Institute of Contemporary Arts Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Institute of Contemporary Arts on XThe ICA is 75

A Lover's Discourse: Fragments
Roland BarthesPhoto from Roland Barthes A Lover's Discourse!
Paperback, 2010
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Quiet: Poems
Victoria Adukwei BulleyNext Wednesday, July 15, Penny Goring will be reading alongside Rene Matic, Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Emily Pope. Readings will vary from poems documenting the artmaking process to meditations on black inferiority and selfhood. Book your tickets here: https://t.co/QjCnQ9gCTN https://t.co/cbZUCYZZIP
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Meriem Bennani: Life on the Caps
Meriem Bennani> Origins of a Meal (1979) dir. Luc Moullet | Sun 30 April, 11am > Life on the CAPS (2022) dir. Meriem Bennani | Sun 30 April, 6pm https://t.co/Yl66y5qg6M https://t.co/t50Ih8w49E
Hardcover, 2023
$45.00Member price:$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
C+nto: & Othered Poems
Joelle TaylorButch Lineages are back in 2023 with an audience with Joelle Taylor. Joelle will give a reading from her most recent collection C+nto, followed by a conversation about Butch/Femme relationships and Butch community and culture in London. Feb 14 https://t.co/qS8K8ILaok https://t.co/dAsWtMFjgi
Paperback, 2021
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Bernardine EvaristoThe ICA is pleased to welcome @BernardineEvari to discuss her newest novel, 'Girl, Woman, Other' + to share how to write about pleasure for women of colour. Saturday 7 September, 3:30pm Tickets: https://bit.ly/31I9jZA https://t.co/l6IGgQehR3
Paperback, 2019
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The African Desperate
Martine Syms.@martinesyms made a list of influences on her art world skewering debut feature The African Desperate screening at ICA from tomorrow https://t.co/pampDdVrXO @letterboxd: https://t.co/SUO2y9pfzG
Paperback, 2022
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Troublemaking: Why You Should Organize Your Workplace
Lydia HughesThere’s been an explosion of organising among workers assumed to be ‘unorganisable’, from delivery drivers to tech workers. Join us for the launch of Troublemaking: Why You Should Organise Your Workplace by Lydia Hughes + @jamie_woodcock ft @Gargi_at_home https://t.co/sGxoZc9vkg https://t.co/xB1ugBrFbW
Paperback, 2023
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Search History
Eugene LimAt Queer Street Press tonight @Sam_Moore1994 will be reading from their forthcoming book 'Search History' Previous works include 'Long Live The New Flesh' and 'All My Teachers Died of Aids' on growing-up in the 90s bereft of queer elders https://t.co/v604CA7KnS https://t.co/zesTuqcFEO
Paperback, 2021
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Screening: Evidence and Practice
RaffleBOOK LAUNCH & SCREENING: On 27-28 August @fitzcarraldoeditions and ICA bookstore are hosting a book launch and screenings of two rare films to celebrate the release of Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams. To read more and book tickets: https://t.co/6pLSZCSrT1 https://t.co/lmt4ZS9vOO
Paperback, 2019
$59.00Member price:$59.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex
Sophia GiovannittiCome to NY-based artist Sophia Giovannitti’s performance and lecture ‘Scorpion, Frog’ at the ICA next Wed 31 May to mark the publication of her book Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex. More details + tickets here 😎 https://t.co/3TF3wGLlDu @sophiaexalted @VersoBooks
Hardcover, 2023
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book