This Institute is Contemporary

The Globe supplemented today's print edition with a 16 page supplement on the ICA (including the ads). The ICA has been the topic of the local arts blogs and print media arts press for the last few months, a fury of activity has picked up over the past few weeks. The Institute for Contemporary Arts location in the Back Bay closed earlier this year with the promise of a new location on the Boston Waterfront coming in the fall – the original date was pushed back a few times but the announced opening date of December 10 is now nearly upon us.

The building itself is a work of architectural wonder integrating with the Boston Harborwalk and unique building design is the first new art museum built in Boston in a century. The MFA is engaged in an expansion project currently, but it will still occupy the same buildings, the ICA's is a brand new facility built from the ground up. Renditions of the new facility have been available for months, though a press preview this past week has provided a smattering of photos, and not just computer renditions, of what the new building actually looks like. The new ICA will be open to the public starting Sunday, December 10. The first day is a free open house welcoming anyone and everyone to come see the new facility, newly commissioned works, and the new additions to the permanent collection on display from 9 to 9.

Image of the new ICA and not the ubiquitous view of the e building's profile, courtesy of Flickr user believekevin.