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49 days ago

Review Icon Lena reviewed ICA Boston (Institute of Contemporary Art) in Boston Art Galleries:
The ICA is one of my favorite museums in the world. I make a point to go there every time I travel back to Boston.

For starters, their new building is exquisite, featuring panoramic views of the harbor and dramatically large gallery spaces inside that showcase the work impressively.

The permanent collection features artists who have produced work since the 1970s (the birth of postmodernism roughly marks the birth of the term Contemporary Art). They are constantly rotating this collection and I see new things each time I visit.

A portion of the gallery space is devoted to their Momentum exhibition which features work by a few selected emerging artists..about 3-4 at any given time. This is an amazing opportunity for new artists, and breaks down the wall that many museums strictly enforce by never selecting fresh talent for placement in their galleries.

Roughly one third of the gallery space is given to the current special exhibition which usually features living artists or curated collections of work based around a theme. Two special exhibitions I viewed were impeccably curated and frankly, quite amazing. The first, entitled Design Life Now, was a showcase of contemporary design, and captured everything from toys to architecture to typography to CGI to data visualization created by Processing. They managed to fit so much in the galleries in a clever way such that you could spend hours wandering through. Despite the breadth, the show felt cohesive.

The second was a solo exhibition by Tara Donovan, a sculptor who works on an immense scale with commonplace materials like pins, styrofoam cups, buttons, plastic straws. Her work is often constructed on-site and some of it took up entire rooms. The ICA's gallery space was tested to the limits with the latter exhibition and, despite having a smaller square footage than many other museums, the way the space was planned created an almost majestic sense of drama while viewing her work.
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227 days ago

Review Icon newburyfinearts reviewed Newbury Fine Arts in Boston Art Galleries:
Newbury Fine Arts is in a league all its own as clients who enter through its doors become friends for life. It is rather commonplace that regular visitors tell others about the warmth of Newbury's staff and many introduce their children and grandchildren to the gallery. As a true testament to the close-knit atmosphere, there are staff members who have been with the gallery since its inception. All of this contributes to a philosophy that makes a lasting impression.
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1701 days ago

Review Icon antiquegoer reviewed Autrefois Antiques Incorporated in Boston Antiques:
Great pieces, A great find!
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