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Calendar
Exhibitions
Connecting Thin Black Lines 1985 – 2025
24 June – 7 September 2025
This major exhibition curated by Lubaina Himid celebrates 40 years since The Thin Black Line, the groundbreaking group show of young Black and Asian women artists at the ICA in 1985.
Exhibitions
Signals: Trevor Mathison, Gary Stewart & Tansy Spinks
Sun, 27 July
An immersive audiovisual performance connecting the ICA’s history from the 1980s to the present by Trevor Mathison, Gary Stewart and Tansy Spinks. 
Films
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
8 – 20 July 2025
This urgent documentary examines evidence of widespread destruction across Gaza’s medical infrastructure. Screenings are followed by Q&As with filmmakers and doctors.
Films
Off-Circuit
UK PREMIERE
The Tree of Authenticity
10 – 24 July 2025
An essayistic exploration into the lasting ecological consequences of Belgium’s colonial rule in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Films
Celluloid Sunday Festival
11 – 20 July 2025
A nine-day festival of archival gems to celebrate the conclusion of our Celluloid Sunday series including rare prints of films by Hou-Hsiao Hsien, Edward Yang, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg and many more.
Films
Youths
24 July – 17 August 2025
Youths brings together a selection of 15 films that observe and explore ways of navigating, questioning, or disrupting reality as a young adult through the formation of groups and communities. 
Live
Workshop Series: Resonance
18 – 20 July 2025
This series brings together three workshops exploring movement and sound as a site of imagination, resonance, pleasure, and transformation.
Live
CTM x ICA 2025
4 – 6 September 2025
CTM Festival returns to the ICA: three nights, six genre-defying artists. With: Lyra Pramuk, aya x MFO, Emptyset, Tarta Relena, Violent Magic Orchestra, and KAVARI.  
Talks & Engagement
Montez Press Radio: Stand Up Fall Down
Thu, 24 July
Montez Press Radio presents a special broadcast of Stand Up Fall Down live from the ICA  –an evening of sharp, subversive performances using humour to critique the collapse of the welfare state.