Institute of Contemporary Arts reveals April to June programme

London's Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) has revealed its programme of exhibitions, film, live music, performance, talks, and book launches from April until June.

Genuine Fake Premium Economy will bring together artists Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison and Jasmine Gregory for an exhibition probing what effect the post-financial-crash era has had on societal myths of fairness and progress through works that satirise, stage or appropriate the real.

Arca will present a selection of paintings from the Angels series in April and there will be a collaborative film and sound installation by Valentin Noujaïm and Space Afrika in June.

The cinemas will host Long Takes: Nothing But Life: The Cinema of Rita Azevedo Gomes, the Open City Documentary Festival, Queer East Festival, and Off-Circuit which continues to introduce underseen contemporary work through UK and London premieres.

Experimental hip-hop, electronics, soundtrack work and immersive playback will be heard on the ICA Stage including By Storm, Juana Molina as part of NTS Radio’s 15-year celebrations and a performance of new soundtrack music by Laurel Halo for a film by Julian Charrière.

The Talks & Engagement programme will feature book launches, screening-led conversations, performative formats, the Youth Forum (with iniva and JGPACA), a collaborative residency with Visible Justice, and the launch of the ICA Artist Development Residency with Maite De Orbe.

For tickets and details go to www.ica.art.

Fuck the Polis, dir. Rita Azevedo Gomes, Portugal 2025 (UK premiere as part of Long Takes and Off-Circuit)

Fuck the Polis, dir. Rita Azevedo Gomes, Portugal 2025 (UK premiere as part of Long Takes and Off-Circuit)