Fall 2025 at the ICA Boston

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) continues to broaden Boston’s cultural landscape through exhibitions that highlight both local artists and global voices. The ICA’s 2025 season is anchored by an exhibition of portraits from the museum’s own collection that runs from January 25 2025 to January 4 2026.

Alongside these works, the 2025 James and Audrey Foster Prize recognizes Boston‑area artists with a group show on view August 28 2025 – January 19 2026. This year’s finalists—Alison Croney Moses, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Damien Hoar de Galvan and Sneha Shrestha—represent a cross‑section of ceramics, photography, mixed‑media sculpture and graffiti‑inspired painting. Their work explores themes ranging from memory and family to urban transformation and language.

Other fall highlights include Zimbabwean painter Portia Zvavahera’s surreal, dream‑like canvases (“Hidden Battles / Hondo dzakavanzika,” Aug. 28 2025 – Jan. 19 2026 and Caroline Monnet’s “Man‑made Land” (Sept. 25 2025 – Jan. 18 2027). Monnet, an Algonquin‑Anishinaabe and French artist, uses Tyvek and plastic to create geometric “blooms” that address Boston’s long history of land. In October the ICA also opens “Here We Stay” (Oct. 9 2025 – Mar. 8 2026), a collaboration with the North American Indian Center of Boston that shares the stories of Indigenous residents of Greater Boston.

Running concurrently, the expansive “An Indigenous Present” presents 100 years of contemporary Indigenous art with works by 15 artists and is co‑organized by artist Jeffrey Gibson, curator Jenelle Porter and the ICA’s Eriak Umali and Max Gruber. After its Boston run, the exhibition will travel to museums in Nashville and Seattle.

These exhibitions show the ICA’s commitment to platforming under‑represented voices and examining how personal histories intersect with broader social issues. Collectively they make the museum a key destination for visitors looking to engage with contemporary art that reflects Boston’s diverse communities.