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    Photographs, maps, and drawings document Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Ocean Front (1974), their most recent public intervention. The ICA returns to the couple’s oeuvre in 1979, organizing a major survey of their urban projects. 

    Cambridge sculptor Sydney Rockefeller serves as acting director until the appointment in 1975 of Gabriella Jepson, who serves as director until 1978. 

    An exhibition observing the rise of postminimalism features work by Ree Morton and Hannah Wilke, among others. 

    A two-person exhibition pairs paintings by Joan Snyder and Pat Steir

     

    A transformed police headquarters at 955 Boylston Street becomes the ICA’s new home for the next 33 years. 

    The ICA moves to 137 Newbury Street

    With the exhibition Monumental Sculpture for Public Spaces, the ICA brings art into the public arena. Outdoor sculptural interventions by Alexander Calder, Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, Mark di Suvero, and others spring up around the city. At City Hall Plaza, Robert Indiana erects a 12-foot-high steel version of his iconic work LOVE

    Parkman House at 33 Beacon Street becomes the ICA’s new temporary home. 

    The ICA returns to 1175 Soldiers Field Road

    Andrew Hyde is appointed director and serves in that position until 1974, with a one-year interlude (1971–72) during which artist Christopher Cook leads the organization, with a focus on conceptual art. 

    The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago is founded.