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

Founded in 2020, the ICA SF is among the country’s newest art institutions. It originally opened in the city’s Dogpatch neighborhood before moving to The Cube, located at 345 Montgomery Street in the city’s 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.

“When ICA SF moved from Dogpatch to The Cube last October, something clicked,” ICA SF founding director and chief curator Alison Gass said in a statement. “For three years, we’ve invited artists and audiences to think differently about how contemporary art can be experienced, and that journey has reshaped our own thinking.”

Gass described The Cube as always being conceived by the institution as “a temporary home,” where the ICA SF could “bring our vision to a new part of the city and test new possibilities.” She added, “That time confirmed an evolving vision: art doesn’t need a single permanent space to make a major impact.”