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Institute of
Contemporary Arts
A leading space for contemporary culture since 1946
Calendar
Exhibitions
Arca
4 – 19 April 2026
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is delighted to announce a solo exhibition of works by multidisciplinary artist and musician, Arca (b. 1989, Venezuela).
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.
Films
Off-Circuit
LONDON PREMIERE
Dracula
10 – 18 April 2026
Radu Jude resurrects Dracula, dissecting modern Europe and its myths through a collision of AI mischief and pornographic absurdity.
Films
Open City Documentary Festival 2026
15 – 19 April 2026
Open City Documentary Festival takes place from 14-19 April, bringing the art of non-fiction to venues across London. Through a programme of film screenings, workshops, panels, talks and an exhibition, the festival showcases new non-fiction works from an international range of filmmakers and provides a space to discuss non-fiction storytelling.
Live
Crack Cloud
1 – 2 May 2026
Crack Cloud is a Canadian alternative group. 
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.
Talks & Engagement
Talk + Screening
Unsafe By Karen McCarthy Woolf
Thu, 16 April
What does it mean to be a citizen today and what spaces can we still call free? In this special talk and screening, Karen McCarthy Woolf discusses her new book Unsafe. Situated in the midst of a reckoning with a politics of enclosure in London and LA, Unsafe is an immersive meditation on place, the body, nature and the self.   
Talks & Engagement
PULSE
The [Un]event: Linn Phyllis Seeger
29 – 30 April 2026
This iteration of PULSE presents London-based artist Linn Phyllis Seeger’s three-channel moving image installation The (Un)event.