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Tanoa Sasraku: Morale Patch
7 October 2025 – 11 January 2026
Morale Patch
is an exhibition of new work by Tanoa Sasraku (b. 1995, Plymouth) examining the seductive and destructive power of oil – its ties to war and national identity – through a meditation on emblems and mementos.
Morale Patch
Artist's Film Picks
22 October 2025 – 7 January 2026
To accompany her new solo exhibition
Morale Patch
, artist Tanoa Sasraku presents four film works that connect with and expand on the show's central themes.
Exhibition Preview
Laura Lima: The Drawing Drawing
Mon, 26 January
Join us at the preview to celebrate the opening of
The Drawing Drawing
, alongside the presenting artist, special guests, Patrons, and fellow ICA Members, with a guest DJ set from 7:30pm in the bar and 2-for-1 cocktails throughout the evening.
Laura Lima: The Drawing Drawing
27 January – 29 March 2026
The Drawing Drawing
is the first solo exhibition in London by Brazilian multidisciplinary artist Laura Lima, bringing together a selection of works spanning the artist's practice, including a new site-specific commission.
Artist Talk: Laura Lima
Wed, 28 January
Laura Lima joins Andrea Nitsche-Krupp, Exhibitions Curator, in an engaging conversation about Lima's distinctive practice and the development of her first solo exhibition in London.
Artist's Film Picks: Bacurau
Sun, 8 February
From Kleber Mendonça Filho (
The Secret Agent
,
Pictures of Ghosts
,
Neighbouring Sounds
) and Juliano Dornelles comes a genre-blending siege thriller set in Brazil’s remote backcountry.
Life Drawing in Motion with artist Tegen Williams
19 February – 12 March 2026
Join artist Tegen Williams for a creative drawing class in response to
Laura Lima: The Drawing Drawing.
Artist's Film Picks: Limite + shorts
Sun, 22 February
This programme brings together three films selected by artist Laura Lima,
Um Filme para Ehuana
by Louis Botkay,
O Túmulo da Terra
by Yhuri Cruz, and
Limite
by Mário Peixoto.
Members' Curator Tour: The Drawing Drawing
Thu, 26 February
A curator-led tour of
Laura Lima: The Drawing Drawing
, exclusively for ICA Members and their guests.
Artist's Film Picks: Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
Sun, 1 March
Glauber Rocha's iconic revisionist western fuses mysticism, folklore and revolution in a remarkable examination of morality, religion, and ideological fanaticism.
When Art Comes Alive:
A Transatlantic Conversation on the Work of Laura Lima
Panel Discussion + Q&A
Wed, 25 March
ICA joins Solar (Rio) for a panel discussion on Laura Lima's practice with artists, curators and scholars, followed by a Q&A with the artist.
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).
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.
Artists’ Talk:
Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison and Jasmine Gregory in conversation
Sat, 2 May
Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison and Jasmine Greogry join Associate Curator, Nicola Leong to discuss their work in
Genuine Fake Premium Economy.
We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher
19 – 31 May 2026
A screening and Q&A exploring the continuing relevance of the late theorist’s ideas on capitalism, culture and the future.
Members' Curator Tour:
Genuine Fake Premium Economy
Thu, 21 May
A curator-led tour of
Genuine Fake Premium Economy
, exclusively for ICA Members and their guests.
Approaches to a Broken Economy:
Em Colquhoun, Ann Pettifor, Hilary Powell and Daniel Edelstyn
Fri, 29 May
Writer Em Colquhoun, artists Hilary Powell and Daniel Edelstyn, and economist Ann Pettifor come together to talk about the current era of economic breakdown that has laid bare myths of fairness, progress and meritocracy.
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Wed, 3 June
Golden Bear winner Radu Jude’s film is a pin-sharp, caustically funny critique of workplace culture.
Valentin Noujaïm & Space Afrika:
The Dark Wood
6 – 14 June 2026
Opera Omnia
(2025) is presented alongside new works by Valentin Noujaïm and Space Afrika, bringing film, dialogue and sound into relation through questions of urban space, memory and return.
Henry Henry Henry + The Queen of Versailles
Wed, 24 June
A double-bill screening of Buck Ellison’s short film and Lauren Greenfield’s documentary.
Office Killer
Wed, 1 July
A rare screening of Cindy Sherman's only feature film, a comedy-slasher film co-written with Todd Haynes.
Elisa Giardina Papa:
She Flickered In and Out of History
17 July – 6 September 2026
A new video and mixed-media installation by Elisa Giardina Papa exploring the geological, mythological and political temporalities of the Mediterranean through a historical and speculative story of a vanished island.
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