Institute of Contemporary Art Boston

Happy Thanksgiving! We’re sending you all warm wishes and safe travels. In this recent acquisition, Aubrey Levinthal depicts a couple—likely modeled after herself and her husband—dining at an airport, highlighting everyday intimacies and tenderness within the banal airport terminal. In her signature hazy style, the couple’s faces begin to merge together, separated only by thin brushstrokes sweeping along their contours. Learn more → https://loom.ly/NDu4dgI Aubrey Levinthal, Airport, 2022, Oil on panel, 24 × 24 inches (61 × 61 cm). Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Gift of Mohammed Akbar A S Al-Baker. © Aubrey Levinthal. Courtesy the artist and M+B, Los Angeles. Photo by Sean Followill.

A new chapter begins! We are thrilled to welcome Nora Burnett Abrams Abrams as the ICA’s next Ellen Matilda Poss Director. Abrams joins the ICA from Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, where she has served as the Mark G. Falcone Director since 2019. In Denver, she deepened the museum’s role as a catalyst for creative energy, community engagement, and artistic experimentation. An accomplished museum leader and highly regarded curator, Abrams organized more than 40 exhibitions during her 15-year tenure at MCA Denver, presenting work by artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kim Dickey, Tara Donovan, Senga Nengudi, Francesca Woodman, and many more. As director, she expanded MCA Denver’s impact through the opening of a second space, the Holiday Theater, creating a new arts hub for community and artist-driven programming. She also increased learning and leadership opportunities for teens at the museum and grew a range of engaging, multi-disciplinary adult programs. Learn more about Nora → https://loom.ly/_urLDnk The ICA’s current director, Jill Medvedow, will step down on March 31, 2025, and Abrams will begin her new role on May 1, 2025. Photo by Nikki Rae Photography

"Sleek, elegant, experiential, and wisely concise, 'About Time,' like the work it contains, moves briskly, effortlessly, inviting viewers to meander and linger, rather than pinning them in place." — Boston Globe Explore the immersive and expansive look at Charles Atlas's 50 year long career, now on view! Learn more about the exhibition → https://loom.ly/SVNt3kE

Come work with us! We are hiring a Controller to manage finance, accounting, and reporting activities. The Controller will oversee all day-to-day finance operations of the annual operating budget, work closely with the ICA’s departmental managers and senior leadership team, and help supervise the finance team. Learn more and apply → https://loom.ly/iAXZtOU

Come work with us! The ICA is hiring a Human Resources Coordinator to provide day-to-day administration of the Human Resources department and assist in facilitating the successful implementation of initiatives and programs that foster a creative and adaptable working environment. This full-time, salaried role has a specific emphasis on supporting recruiting, benefits administration, payroll changes, compliance data and reporting, and the coordination of staff training and providing metrics.  Learn more and apply → https://loom.ly/um6Vos0

Anglerfish, manta rays, seashells — Tau Lewis draws from the ocean as a source of inspiration for in her towering figurative sculptures, a source of life and rebirth as well as death and destruction. What other marine references can you spot? "Sea" the show → https://loom.ly/nFX9Ejc Tau Lewis, The Doula (detail), 2024; The Reaper (detail), 2024; The Handle of the Axe (detail), 2024. Installation views, Tau Lewis: Spirit Level, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2024–25. Photo by Mel Taing.

"For 30 years, I never looked back. Whatever was in the past, I just went on to do something new." —Charles Atlas, New York Times Hear how the visionary film and video artist is still innovating today and preview "Personalities," a new "walkthrough experience" debuting at his first museum survey, opening next week at the ICA → https://loom.ly/U3k9dYM

Are you experienced in archival collections and passionate about preserving cultural history? We are hiring a Project Archivist to help us develop our archives! In this year-long contract position, the Project Archivist will review, process, and rehouse the ICA’s approximately 400 linear feet of archival material and create a catalogue that will be used to assess future projects necessary to develop the ICA’s archives as a publicly accessible resource.  Learn more → https://loom.ly/Q3sS0Ck

We’re hiring a new Chief Financial Officer! The CFO works as a member of the ICA’s leadership team to ensure the short- and long-term financial health of the ICA. They oversee the ICA’s financial, investment, legal, and risk management, as well as practice and collaborate as a business partner with the human resources department for aspects of compensation, benefits, and legal requirements. Learn more and apply → https://loom.ly/-PUtZII Photo by Chuck Choi

Are you a Boston-area college student interested in museums? Find out what goes on behind the scenes, and intern with us this summer! The ICA is offering three paid summer internships this year in education, marketing, and teen programs. Apply through Studio Institute today! Check out our open positions → https://loom.ly/-sBECjc Photo by Lauren Miller