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The ICA boasts three galleries (exhibitions changing approximately every six weeks), a cinema, theatre, restaurant, bookshop and late bar and cafe. They also play host to series of lectures, events, late night art and music parties. Housed in elegant Regency premises on the Mall, the ICA is nonetheless a good place to start if you're looking for the very cutting edge of gallery art work.Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) events
Culture Now: David Kirkland In Conversation With Richard Andrews
TIMES 1pm PRICING £5, mems Free
A talk on youth culture and hip hop music.
BAFTA Masterclass: Composition With David Julyan
TIMES 6.15pm PRICING £12, concs £11, mems £10
The film composer hosts a workshop.
Bruce Nauman: Days
TIMES Various Times PRICING Free
A sound installation exploring the simultaneously banal and profound nature of the passing of time.
Soundworks
TIMES Various Times PRICING Free
Audio installations inspired by the themes presented in Bruce Nauman's Days, exploring the ephemeral qualities of sound.
There We Will Be Buried
TIMES 21st Jun, 22nd Jun, 23rd Jun and 24th Jun 2012 - 8pm PRICING £12, concs £10, mems £8, NUS mems £5
Two single mothers search for a lost daughter in a play which converges between performance and contemporary performance art. Featuring pre-recorded audio and video tapes, the piece is written by Yair Oelbaum.
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Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) 12 Carlton House Terrace, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH The ICA boasts three galleries (exhibitions changing approximately every six weeks), a cinema, theatre,...
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Trafalgar Square, London, Westminster, London WC2N | 5 minutes from Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
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Central London, Westminster, London WC2N | 3 minutes from Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
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Trafalgar Square, London, Westminster, London WC2N | 3 minutes from Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
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London > Events > Film Events Dates: 25th May to 31st May 2012
ICA Cinema 1, The Mall, Westminster, SW1Y | At Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
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London > Events > Exhibitions Dates: Every day 10am-9.30pm
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Coventry Street, London, Soho, London W1D | 6 minutes from Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
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24-26 Leicester Square, London, Soho, London WC2H | 6 minutes from Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
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8 Pall Mall, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 2 minutes from Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
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London > Education > Arts and Drama
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104 Pall Mall, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 3 minutes from Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
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