To My Best Friend

Jan 23 – Dec 31, 2026

Kim and Jim Pallotta Gallery

To My Best Friend celebrates art and artists, reflecting the ICA’s history of presenting leading contemporary voices and the past two decades of building a dynamic collection. As the ICA Collection has grown to almost 500 works—spanning painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and more—longtime friends and supporters Fotene Demoulas and Tom Coté have played an essential role in shaping its direction. Their sustained focus on historically underrepresented and women artists at all stages of their careers reflects a deep engagement with the ICA and a shared belief in contemporary art’s capacity to build community and broaden visibility for diverse perspectives.

Drawing from more than 50 artworks Demoulas and Coté have helped bring into the ICA Collection, this exhibition highlights a consistent interest in formal and material experimentation through works by Laura Owens, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Olga de Amaral, and Sarah Sze, among others, and a recognition of the singular insights artists offer the world. Together, these works honor the relationships that have defined the ICA throughout its 90-year history, and continue to inspire its future.

Olga de Amaral (nacida en 1932) es una artista textil y visual colombiana conocida por sus obras abstractas de gran formato, realizadas con fibras y recubiertas de pan de oro y/o plata. Fue una de las pocas artistas sudamericanas reconocida internacionalmente por su trabajo en el arte textil durante las décadas de 1960 y 1970. Vive y trabaja en Bogotá , Colombia.

To My Best Friend Exhibition Tour