesque parody, Captive Beauty, Comfortable Control: Vulnerability in the Digital Age, Dance, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Distant Neighbors, Fresh Ink Theatre Compan, Future Boston, Future Boston Fun-Draiser, Institute of Contemporary Art, Jared Goodman, Jean Appolan Expressions, Miss Penitentiary, Pablo Escobar, somerville theatre, Tchaikovsky, The Good Life, the slutcracker

A POUND (OR TWO) OF FLESH

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted December 3, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Violence and race relations on display in new ICA exhibit by Adriana Varejão.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Adriana Varejão, and Z, anthropophagy, Brazil, Brazilian, cultural diversity, Eye Witnesses X, global curatorship, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, Polvo, Polvo Oil Colors (Tintas Polvos), Y

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