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Friday, 16 October
Daily Programme
Exhibitions
Autumn Knight: I Can't Complain
I Can’t Complain is a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Autumn Knight. Featuring a new commission alongside recent work, this is the first major presentation of her work in the UK.
Films
BFI London Film Festival 2026
Dao
2:50 PM
The new film by Alain Gomis is a formally inventive, politically attuned meditation on the enduring ties of the African diaspora, and the meaning of family and community.
Films
BFI London Film Festival 2026
Let Them Be Seen
6:40 PM
Nolitha Refilwe Mkulisi’s debut feature – a tender love letter to Tapoleng, her hometown in South Africa – offers an intimate evocation of a community in transition.
Live
In the Round: Alabaster DePlume – Both Sides
7:30 PM
London-based saxophonist, singer, composer and poet Alabaster DePlume brings a special residency to the ICA, with a fresh band each night.
Films
BFI London Film Festival 2026
Hanabi
8:40 PM
Hanabi is a visceral cinematic adaptation of Yoko Hayasuke’s Journal of a Radioactive Brain, written in the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and nuclear disaster.
Talks & Events
ICA Creatives × RESOLVE
Season 1: Mapping Your Practice
12:00 PM
The first season of ICA Creatives × RESOLVE introduces participants to Starting from the Endz, RESOLVE's framework that centres the local knowledge, lived experience and creativity of young people as a starting point for collective learning and imagining new futures. 
Talks & Events
ICA Creatives × RESOLVE
NO ZINES, NO ARCHIVES
12:00 AM
ICA Creatives is our core young artist programme led by new artists or collectives each year. The 2026/2027 edition of ICA Creatives will focus on emerging London with interdisciplinary design collective RESOLVE.