Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco
{{Short description|San Francisco art museum}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco
| formation = {{start date and age|2022|10|01}}
| image =
| abbreviation = ICA San Francisco,
ICA SF
| headquarters = 345 Montgomery Street,
San Francisco, California, U.S.
| coordinates = {{Coord|37.759638|-122.390003|display=inline,title}}
| leader_title = Founding Director
| leader_name = Ali Gass
| website = [https://www.icasf.org/ Official website]
}}
Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) is an American contemporary art museum that opened in October 2022, and was initially located in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco, California.{{Cite web |last=McLean|first=Tessa |date=2022-10-18 |title=This SF neighborhood was just named one of the coolest in the world. Is that right? |url=https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/dogpatch-coolest-san-francisco-neighborhood-17515446.php |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Blue |first=Max |date=October 8, 2022 |title=Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco opens with 'This Burning World' |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/institute-of-contemporary-art-san-francisco-opens-with-this-burning-world/article_d0b8dd46-4758-11ed-9511-ff60dfe7d34e.html |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=San Francisco Examiner |language=en}} By October 2024, it moved to the Financial District of San Francisco.{{Cite web |last=Mondros |first=Sam |date=August 30, 2024 |title=In dramatic reversal, tech-funded art museum moves downtown for free rent |url=https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/30/institute-of-contemporary-art-san-francisco-relocates-downtown/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=The San Francisco Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Blue |first=Max |date=September 27, 2024 |title=SF 'startup' museum a case study in art-tech dichotomy |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/museums-and-galleries/institute-of-contemporary-art-sf-a-case-study-in-tech-clash/article_13964c46-7cf6-11ef-a848-f332b78cdc39.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=San Francisco Examiner |language=en}} Admission is free.{{Cite web |last=Le |first=Anh-Minh |title=San Francisco Has a New Contemporary Art Museum — and It's Free for All |url=https://www.nobhillgazette.com/people/five_questions/san-francisco-has-a-new-contemporary-art-museum-and-it-s-free-for-all/article_87ecb3a4-3ded-11ed-a7df-7b117e458182.html |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Nob Hill Gazette |date=6 September 2022 |language=en}}
About
The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is a non-collecting institution with a 11,000-square-foot gallery space that opened in October 2022 at 901 Minnesota Street, funded through Silicon Valley–based donors.{{Cite news |date=October 19, 2022 |title=Silicon Valley's plutocrats are shaking up culture in the region |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/10/19/silicon-valleys-plutocrats-are-shaking-up-culture-in-the-region |access-date=2023-01-04 |issn=0013-0613}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=Is Philanthropy As We Know It Going Out of Style? |url=https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/philanthropy-outdated/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Surface |language=en-US}} Donors of the opening of ICA SF included Deborah and Andy Rappaport, Pamela and David Hornik, and Kaitlyn and Mike Krieger.{{Cite news |date=2022-10-25 |title=Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson is reuniting land, people and song |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/be5e9698-43fb-4314-8766-454701392076 |access-date=2023-01-04}}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-08 |title=San Francisco will greet a new Institute of Contemporary Art |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/09/08/san-francisco-will-greet-a-new-institute-of-contemporary-art |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}{{Cite web |last=Bravo |first=Tony |date=July 19, 2022 |title=Exclusive: Bay Area couple gifts $1 million to new Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/exclusive-bay-area-couple-gifts-1-million-to-new-institute-of-contemporary-art-san-francisco |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}} The space was designed after the European kunsthalle, specializing in displaying temporary, boundary-pushing art.{{Cite web |title=SF's new Institute of Contemporary Art pushes boundaries in Dogpatch |url=https://www.7x7.com/institute-contemporary-art-opens-in-sf-2658406823.html |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=7x7 |language=en}} Ali Gass is the founding director.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2022-10-21 |title=Sorry, N.Y. Times, but San Francisco's art scene is thriving |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/podcasts/article/Listen-San-Francisco-art-scene-is-doing-just-17523451.php |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US |type=article and podcast|last1= Mission|first1= Fifth &.}}{{Cite web |last=Cascone |first=Sarah |date=2022-10-17 |title=Less Than Two Years After It Was First Proposed, the ICA San Francisco Opens in Lightning Speed With a Solo Project by Jeffrey Gibson |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ica-san-francisco-jeffrey-gibson-2190599 |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}
In 2024, ICA SF announced plans to relocated from its original Dogpatch neighborhood to a larger five-story modernist building known locally as “the Cube” at 345 Montgomery Street in the city’s Financial District, expanding exhibition space from 11,000 square feet to 26,000 square feet.Robin Pogrebin (30 August 2024), [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/arts/design/ica-insitute-contemporary-art-san-francisco.html San Francisco Museum Start-Up Makes a Move] New York Times.Daniel Cassady (30 August 2024), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/ica-san-francisco-the-cube-vornado-realty-trust-1234716390/ ICA San Francisco Expands to Financial District’s Cube, Doubling Exhibition Space] ARTnews.
Exhibitions
The opening programming was a solo exhibition by Choctaw-Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson's, "This Burning World"; and a group exhibition curated by Tahirah Rasheed and Autumn Breon, of work by Oakland-based artists Liz Hernández and Ryan Whelan.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Robert |date=2022-09-30 |title=Fall arts 2022: Museums prepare diverse array of eye-popping shows |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/30/fall-arts-2022-museums-prepare-diverse-array-of-eye-popping-shows |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hotchkiss |first=Sarah |date=September 1, 2022 |title=Reports of Our Visual Art Scene's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918463/fall-2022-bay-area-visual-art-gallery-museum-guide |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=KQED |language=en-us}}{{Cite news |last=Sloss |first=Lauren |date=2022-07-21 |title=San Francisco Shines With New Museums, Restaurants and Parks |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/travel/san-francisco-see-eat-do.html |access-date=2023-01-04 |issn=0362-4331}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- [https://www.icasf.org/ Official website]
{{Bay Area Arts Organizations|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Art in the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Art museums and galleries in California
Category:2022 establishments in California