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Where? 256 Marginal St., East Boston, at the Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina. ICA Water Shuttles depart from the ICA museum, located directly across the channel at 25 Harbor Shore Dr., Boston. How much? Admission to the Watershed itself is free and included in the purchase of a ticket to the ICA. Why should I go? Few museum exhibitions have generated more buzz this summer than this massive installation by acclaimed artist Firelei Báez at the ICA Watershed In this sculpture her largest to date situated in the Watershed’s massive hangar, Báez reimagines the Sans-Souci Palace in Haiti, which was built in 1811 for Henri Christophe, a revolutionary leader in Haiti. Much of the actual palace still remains, though the area, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been damaged by repeated earthquakes. Here, the artist has recreated the historic and often overlooked ruins through a series of enormous archways, slanting walls, patterned fabric, and symbols of Haitian history that give o

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