Word: ica
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THOSE PEOPLE who think Boston is hopelessly behind the times culturally, that New York is the only place to experience the avant-garde in the visual and performing arts, clearly don't know about the Hub's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). For almost 50 years now, the ICA has been the setting for some of the most adventurous exhibitions in the country. And while the institute has had its share of flops over the decades, this last year has seen a phenomenal string of artistic and-popular successes at the ICA. And many in the arts community believe that...
Before then, the ICA will also work on excavations concerned with the Third Harbor tunnel, to be built between Boston Harbor and downtown Boston, several small road projects, and a commercial development study in Salem, Mass...
Russell Barber, director of the ICA, said he will leave Harvard this year to pursue a teaching career. He added, "It's better to cut the risk in the short run rather than to see what happens in the long...
Barber added that his planned departure created other administrative problems for the ICA, another factor in the decision to end its work...
...Laden expressed doubt that economic uncertainty or administrative re-shuffling necessitated closing the institute. "There's no good reason, other than lack of interest from Harvard," he said. Laden added that many ICA staff have started searching for work since the Charleston dig's completion...