{"id":110206,"date":"2025-10-31T06:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/110206\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T06:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:43:22","slug":"ica-san-francisco-to-adopt-fully-nomadic-citywide-model-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/110206\/","title":{"rendered":"ICA San Francisco to Adopt \u2018Fully Nomadic, Citywide Model\u2019 Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco<\/a> (ICA SF) will leave its current home at The Cube in December in favor of adopting a \u201ca fully nomadic, citywide model\u201d that will see it present exhibitions and programs at various sites across the Bay Area beginning early next year.<\/p>\n

\n\tFounded in 2020, the ICA SF is among the country\u2019s newest art institutions. It originally opened in the city\u2019s Dogpatch neighborhood before moving to The Cube, located at 345 Montgomery Street in the city\u2019s Financial District, in October 2024. Its two current solo exhibitions for Masako Miki and David Antonio Cruz (on view through December 7) will be its last at The Cube space.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cWhen ICA SF moved from Dogpatch to The Cube last October, something clicked,\u201d ICA SF founding director and chief curator Alison Gass said in a statement. \u201cFor three years, we\u2019ve invited artists and audiences to think differently about how contemporary art can be experienced, and that journey has reshaped our own thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGass described The Cube as always being conceived by the institution as \u201ca temporary home,\u201d where the ICA SF could \u201cbring our vision to a new part of the city and test new possibilities.\u201d She added, \u201cThat time confirmed an evolving vision: art doesn\u2019t need a single permanent space to make a major impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs part of this new model, the ICA SF has also received support from the Office of the Mayor of San Francisco. In a statement, Mayor Daniel Lurie said, \u201cArts and culture are essential to San Francisco\u2019s recovery, and the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is a beloved destination for creativity, community, and culture. Its presence in the Cube has brought new energy to our downtown over the past year and helped to revitalize the heart of San Francisco. I\u2019m thrilled that ICA SF\u2019s plans for multiple activations and installations will continue to play a vital role in our downtown recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a release, the ICA SF said that its adoption of this new nomadic model will see it transform \u201cvacant buildings, public spaces and significant architectural sites into platforms for experimentation, civic dialogue and cultural momentum.\u201d The museum has already lined up several programs lined up for the next year, including for artists Tara Donovan, Lily Kwong, Dominique Fung, and Heidi Lau.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tRendering of EARTHSEED DOME (2026) by Lily Kwong, in collaboration with Atelio.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00a9Lily Kwong<\/p>\n

\n\tIn January, during San Francisco Art Week 2026, it will present two exhibitions at the Transamerica Pyramid Center. Several sculptures from Donovan\u2019s \u201cStratagem\u201d series, including two that have not been previously exhibited, will go on view at its Annex gallery, while a new site-responsive commission, titled EARTHSEED DOME, by Kwong will go on view in the adjacent Transamerica Redwood Park. Kwong\u2019s 3D-printed living soil installation will evolve over the course of its run through July 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs a Bay Area native, my creative consciousness and ecological attunement was completely shaped by this place,\u201d Kwong said in a statement. \u201cI often say I was raised by Redwoods, as these mighty trees felt as much like ancestors as any human being growing up as a small child in Mill Valley. \u2026 I\u2019ve spent over 15 years building installations all over the world, always with the inspiration of the Redwoods in my heart and to be invited by such a revolutionary arts organization to build a site-responsive, ecologically meaningful piece in this iconic grove amongst the trees and community that have given me my creative life, purpose and mission in the world is an honor of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLater in 2026, the ICA SF will present a two-person exhibition for Fung and Lau, which will be guest curated by Kathy Huang, an independent curator and managing director at Jeffrey Deitch. The show will feature newly commissioned works staged at Pier 24, located on the city\u2019s Embarcadero. (Until this past February, Pier 24 was home to<\/a> a photography-focused arts organization.) \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2027, the ICA SF will partner with Fifth Space and Heatherwick Studio to realize a public art program at the forthcoming Prequel Park, which will be located in the Dogpatch Power Station. The 300-foot smokestack, a marker on the city\u2019s southern waterfront, will be turned into a vertical gallery with site-specific pieces.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement, Fifth Space managing partner Enrique Landa said, \u201cWe\u2019ve long looked for ways to collaborate with ICA SF, one of the most innovative, relentlessly creative, and gutsy organizations in the city. They\u2019re phenomenalists through and through. Their new nomadic model is a perfect fit for turning over the Stack and presenting it as a place for art\u2014only ICA SF could take a 300-foot chimney and transform it into a beacon of civic energy and wonder.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) will leave its current home at The Cube in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,78988,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-110206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-institute-of-contemporary-art-san-francisco","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}