nytimes September 8, 2021 11:01am San Francisco Gets Its Own Institute of Contemporary Art #art #museums #sanfranciscocalif #instituteofcontemporaryartsanfrancisco #aligass #artanddesign #news San Francisco Gets Its Own Institute of Contemporary Art Ali Gass, formerly of the ICA San Jose and the Smart Museum of Art in Chicago, has raised $2.5 million to start the new institution, with a planned opening in fall 2022.