Ica Summer 2025 Opening Celebration

Join us on Friday, July 11th, as we celebrate the opening of Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images & Entryways: Xenobia Bailey.These two exhibitions spotlight artists engaging with ideas across music, fashion, urban environments, & textile and fiber arts. Groove to the vibrant sounds of the diaspora courtesy of DJ Ayanna Heaven, and indulge in complimentary drinks and delicious bites from Jamaican Jerk Hut. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the Summer & Fall 2025 exhibitions in the company of artists, curators, and community members. Note: ICA will be closed to the public until Friday, July 11th at 7PM. Regular hours will resume on Saturday, July 12th at 12PM.Accessibility ASL interpretation will be provided for this program. ICA is committed to creating a welcoming environment for all visitors. For more notes on accessibility including accessible parking nearby visit our Accessibility landing page. If you require any accessibility accommodations or have any questions about the program, please contact Brittany Clottey ([hidden]). About the exhibitions Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images marks the first major museum survey dedicated to the work and life of Jamaican-born artist Mavis Pusey (1928-2019), featuring over 60 artworks from her prolific 50-year career. An important figure in geometric abstraction, Pusey created rich abstract paintings and works on paper that reflect her wide-ranging engagement with fashion, printmaking, and the urban environment of cities in which she lived. Despite her international presence in the art world, Pusey’s work has largely remained overlooked. This comprehensive retrospective is the culmination of over a decade of research and collaboration and offers an expansive reexamination of Pusey’s impact on abstraction and beyond. Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images is curated by Hallie Ringle, Interim Director and Daniel and Brett Sundheim Chief Curator of the ICA Philadelphia, with Kiki Teshome, Curatorial Assistant, Studio Museum in Harlem. The exhibition is co-organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania and the Studio Museum in Harlem. The presentation of the artist’s archival materials is curated by Teshome. Entryways: Xenobia Bailey continues the collaboration between ICA and New York-based textile studio Maharam which invites artists to reimagine the windows of ICA’s façade. For the 2025-26 edition, Philly-based artist Xenobia Bailey created a design characterized by her “Funktional” aesthetic and rooted in her decades-long fiber arts practice. Entryways: Xenobia Bailey is organized by Denise Ryner, Andrea B. Laporte Curator. Support Programming at ICA is made possible in part by the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Fund to Support Contemporary Culture and Visual Arts and the Lise Spiegel Wilks and Jeffrey Wilks Family Foundation. Public and Student Engagement at ICA is supported by the Bernstein Public Engagement Fund, Suzanne Weiss Doft & Jacob W. Doft, Stacey & Robert Goergen Jr., Hilarie L. & Mitchell Morgan, the Nash Family Foundation, Joline & David Stemerman, Dana McDonald Strong & Mark W. Strong, and the John Wind Student Engagement Endowed Fund. Major support for Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images has been provided by the Mellon Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Support for curatorial research has been provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Support for Entryways is provided by Maharam Digital Projects. More Info below.