[12] Architectural models of the Markel Center were commissioned by the ICA and created by An Liu, a graduate student in the VCU School of the Arts Department of Interior Design.

[19] The groundbreaking ceremony took place in June 2014, where colorful paint was splashed from fork lifts onto the site, it was announced that the official name of the building will be the Markel Center at the VCU Institute for Contemporary Art.

[19] The new ICA has been called "the most structurally complex building I have ever been associated with" by Richard Sliwoski, head of the VCU Facilities Management Division.

[25] Featured in Declaration are artists and performers Nidaa Badwan, Martín Bonadeo, Peter Burr and Porpentine Charity Heartscape, Tania Bruguera, Chim Pom, Andrea Donnelly, Edie Fake, Hope Ginsburg, GWAR, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Kate Just, Titus Kaphar, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., Autumn Knight, Lily Lamberta and All The Saints Theater Company, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Noor Nuyten, Geof Oppenheimer, Cheryl Pope, Paul Rucker, Curtis Talwst Santiago, Marinella Senatore, Jon-Phillip Sheridan, Deb Sokolow, Tavares Strachan, Betty Tompkins, Stephen Vitiello, and Levester Williams.

[26] A description of the video showing the group's hard hat tour of the forum area describes it as "a space defined by a lofty ceiling, curved wall, glass facade, and a sweeping grand staircase.

Officials said the opening date was moved due to a "revised schedule for the completion of construction and acclimatization of the new building before the art can be installed."

It's a complicated building in terms of its engineering, and so we want to make sure that all parts of it are ready to go ...." Steve Markel concurred that the delay was necessary, saying, "I had the pleasure of walking through...

Other buildings on the list included a power plant in Copenhagen, Denmark, a green tower in Nanjing, China, and a library in Calgary, Canada.

[38] In January 2018, Virginia Commonwealth University announced the resignation of the ICA's inaugural director, Lisa Freiman (Ph.D.), citing her intention to resume her scholarly research on the artist Claes Oldenberg and to remain in her position as a tenured faculty member of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.

[50] The ICA's broadened vision for presentation of diverse media and its cosmopolitan approach to curation were welcomed as a public Richmond exhibition and event venue near the VCU School of the Arts.

[53] Exhibiting artists included: Radcliffe Bailey, Benae Beamon, Kevin Beasley, Alexandra Bell, Paul Stephen Benjamin, Sedrick Chisom, Tony Cokes, Bethany Collins, Aria Dean, Tomashi Jackson, Richard Kennedy, Pope.L, Charlotte Lagarde, Glenn Ligon, Mores McWreath, Troy Michie, Shani Peters, Robert Pruitt, John Lucas & Claudia Rankine, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Xaviera Simmons, Sable Elyse Smith, Carrie Mae Weems, and The Racial Imaginary Institute.