The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
Open Menu

Spaces & Places

Institute of Contemporary Art

Institute of Contemporary Art.

Founded in 1963, The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) has developed an international reputation as a preeminent venue for contemporary art and culture. Admission to the ICA is free for all to engage and connect with the art of our time.

The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania believes in the power of art and artists to inform and inspire. The ICA is free for all to engage and connect with the art of our time. Founded in 1963 by the visionary dean of the school of architecture, Holmes Perkins, who wanted to expose students to what was “new and happening” in art and culture, ICA has developed an international reputation as a preeminent venue for contemporary art and culture. A non-collecting museum, ICA is also one of the only kunsthalles in America. As part of the University of Pennsylvania, ICA’s artist-centric program is complemented by the intellectual rigor of a premier academic institution.

The original location for ICA was in the central galleries of Meyerson Hall, the current home to Penn’s Weitzman School of Design. ICA moved to its current building (designed for ICA by Adèle Naudé Santos) in 1990. Since its founding, ICA exhibitions have aimed to bring under-recognized artists to the attention of the broader world. This was true in 1965 when they organized Andy Warhol’s first ever solo museum show and it remains true today.

118 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
between Chestnut and Sansom Streets

Phone: 215-898-7108

Email: hello@ica.upenn.edu

  • Website

More Spaces & Places

  • Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
  • Architectural Archives / Harvey & Irwin Kroiz Gallery
  • Arthur Ross Gallery
  • Common Press
  • Fisher Fine Arts Library
  • Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Kelly Writers House
  • Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts
  • Morris Arboretum
  • Penn Museum
  • Platt Student Performing Arts House
  • The Rotunda
  • Wolf Humanities Center
  • WXPN and World Café Live

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation

John McInerney (he/him)
Executive Director
215-573-0874
mcinernj@upenn.edu

Chloe Reison (she/her)
Associate Director
215-573-2159
reison@upenn.edu

Tamara Suber (she/her)
Executive Coordinator of Grants and Community and Equity Strategies
215-898-0608
suber@upenn.edu

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation is located on the Upper Mezzanine of the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

3680 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA

Sign Up for Our Newsletter
Follow Us @sachsartsphilly

 Facebook Instagram Twitter

Browse the Website
  • Grants
  • Happenings
  • News
  • Resources
  • Spaces & Places
  • About
Report accessibility issues and get help
Copyright © 2023 The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
  • Grants
  • Happenings
  • News
  • Resources
  • Spaces & Places
  • About
Close Menu.