Institute for Contemporary Art
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The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA Philadelphia) is a global hub for contemporary art and ideas. Free and open to all, ICA Philadelphia is dedicated to supporting artistic practices across disciplines and to serving as a laboratory for risk-taking, community-building, and knowledge-creation.
Since 1963, ICA Philadelphia has championed the University’s commitment to cultivating the next generation of imaginative creators and thinkers. Through commissions, exhibitions, programs, publications, and special projects, ICA Philadelphia fosters bold experimentation, curiosity, and discovery.
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Blown glass and Nickel Silver [aka: maillechort, German silver, argentan, new silver, nickel brass, albata, or alpacca] Nickel silver does not contain the element silver.
Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation
Foreword by Zoë Ryan. Texts by Aria Dean, Kellie Jones, Erin Christovale, Meg Onli, and Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi. Reflections by Maren Hassinger, Senga Nengudi, Cauleen Smith, David Hammons, and The Charles White Archives
Karyn Olivier: It is a beautiful country because you are still breathing
Archival Inkjet on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl.
A World in the Making: The Shakers
A World in the Making: The Shakers explores the design legacy of the Shakers, a religious group whose values of community, labor, and equality shaped their furniture, architecture, and everyday objects. Through works by contemporary artists influenced by the Shakers, alongside original Shaker-made pieces, the exhibition considers how their design principles remain relevant today.
