Tanoa Sasraku, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Holden & Zimpel, Liz Johnson Artur will all see their work showcased at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in its autumn programme.
They will be part of the exhibitions, films, live music, performances, and talks and engagement planned in the coming months.
Tanoa Sasraku's Morale Patch exhibition will run from Tuesday, October 7th until Sunday, January 11th bringing together process-driven works on paper, found objects, and sculptural elements to interrogate the seductive and destructive power of oil
The exhibition will be accompanied by a public conversation between Sasraku and artist Rosalind Nashashibi on Tuesday, November 4th; the ICA will launch publication Tanoa Sasraku: Morale Patch, on Wednesday, November 26th.
A film programme curated in dialogue with the exhibition runs in Cinema 2 comprising of There Will Be Blood (Wednesday, October 22nd), Fahrenheit 9/11 (Wednesday, November 19th), Lessons of Darkness (Saturday, December 20th), and Jarhead (Wednesday, January 7th 2026).
Looking ahead, the ICA will stage an expansive solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Laura Lima from the end of Janaury 2026.
There will be three stands of film in autumn: 'Long Takes', 'Off-Circuit', and 'Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned'.
Long Takes will conclude its Being in Time: The Cinema of Angela Schanelec with a rare in-depth conversation with the German filmmaker.
From Thursday, October 23rd to Sunday, November 30th, attention turns to Greek director Theo Angelopoulos with A Moving Image of Eternity, a survey of films that span nearly five decades and unfold as epic journeys through myth and history.
Off-Circuit, is the ICA’s ongoing platform for formally radical and underseen contemporary cinema.
This autumn it will feature Levers (Friday, October 24th), Fiume o Morte! (from Tuesday, November 22nd), and I Only Rest in the Storm (from Friday, December 5th).
From Tuesday, November 25th, the ICA presents Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned, a new programme curated by Michael Witt will bring to light the legendary filmmaker’s unrealised and unfinished projects.
The programme opens with the world premiere of The Wild Palms (Tuesday, November 25th), which interweaves Made in USA and Two or Three Things I Know About Her into a new cinematic work inspired by William Faulkner’s novel.
This autumn will also see the return of the BFI London Film Festival (Wednesday, October 8 to Sunday, October 19th), the annual Frieze Film × ICA Artists’ Film Programme (Monday, October 13th to Sunday, October 19th) which will also be available to watch online until Friday, October 31st, the London Korean Film Festival (Thursday, November 6th to Saturday, November 15th) and the London Palestine Film Festival (Sunday, November 16th to Friday, November 28th).
Live music at the ICA over the season will include Kara-Lis Coverdale (Wednesday, October 1st), Famous (Thursday, October 2nd), and Oblique_Futures and Diagonal Records presenting a night of radical electronic and computer music (Saturday, October 4th), featuring Powell, Florian Hecker & Marcin Pietruszewski, Regis & Russell Haswell and Lupini.
Other acts appearing include milkweed (15 October), The Art of This (18 October), Holden & Zimpel (23 October), Mermaid Chunky (25 October), Titanic (29 October), Nabeel (5 November), Sarathy Korwar Drum Ensemble (15 November), Baby Dee with Jacken Elswyth (25 November), James K (3 – 4 December), and Snapped Ankles (13 December).
The talks and engaement side of the programme will open with the book launch and screening of Liz Johnson Artur’s I Will Keep You in Good Company (Wednesday, October 1st).
Stephanie LaCava will launch her novel Nymph on Wednesday, October 22nd accompanied by the debut UK performance of experimental metal project Demsyl, and Diasporas Now x Speaking Futures host a discussion on Artist Collectives on Wednesday, October 29th with Nana Opoku of The Feminist Library, the interdisciplinary design collective RESOLVE and Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S.).
PULSE, a new ICA strand for experimental performance that responds directly to urgent social and cultural questions, will start with Biogal’s I Feel Very Attacked! on Thursday, OCtober 9th.
The ICA’s core young artists programme also launches a new phase this season with ICA Creatives × Diasporas Now: Term 1 with RIEKO Friday, September 27th to Saturday, December 6th.
There will be free artist-led workshops for 16–30 year-olds, the 2025/26 edition adopts a multidisciplinary, genre-fluid approach to creativity.
They will be part of the exhibitions, films, live music, performances, and talks and engagement planned in the coming months.
Tanoa Sasraku's Morale Patch exhibition will run from Tuesday, October 7th until Sunday, January 11th bringing together process-driven works on paper, found objects, and sculptural elements to interrogate the seductive and destructive power of oil
The exhibition will be accompanied by a public conversation between Sasraku and artist Rosalind Nashashibi on Tuesday, November 4th; the ICA will launch publication Tanoa Sasraku: Morale Patch, on Wednesday, November 26th.
Image credit: Tanoa Sasraku, Watchlist
Looking ahead, the ICA will stage an expansive solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Laura Lima from the end of Janaury 2026.
There will be three stands of film in autumn: 'Long Takes', 'Off-Circuit', and 'Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned'.
Long Takes will conclude its Being in Time: The Cinema of Angela Schanelec with a rare in-depth conversation with the German filmmaker.
From Thursday, October 23rd to Sunday, November 30th, attention turns to Greek director Theo Angelopoulos with A Moving Image of Eternity, a survey of films that span nearly five decades and unfold as epic journeys through myth and history.
Off-Circuit, is the ICA’s ongoing platform for formally radical and underseen contemporary cinema.
This autumn it will feature Levers (Friday, October 24th), Fiume o Morte! (from Tuesday, November 22nd), and I Only Rest in the Storm (from Friday, December 5th).
From Tuesday, November 25th, the ICA presents Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned, a new programme curated by Michael Witt will bring to light the legendary filmmaker’s unrealised and unfinished projects.
The programme opens with the world premiere of The Wild Palms (Tuesday, November 25th), which interweaves Made in USA and Two or Three Things I Know About Her into a new cinematic work inspired by William Faulkner’s novel.
Further screenings include Literary Adaptation I: Godard and Guy de Maupassant (Tuesday, December 9th), which explores Godard’s engagement with Maupassant, including the unmade projects that fed into Masculin féminin.
The ICA will present focused retrospectives dedicated to the work of Japanese filmmaker Kaori Oda (Thursday, November 20th to Sunday, November 23rd), and French director Luc Moullet (Tuesday, December 2nd to Saturday, December 6th).
Live music at the ICA over the season will include Kara-Lis Coverdale (Wednesday, October 1st), Famous (Thursday, October 2nd), and Oblique_Futures and Diagonal Records presenting a night of radical electronic and computer music (Saturday, October 4th), featuring Powell, Florian Hecker & Marcin Pietruszewski, Regis & Russell Haswell and Lupini.
On Sunday, October 5th, the ICA hosts an immersive playback of Sigur Rós’ Takk to celebrate the record’s 20th anniversary, remixed from the original multitrack in full spatial audio.
Stephanie LaCava will launch her novel Nymph on Wednesday, October 22nd accompanied by the debut UK performance of experimental metal project Demsyl, and Diasporas Now x Speaking Futures host a discussion on Artist Collectives on Wednesday, October 29th with Nana Opoku of The Feminist Library, the interdisciplinary design collective RESOLVE and Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S.).
PULSE, a new ICA strand for experimental performance that responds directly to urgent social and cultural questions, will start with Biogal’s I Feel Very Attacked! on Thursday, OCtober 9th.
The ICA’s core young artists programme also launches a new phase this season with ICA Creatives × Diasporas Now: Term 1 with RIEKO Friday, September 27th to Saturday, December 6th.
There will be free artist-led workshops for 16–30 year-olds, the 2025/26 edition adopts a multidisciplinary, genre-fluid approach to creativity.
For tickets and details to all of the programme, go to ica.art.