Boston's contemporary arts scene is on the move 
Boston's contemporary arts scene is on the move. Among the
most exciting new development plans is the design by New York architects Diller
+ Scofidio for a bold new museum of contemporary art on the city's windswept
waterfront.
Galleries in the new Institute of Contemporary Art will
cantilever over the ocean, and a long stretch of harbor walk will sweep up
dramatically to form the public grandstand of the glass-fronted facility.
The new building will triple the ICA exhibition space and launch the museum's
new role as a collecting institution when its doors open in 2006.
And the ICA isn't the only hot new development on the arts scene
here. A flourishing new arts district in a once-gritty section of the South
End has also generated buzz, with almost two dozen galleries now located within
a few blocks of one another, most of which have opened over the past few years.
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