Rafa Esparza will transform our Project Room into a site for exhibition, production + collaboration with local artists and nightlife personalities in #LosAngeles. ‘Rafa Esparza: de la Calle’ opens this Sunday, April 22 @theicala | #workinprogress #comingsoon #rafaesparza #icala

Open House at ICA LA this Sunday, April 22 from 11am-6pm. Celebrate the opening of ‘de la Calle’, Rafa Esparza’s @elrafaesparza first solo museum exhibition in our Project Room, and ‘sisters and brothers’ early works from videomakers Jaguar Mary/Jocelyn Taylor, Cauleen Smith and Ayanna U’Dongo, presented in collaboration with @_dirtylooks_ in the Annex. Join us for free public programs starting at 1pm and a DJ set from 4-6pm by Muñeka aka @_samanthablake_ . Scroll through for full details - RSVP👉link in bio. Food + drinks @pezcantina @fortpointbeer. Project Room and Annex exhibitions are made possible by ICA LA’s Curator’s Council | #rafaesparza #sistersandbrothers #comingsoon #icala • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ICA LA tendrá un Open House el Domingo, 22 de Abril, a partir de las 11:00am a 6:00pm. Vengan a celebrar la primera exposición individual en un museo de Rafa Esparza @elrafaesparza, ‘de la Calle’. También presentamos en colaboración con @_dirtylooks_ , ‘sisters and brothers’, las primeras obras de las videastas Jaguar Mary/Jocelyn Taylor, Cauleen Smith y Ayanna U'Dongo. Programación secundarias empezará a partir de la 1:00 p.m. Incluyendo un set de DJ por Muñeka aka @_samanthablake_ a las 4:00 p.m. El evento es GRATIS a todo el público! Para más detalles y RSVP siga el enlace en bio. Comida y bebida @pezcantina @fortpointbeer. Las exposiciones del Project Room y el Annex son posibles gracias al Consejo de Curadores de ICA LA | #openhouse #icala

#mood inside the Triumph of #Beauty room in ‘Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us’ - a reconstruction of #HaraldSzeemann’s apartment-turned-museum dedicated to his grandfather, Étienne Szeemann, a notable hairdresser and inventor of the permanent-wave machine >>> in the last of our Grandfather-inspired events, join us this Friday evening, April 20 at 5:30pm for a #happyhour tour of the exhibition with @gettymuseum Curator @glennrphillips and ICA LA Director of Learning and Engagement, Asuka Hisa + #Marfa-based artist and hairdresser @ryannbosetti will perform ‘Girl on Wire Redux’ in collaboration with artist #HaydenDunham and designer @simonerocha_ on Saturday, April 21 at 4pm, presented in conjunction with our pop-up bookshop by @marfabookco. Full details of this week’s free programs👉theicala.org | #grandfatherapioneerlikeus #icala

‘Grandfather: A Pionner Like Us’ closes this Sunday at ICA LA. Enter a reconstruction of Harald Szeemann’s apartment in Bern, Switzerland in our main gallery that the late curator staged an exhibition in dedicated to his grandfather in 1974, after organising documenta 5 (1972). Swipe to discover the Foyer - Hallway - Bedroom - Triumph of Beauty rooms in this meticulous installation that will travel to @kunsthallebern @kunsthalleduesseldorf @castellodirivoli @swissinstitute later this year. This exhibition is in conjunction with @gettymuseum’s #GettyResearchInstitute - visit ‘Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us’ through Sunday, April 22 during Open House @theicala when we’ll be celebrating the opening of two new exhibitions in the Project Room + Annex 👉 link in bio | #mustsee #haraldszeemann #grandfatherapioneerlikeus #museumlife #art #architecture #dtla #losangeles #theicala