Institute of Contemporary Art Opens in Boston

The Boston ICA opened this weekend. The big, glowing Diller Scofidio + Renfro tiered structure sits right on the water. The architects created excellent fresh perspectives from inside the building out onto the water, igloo-white media rooms, as well as the more standard exhibition spaces. There are echoes of Rem Koolhaas’ Rotterdam Kunsthalle and, especially in the stairwells, Daniel Libeskind’s Jewish Museum in Berlin.

Japanese artist Chiho Aoshima’s mural at the front of the building, Divine Gas , is a pleasure. The piece of American artist James Turrell in the SUPER VISION exhibition makes light thick and luscious in that magic way only Turrell can.