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...Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. But the MFA's frustrating lack of commitment to contemporary art leaves a diffuse network of university galleries and miscellaneous non-profits picking up the slack. Fantastic exhibitions are hidden away in odd corners, most reliably at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), the List Visual Arts Center and the Rose Art Museum. A new sculpture park is in the works at the Univeristy of Massachusetts at Boston, under the very ambitious direction of art historian Paul Tucker. Pieces by Richard Serra, Nancy Holt and Ursula von Rydingsvard should be coming in within the next year...
...Lacking a permanent collection, the ICA has an excellent exhibition program. At the ICA, balancing international art-stars and local artists never seems the awkward zero-sum ga.m.e that most Boston museums play. The ICA is the most likely place in Boston to see the artists most fussed over in ArtForum, like Mariko Mori and Rirkrit Tiravanija, while shows like last year's "Transience and Sentimentality: Boston and Beyond" keep attention focused on the local scene...
...Institute of Contemporary Art's "Collectors Collect Contemporary: 1990-99" showcases work from 26 of Boston's largest private collections and includes 70 works by 50 artists. ICA, 955 Boylston St. 266-5152. Noon...
Famous Guests: ICA Artists, BSO guest musicians and conductors...
...small clay sculptures in "Suddenly This Overview," are equally beguiling. All modestly crafted by hand and about the same size, the nine pieces presented at the ICA include a loaf of bread, a disc jockey, an outdoor garden and tambiguous, the sculptures are at once crude in their formal execution and sophisticated in their narrative mode...