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Talk + Screening
Sex, Clubs, Dissent by Amelia Abraham
Wed, 13 May
Join us in celebrating the launch of Sex, Clubs, Dissent with a visual presentation and performance lecture from Amelia Abraham, Sweatmother and Nasir Anthony Montalvo on interpreting queer nightlife histories across print, film and decentralised digital space.
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.
Talk + Screening
Cruising by William Friedkin
Wed, 27 May
A screening of Cruising (1980), directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino, presented in celebration of the publication of Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Queer Nightlife by Amelia Abraham. Abraham will be joined in conversation by writer Asa Seresin to discuss the film’s evolving place within queer cinema history.
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. 
Dreamwork with BEA1991
Sat, 13 June
Step into a special workshop with BEA1991, exploring artist creativity and the artist ego. 
Mindy Seu: A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
Tue, 30 June
How have technologies shaped and been shaped by sexuality? Join us for the first London performative lecture of A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET by artist and technologist Mindy Seu, exploring the entangled histories of desire, media, and digital culture.
GLUE Book Fair 2026
12 – 13 September 2026
Applications are open for Glue 2026, ICA’s annual book fair that brings together over 80 publishers for a weekend of exhibitions, talks and workshops.