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Institute of
Contemporary Arts
A leading space for contemporary culture since 1946
Calendar
Exhibitions
Genuine Fake Premium Economy:
Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison & Jasmine Gregory
1 May – 5 July 2026
Through satirising, staging or appropriating the real, these artists probe what effect this post-2008 era of financial collapse has had on societal myths of fairness and progress under capitalism.
Exhibitions
Approaches to a Broken Economy:
Em Colquhoun, Ann Pettifor, Hilary Powell and Daniel Edelstyn
Fri, 29 May
Join writer Em Colquhoun, artists Hilary Powell and Daniel Edelstyn, and economist Ann Pettifor to discuss their various work on inequality. 
Films
Nothing But Life:
The Cinema of Rita Azevedo Gomes
2 May – 5 June 2026
For more than two decades, Rita Azevedo Gomes has quietly forged and reshaped an unmistakable cinema, rooted in literature, theatre, music and art history, and unfolding with a rare attentiveness to language, performance, and the spaces that open between them, and moving always with deliberate strangeness and clarity.
Films
Queer East Festival 2026
2 – 17 May 2026
A cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema, live arts, and moving image work from East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora communities. 
Live
Slikback, Lord Spikeheart, Aho Ssan, Blood of Aza, Mvcoko
Fri, 22 May
A celebration of the black diaspora through sonic dualities. SYPHEN, Baba Yaga's Hut and the ICA team up to bring some of the most exciting artists from the black diaspora together for a deep dive into experimentalism.
Live
Gently Tender
Wed, 27 May
Gently Tender are a South London 6 piece band formed from the ashes of Palma Violets. Their sound is inspired by the British countryside - an indie rock band with lush harmonies and pastoral melodies - touching on folk, punk and soul. 
Talks & Engagement
Visible Justice: On Resistance through Image and Voice
Talk, Screening + Q&A
Wed, 20 May
Opening their year-long residency at ICA, Visible Justice brings together Amak Mahmoodian, Patricia J. Williams, Sunnah Khan and Haia Mohammed, alongside a short film by Walid Raad, to explore visibility, resistance, and the reframing of dominant narratives across Palestine, Lebanon and Iran.
Talks & Engagement
Dreamwork with BEA1991
Sat, 13 June
Step into a special workshop with BEA1991, exploring artist creativity and the artist ego.