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Focused moments during install of ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ: ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด with the Expert Art Service team.Thereโ€™s an immense amount of...
05/28/2026

Focused moments during install of ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ: ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด with the Expert Art Service team.

Thereโ€™s an immense amount of precision, problem solving, and care that shapes how a body of work is ultimately experienced. Exhibition making is deeply physical and collaborative work. Many people and minds are part of it!

๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ: ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด is on view until end of July

Photos: Nick Stone Schearer

05/26/2026

Have you seen blooms from these 3D printed soil blocks on your visit to ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ?

While the overall 3D-printed structure of ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ doesnโ€™t grow or change shape, these smaller ones are printed with soil and embedded with seeds. Placed within the soil mounds in the dome, they will continue to bloom with native flowers.

Your sign to visit ICA SF and explore downtown for art this Memorial Day weekend. ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ is open Sun...
05/23/2026

Your sign to visit ICA SF and explore downtown for art this Memorial Day weekend.

๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ is open Sunrise-Sunset in Transamerica Redwood Park. ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ: ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด inside the Annex Gallery is open 10am-5pm daily.

05/20/2026

Known for translating industrial systems and collective movement into choreography, artist Madeline Hollander created ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ for the groundbreaking of Lily Kwongโ€™s ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜›๐˜๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ.

Commissioned by ICA SF and performed in Transamerica Redwood Park in January 2026, the work drew inspiration from 3D printing, cycles of nature, and ritual movement.

Featured in voiceover, Kwong reflects on the conceptual development of the performance and her collaboration with Hollander.

Watch the full performance film on icasf.org

The native wildflower blooms at Lily Kwong: EARTHSEED DOME. From seed-impregnated 3D printed soil mounds within the stru...
05/08/2026

The native wildflower blooms at Lily Kwong: EARTHSEED DOME. From seed-impregnated 3D printed soil mounds within the structure.

EARTHSEED DOME is on view at Transamerica Redwood Park in San Francisco. Open daily to the public.



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Before ICA SF fully embraced its nomadic model, we were already exploring how exhibitions could extend beyond the galler...
05/07/2026

Before ICA SF fully embraced its nomadic model, we were already exploring how exhibitions could extend beyond the gallery and into the broader social fabric of the city.

For this 2023 project, Patrick Martinez (), known for his paintings referencing vintage Pee-Chee folders, created a site responsive mural at Dogpatch Community Court (between 923 & 947 Minnesota St) honoring graduates of Alive & Freeโ€™s violence prevention and leadership programs.

Presented by Warriors Community Foundation, Alive & Free, and ICA SF.

Watch the full video and learn more about Dogpatch Community Court on icasf.org

โ€œThe Stratagem series invites viewers to contemplate the transformation of an obsolete medium, the compact disc. It also...
05/01/2026

โ€œThe Stratagem series invites viewers to contemplate the transformation of an obsolete medium, the compact disc. It also creates a prism for an embodied experience.โ€œ โ€”Artist Tara Donovan

On view at Transamerica Pyramid Center through July.

01/17/2026

Before form, there is process, preparation, and planting ๐ŸŒฑ

Lily Kwong: EARTHSEED DOME is now underway at ICA SF at Transamerica Redwood Park. The installationโ€™s initial phases establish the site, materials, and collaborations that ground the work.

Over the coming weeks and months, EARTHSEED DOME will continue to build, adapt, and change in public view. Visit often to see it unfold!

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Fabrication & Design Stewardship
3D Printing Technology & Fabrication
EARTHSEED DOME Rendering: Fabrication by Atelio + WASP, visualization with Landworks Studio

Tomorrow night, Madeline Hollander presents Radial Ritual, a site-specific performance marking the inception of Lily Kwo...
01/16/2026

Tomorrow night, Madeline Hollander presents Radial Ritual, a site-specific performance marking the inception of Lily Kwongโ€™s EARTHSEED DOME in Transamerica Redwood Park. Presented with programming partner Art at a Time Like This, the work unfolds as a cyclical ritual inspired by 3D printing, seed germination, and agricultural folk dances.

In this singular public performance, Radial Ritual continuously cycles from the future site of EARTHSEED DOME, through Transamerica Redwood Park to the location of the 3D printing arm, and back through the park to the site. The audience is welcome to follow the performers through the redwoods.

Featuring dancers Eloise DeLuca, Nayomi Van Brunt, Katie Gaydos, Natalya Janay Shoaf, Celine Alwyn, and Isabella Soo-Hoo. Costumes provided by Kamperett.ย 

Live performances on January 17 at 6:30pm, 7:30pm, and 8:30pm.

RSVP to Kick Off Party is required

Video/Photo: .abary .film

01/01/2026

Itโ€™s officially 2026! What makes us so excited for this year? Our Founding Director and Chief Curator, Ali Gass will tell you.

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