Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami Miami's home for the most innovative art of our time. Free admission every day.

ICA Miami is dedicated to promoting continuous experimentation in contemporary art, advancing new scholarship, and fostering the exchange of art and ideas throughout the Miami region and internationally. Through an energetic calendar of exhibitions and programs, and its collection, ICA Miami provides an important international platform for the work of local, emerging, and under-recognized artists,

and advances the public appreciation and understanding of the most innovative art of our time. The museum is deeply committed to providing open, public access to artistic excellence by offering year-round free admission.

Explore “Four Rooms: Selections from ICA Miami’s Permanent Collection,” four themed installations that demonstrate both ...
05/30/2026

Explore “Four Rooms: Selections from ICA Miami’s Permanent Collection,” four themed installations that demonstrate both the diversity and historical depth of ICA Miami’s collection. Curated by Gean Moreno, Director of ICA Miami’s Art + Research Center, “Counterpoints” uses a strict black-and-white palette to evoke unrequited yearning and meditate on the contradictions of the human body.

In works by Peter Hujar and .Fosso, subjects symbolically turn their backs on the viewer, signaling that a part of others always remains ungraspable, while , Hudinilson Jr., Anne Collier, and use pixelated digital files, invasive medical imaging, and heavily reprocessed visual materials that push the body toward abstraction. These works are juxtaposed with the landscapes of and Rose Marie Cromwell (), which do away with the human figure altogether.

🎟️ Explore the depth and breadth of ICA Miami’s collection—book free tickets and plan your visit: https://bit.ly/4u8Aomv
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Installation view: "Four Rooms: Selections of ICA Miami's Permanent Collection" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, April 30 – October 4, 2026. Photo: Oriol Tarridas.

Step into the world of at ICA Miami. ✨ “Xojowi ja qa tee ruachulew” (Mother Earth Dances) is the artist's first major i...
05/29/2026

Step into the world of at ICA Miami. ✨ “Xojowi ja qa tee ruachulew” (Mother Earth Dances) is the artist's first major institutional solo exhibition, bringing together paintings, earthenware, and remnants of his site-specific performances.

Chavajay's (b.1982, San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala) work explores the increased pollution of Lake Atitlán in the Guatemalan Highlands, where the Tz’utujil live, and reflects on the relationship between land and cosmos in Tz’utujil ancestral knowledge. For the artist, land extends beyond physical territory to include the changes of light and seasons, cyclical rhythms and omens, and immaterial forces.

"Manuel Chavajay: Xojowi ja qa tee ruachulew” (Mother Earth Dances) is on view through November 22. Admission to ICA Miami is always free; visit Wednesday–Sunday, 11 AM–6 PM: https://bit.ly/4ckRgPh
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Installation view: "Manuel Chavajay: Xojowi ja qa tee ruachulew" (Mother Earth Dances) at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, April 30 – November 22, 2026. Photo: .

We’re celebrating with a spotlight on Paul Gardère (1944–2011), whose mixed-media practice draws on Haitian, French, a...
05/28/2026

We’re celebrating with a spotlight on Paul Gardère (1944–2011), whose mixed-media practice draws on Haitian, French, and American history and symbolism, exploring the tensions and complexities of Afro-Caribbean diaspora identity and postcolonial migration.

“Hunger” (1995), part of ICA Miami’s permanent collection, expands the traditionally flat space of painting into a cabinet-like assemblage layered with mud, pigment, glitter, clay, iron hardware, and found objects. By bringing neoclassical imagery into dialogue with Haitian cosmologies and everyday materials, Gardère creates a richly textured work that moves between history, spirituality, and lived experience.

Experience Gardère’s work at ICA Miami through October 4 in “Spirit Matter,” curated by , Associate Curator of Art and Research, as part of "Four Rooms: Selections from ICA Miami’s Permanent Collection.”

Reserve free tickets: https://bit.ly/4u8Aomv
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Paul Gardère, “Hunger,” 1995, acrylic, glitter, mud, iron hinge, wood log, and clay sculpture on wood, 45 x 36 x 5 in (114.3 x 91.4 x 12.7 cm). Museum purchase. © Paul Gardère Studio. Courtesy of the Estate of Paul Gardère and Magenta Plains, New York.

These are the final weeks to experience "From Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana" in ICA Miami's expansion space. The exh...
05/27/2026

These are the final weeks to experience "From Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana" in ICA Miami's expansion space. The exhibition brings together more than 300 pieces from archival and new collections, drawing on art, architecture, folklore, regional topographies, artisanal crafts, opera, and ballet.

“From Heart to the Hands" is curated by Florence Müller, with set design by Agence Galuchat, and on view through Sunday, June 14.

🎟️ Reserve tickets now: https://bit.ly/48wVSAv
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Grounded in the Chinese philosophy of “tian ren he yi,” the unity of humanity and nature, Ming Fay illuminated the symbo...
05/26/2026

Grounded in the Chinese philosophy of “tian ren he yi,” the unity of humanity and nature, Ming Fay illuminated the symbolic power of plants and their reflection of human longing, growth, and transformation.

Fay (1943–2025) saw the garden as a threshold between realms, evoking abundance, utopia, and humanity’s longing for an ideal world, and examined this concept in his “Money Tree” works, which debuted at the in 1998. He reimagined the Chinese myth of “trees that shake money” or “yao qian shu,” using gold-toned hemp-paper leaves, embedded seeds, and slender wire branches.

Experience Fay’s work at ICA Miami through October 4 in “Spirit Matter,” curated by Donna Honarpisheh, Associate Curator of Art and Research, as part of "Four Rooms: Selections from ICA Miami’s Permanent Collection.”

Reserve free tickets: https://bit.ly/4u8Aomv
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Ming Fay, “Money Tree Floating Vine I,” 1990s/2025, mixed media. Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Museum purchase.

“Harmony Korine: Perfect Nonsense” brings together over 75 works across cinema, contemporary art, and popular culture. I...
05/22/2026

“Harmony Korine: Perfect Nonsense” brings together over 75 works across cinema, contemporary art, and popular culture. In 1998, Korine directed Sonic Youth’s music video “Sunday," featuring Macaulay Culkin (). During filming, he captured portraits of Culkin that highlight a dichotomy: America’s quintessential child star whose enduring image of innocence stood in stark contrast to his intensely scrutinized adolescence. These photographs were later compiled into "The Bad Son" (1998), a limited-edition photography book released in conjunction with Korine’s solo exhibition in Tokyo that year.

Korine returned to the subject many times throughout the late 1990s, and his portraits of Culkin—spanning drawing, photography, and manipulated photographic prints—are on view in “Harmony Korine: Perfect Nonsense” at ICA Miami.

Don’t miss the first U.S. museum survey of Korine's legendary and multifaceted career, on view through October 4.

Reserve free tickets: https://bit.ly/4lfAgOu
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Installation view: "Harmony Korine: Perfect Nonsense" at The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. April 15–October 4, 2026. Photo: Oriol Tarridas © Harmony Korine.

05/21/2026

There’s still time to apply to ICA Miami’s Summer Intensive 2026: “From Oil to Electricity: Cultural Form and the Politics of Energy in Latin America.”

Join Santiago Acosta and Victoria Saramago on August 17–20 to examine how oil, electricity, extraction, and renewable energy infrastructures have shaped artistic and literary production across Latin America and its diasporas.

Accepted participants will attend daily seminars, engage in discussions, and delve into contemporary art, critical theory, and environmental thought focused on the cultural politics of energy and climate futures across the region. The program will culminate in lectures by Saramago and Acosta, which will be open to the public.

Space is limited — apply before May 29: https://icamiami.org/calendar/knight-art-research-center-summer-intensive-2026-semester-climate-and-culture-application/

Larry Bell's “3D VD" sculptures, or three-dimensional “vapor drawings,” encapsulate the artist’s lifelong fascination wi...
05/18/2026

Larry Bell's “3D VD" sculptures, or three-dimensional “vapor drawings,” encapsulate the artist’s lifelong fascination with how objects transmit, reflect, and absorb light. 💎A pioneer of the California Light and Space movement, Bell is best known for his monumental glass installations, but his “Light Knots” reveal a more intuitive and spontaneous side of his practice.

Gravity and surface tension determine the final form of these works, which Bell creates by misting microscopic layers of metal onto thin Mylar sheets in a vacuum chamber. Instead of traditional pigments, he uses the phenomenon of “interference colors,” which he likens to the iridescent swirls of “a little gas on a puddle at a filling station.” The result is a nearly weightless, undulating sculpture that shifts with the viewer’s position.

“3D VD 1.30.15A” is on view at ICA Miami through October 4 as part of “Four Rooms: Selections from ICA Miami’s Permanent Collection," curated by Alex Gartenfeld, Irma and Norman Braman Artistic Director.

Reserve free tickets: https://bit.ly/4u8Aomv
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Larry Bell, “3D VD 1.30.15A,” 2015. 7mm polyester film coated with aluminum and silicon monoxide. Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Gift of Karen E. Wagner and David L. Caplan. On view in "Four Rooms: Selections of ICA Miami's Permanent Collection" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, April 30 – October 4, 2026. Photo: Oriol Tarridas.

Congratulations to Donna Honarpisheh, PhD, Associate Curator, Art and Research Center at ICA Miami, on being named to Vi...
05/16/2026

Congratulations to Donna Honarpisheh, PhD, Associate Curator, Art and Research Center at ICA Miami, on being named to Villa Albertine's 2026 Museums Next Generation Cohort! Together with six other American museum professionals, Donna will travel to France for a two-week immersive program designed to accelerate professional development and foster long-term collaboration between French and American curators.

Since joining ICA Miami in 2021, she has organized compelling exhibitions, including “Manoucher Yektai: The Stranger and the Tree,” “Spirit Matter,” “Huguette Caland: Outside the Line (1970–84),” and “Ahmed Morsi in New York: Elegy of the Sea,” and co-curated “Joyce Pensato” and “Keiichi Tanaami: Memory Collage.” She is also the writer and host of ICA Miami’s award-winning podcast “Tomorrow is the Problem.”

The Museums Next Generation was launched in 2023 and offers a unique, behind-the-scenes look into the museum world, connecting emerging leaders from both countries with groundbreaking institutions and visionary professionals.
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(1) Courtesy Sharon Morgenstern. (2) Courtesy Andrew Leon/Vilcek Foundation (3–5) Installation view: "Manoucher Yektai: The Stranger and the Tree" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, April 30 – November 22, 2026. Photo: Oriol Tarridas. (6–7) Installation view: "Four Rooms: Selections of ICA Miami's Permanent Collection" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, April 30 – October 4, 2026. Photo: Oriol Tarridas. (8) Installation view, "Huguette Caland: Outside the Line" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. May 3 – October 6, 2024. Photo: Zachary Balber. (9) Installation view, "Ahmed Morsi in New York: Elegy of the Sea," at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. December 5, 2023 – April 28, 2024. Photo: Zachary Balber. (10) Courtesy Chris Carter. (11) "Tomorrow is the Problem," Courtesy the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.

Recent Acquisition ✨ Since meeting in 2000, Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch have established a collaborative practice th...
05/14/2026

Recent Acquisition ✨ Since meeting in 2000, Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch have established a collaborative practice that includes video, sculpture, sound, and installation. Renowned for their psychedelic and camp style, the duo explores how digital culture and social media influence communication and identity. Their work presents an “expanding universe” of fragmented subjectivities in which one's identity can be broken down into multiple digital personas and fluid parts.

The duo is best-known for their “sculptural theaters”: immersive environments that serve as physical stages for their non-linear films. Their work pushes self-representation to the extreme, dissolving boundaries between art, entertainment, irony, and sincerity.

“(Tommy Chat Just E-mailed Me.)” (2006), now part of ICA Miami’s permanent collection, is emblematic of the duo’s early collaborative period following their breakthrough participation in the 2006 Whitney Biennial. A distorted reflection of consumer culture, the work captures an “imploding dramaturgical logic” in which traditional storytelling is abandoned in favor of chaotic, overlapping loops of performance.
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Ryan Trecartin, in collaboration with Lizzie Fitch, “(Tommy Chat Just E-mailed Me.),” 2006. HD video (7:15 min.). Edition of 8 with three artist proofs. Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Gift of Andrea Rosen Gallery.

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