Institute of Contemporary Art Miami

What Institute of Contemporary Art Miami does

The Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (ICA Miami) is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit contemporary art museum founded in 2014 and located in the Miami Design District at 61 NE 41st Street. The museum maintains a permanent collection of more than 845 works and operates a 40,000-square-foot main building with a 10,000-square-foot sculpture garden. In 2024-2025 it acquired and opened a second 30,000-square-foot facility at 23 NE 41st Street (formerly the de la Cruz Collection), effectively doubling its physical footprint for exhibitions, collection storage, programming, and event hosting. Admission is free year-round for all visitors, underwritten by City National Bank of Florida, with daily guided tours offered at 12 PM Wednesday through Sunday.

ICA Miami's programming centers on rotating exhibitions of contemporary art — featuring emerging, under-recognized, and international artists — alongside scholarly activity through the Knight Foundation–funded Art + Research Center, which produces public lectures, graduate-level semesters, and the 'Tomorrow is the Problem' podcast. Educational offerings include Family Sundays, Immersive Student Tours for K-12 groups (with complimentary bus transportation for Miami Dade Public Schools), and Accessible Tours for visitors with disabilities. Digital distribution runs through a Bloomberg Connects mobile guide and a YouTube channel. Revenue is generated through tiered memberships ($30-$10,000 annually), tax-deductible donations and foundation grants, event rentals across both facilities, the museum shop, and corporate partnerships including Cartier as Leadership Partner and IMG for the Dolce & Gabbana crossover exhibition.

The organization is led by Artistic Director Alex Gartenfeld under Board Chair Irma Braman, with a named staff of approximately 27 individuals spanning curatorial, education, development, finance, facilities, and visitor operations functions. It is governed independently as a nonprofit with no parent company, and its institutional sustainability rests on the diversification of earned revenue, philanthropic support, and the leverage of free admission to drive audience scale in the Miami cultural market.

Name

Institute of Contemporary Art Miami

Legal name

Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

Website

https://icamiami.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ICA Miami is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit contemporary art museum in Miami's Design District offering free year-round admission, a permanent collection of 845+ works across two facilities totaling 70,000 sq ft, rotating exhibitions, educational programming, scholarly research, and event rentals.

Ownership category

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Product category

Contemporary Art Museum

NAICS

Museums (712110)

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Art Museums

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Museums, Galleries & Cultural Institutions

Keywords

• Contemporary art museum
• Art exhibitions gallery
• Educational art programs
• Museum venue rentals
• Art research center

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual memberships at various tiers from Individual ($50) to Visionary ($10,000), with discounted rates for students, artists, seniors, and people with disabilities ($30). Membership includes exhibition previews, exclusive events, behind-the-scenes programs, and discounts at the museum shop and partner retailers.
2. Event Rentals: Private event hosting at the museum facility and sculpture garden for corporate events, celebrations, and special occasions. The museum has two facilities - a 40,000-square-foot main building with 10,000-square-foot sculpture garden, and a new 30,000-square-foot second property.
3. Museum Shop: Retail sales of publications, exhibition-related books, design objects, and products for audiences of all ages at the ICA Miami Store.
4. Donations and Grants: Tax-deductible charitable contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporate sponsors. The museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ICA Miami is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit contemporary art museum offering year-round free admission to rotating exhibitions of local, emerging, and internationally significant artists, alongside a permanent collection of 845 works. The institution operates a 40,000-square-foot main facility and a newly acquired 30,000-square-foot expansion in the Miami Design District, supporting education programs, a research center, tiered memberships, corporate event rentals, and a museum shop.

Product overview

ICA Miami is a contemporary art museum offering a unified visitor experience centered on exhibitions, collection access, and educational programs. The museum operates as a single institutional platform with multiple integrated offerings including physical exhibitions, the permanent collection, the Art + Research Center for scholarly programming, the Bloomberg Connects digital guide for mobile access, the Channel video archive, and the 'Tomorrow is the Problem' podcast. Educational initiatives include Family Sundays workshops, Accessible Tours for visitors with disabilities, and Immersive Student Tours for K-12 groups. Additional services include membership programs, event rentals across two facilities, and a museum shop. Admission is free, funded in part by City National Bank of Florida.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tomorrow is the Problem: A podcast produced by the Knight Foundation Art + Research Center at ICA Miami exploring urgent cultural issues.
• Art + Research Center (A+RC)

Products and services

• Museum Exhibitions Rotating exhibitions featuring contemporary art from local, emerging, and under-recognized artists as well as major international artists, presented year-round with free admission. Current and upcoming shows include Harmony Korine: Perfect Nonsense (Apr 15 – Oct 18, 2026), Four Rooms: Selections from ICA Miami's Permanent Collection, Manoucher Yektai: The Stranger and the Tree, Manuel Chavajay: Xojowi ja qa tee ruachulew, Igshaan Adams: Lulu, Zanele, Zandile, Savannah, and Dolce and Gabbana: From the Heart to the Hands.
• Permanent Collection Permanent collection of 845 works articulating cornerstone moments in the careers of significant contemporary artists, accessible to the public during museum hours and through curated exhibitions such as Four Rooms.
• Art + Research Center (A+RC) The museum's research department and graduate-level initiative dedicated to fostering critical dialogue through semester programs, public lectures, and seminars, supported by the Knight Foundation.
• Tomorrow is the Problem Podcast Seasonal podcast produced by the Knight Foundation Art + Research Center at ICA Miami exploring cultural issues through conversations with artists and scholars; available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
• Bloomberg Connects Digital Guide Free digital guide offering artist and expert-curated video and audio content for exploring exhibitions on a mobile device.
• ICA Miami Channel (Video Archive) Video channel on YouTube producing exhibition stories, interviews, public lectures, and artist features; positions artists at the center of the conversation.
• Family Sundays Program Weekly 1-hour workshops each Sunday engaging families in contemporary art through a variety of activities including hands-on art-making, storytelling, music and movement; supported by PNC Foundation and free with museum admission.
• Accessible Tours Accessible Tours, ASL Tours, Touch Tours, and sensory-friendly experiences for visitors with disabilities and neurodiverse guests, offered when the museum is closed to the public.
• Immersive Student Tours Age-appropriate immersive museum experiences for K-12 students, including interactive activities built around essential questions and themes, offered Wed-Fri with complimentary bus transportation for Miami Dade Public Schools.
• Membership Programs Tiered annual memberships from $30 (discounted for students, artists, seniors, military, and people with disabilities) and $50 Individual up to $10,000 Visionary, plus Dual ($100), Family ($200), ICA Next ($365), Patron ($1,000), Benefactor ($2,500), Director ($5,000), and affiliate memberships (Friends of Education, Young Collectors Board, Culture Club, Women's Impact Council, Latin American & Caribbean Collectors Council). Benefits include exhibition previews, exclusive events, behind-the-scenes programs, art trips, artist dinners, and discounts at the museum shop and partner retailers.
• Event Rentals Rental of museum facilities including galleries, sculpture garden, and the new 30,000-square-foot second property for private events, corporate functions, celebrations, product launches, and galas; two facilities now available in the Miami Design District.
• ICA Miami Museum Shop Retail store, open daily 11am-6pm and online, offering exhibition-related books, publications, design objects, and products for audiences of all ages.
• Summer Intensive 2026 Semester Graduate-level seminar series at the Art + Research Center focusing on cultural production and energy politics in Latin America, featuring visiting faculty lectures and seminars.
• Free Daily Tours Complimentary guided tours of current special exhibitions offered daily at 12 PM.

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Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Miami Design DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeighborhood Partner providing prime location in Miami's Design District. ICA Miami is an anchor institution for the arts community in this area.
• CartierflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeadership Partner supporting ICA Miami's programming and exhibitions.
• IMGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProducing partner for the 'From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana' exhibition at ICA Miami.
• Casey Kaplan Gallery, Thomas Dane Gallery, blank projectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGallery partners representing Igshaan Adams, whose work is featured in ICA Miami's stairwell commission.
• Karma GalleryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGallery partner for Manoucher Yektai, providing works for his first solo museum exhibition in the US.
• Pedro CeraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGallery representing Manuel Chavajay, whose work is featured in his first institutional solo exhibition.
• Hauser & WirthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdditional support for Harmony Korine exhibition at ICA Miami.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• The Bass Museum of Art: Contemporary art museum in Miami Beach, focusing on international contemporary art. Competes with ICA Miami for the same Miami visitor and donor base, and offers comparable exhibition programming.
• New Museum: Contemporary art museum in New York focused on emerging and under-recognized artists. Closely aligned with ICA Miami's curatorial mission and programming style.
• Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (ICA Boston): Non-collecting contemporary art museum in Boston with similar mission, free-admission policies, and ICA branding. Strong peer given overlapping identity, scale, and curatorial approach.
• Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM): Major contemporary art museum in Miami, located in Downtown/PAMM. Closest direct competitor to ICA Miami for visitors, exhibitions, donor dollars, and corporate event rentals in the same metro.
• Rubell Museum: Major contemporary art collection and museum in Miami's Allapattah neighborhood, formerly the Rubell Family Collection. Comparable to ICA Miami in collection scale, contemporary focus, and high-profile Miami positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Whitney Museum of American Art: Premier US contemporary art museum in New York. Comparable in contemporary focus and exhibition program, but significantly larger and more established; useful as a strategic benchmark.
• The Broad: Major contemporary art museum in Los Angeles offering free general admission. Highly comparable to ICA Miami's free-admission model and contemporary art focus, with much larger scale.
• MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles): Larger contemporary art museum in Los Angeles with a permanent collection and rotating exhibitions. Comparable in contemporary focus but with significantly greater scale and resources.

Regional players

• de la Cruz Collection (legacy): Former Miami Design District contemporary art space whose building ICA Miami is acquiring. Historically a direct peer/competitor in the same neighborhood; its closure has reshaped the local contemporary art landscape.

Emerging players

• Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM): Philadelphia-based contemporary art museum combining exhibitions with artist residencies. Comparable in size and mission to ICA Miami, especially the Art + Research Center's experimental/research focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/icamiami
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Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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