ICA LA’s Curator’s Council is dedicated to exploring #art #culture and #food in #LosAngeles and beyond. Led by ICA LA Curator, Jamillah James, the group recently embarked on a guided excursion to @_desertx in the Coachella Valley (pictured - members with ‘SPECTER’ by #SterlingRuby in Whitewater), a studio visit with #LA-based painter @njidekaakunyilicrosby, a private tour of the newly opened #DTLA outpost of @vielmetter gallery + dining @themanufactoryla. Artists’ studios, galleries and museums are some of the shared learning experiences members enjoy in support of @theicala. The Curator’s Council serves as the lead sponsor of the museum’s Project Room and Courtyard exhibitions, which focus on the emerging and under-recognized voices of our time. Currently on view is ‘Maryam Jafri: I Drank the Kool-Aid But I Didn’t Inhale’ and ‘Park and Ride’ by Arturo Herrera respectively. For more information on how to become a member visit >>> theicala.org/memberhsips 💛 #curatorscouncil #museumlife #icala

Days is an experimental retail store run by owner, Nora Beckman. Originally located in Los Feliz, Days presents the latest evolution of our museum shop, ICA Days that introduces what a #museumshop can be through a market place, experiences and public programming. Designed by @kelsey_sundberg, built by @duskdesigns with colors by @drikolor, the shop is a collaborative effort, with over 60 artists and designers hand-selected for contemporary #fashion #design #homeware + #beauty gifts. Meet Nora and take a tour of ICA Days now on our Story 👀 Look out for events and special collaborations coming soon. ICA Days is open Wed-Fri, 11am-7pm and Sat-Sun, 11am-6pm in #DTLA 🌈🌀💛 #icadays #icala

In the final instalment of artist Patty Chang’s takeover for @theicala during Women’s History Month @womeninthearts, Chang introduces the late artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: “Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s landmark novel, ‘Dictee’ (1982) used language in a pioneering way. Cha (1951-1982 ) of South Korean origin, opened up a way to think about #language #art #immigration and otherness through the practice of combining lists with autobiography, poetry and letters”. Can you name 5 women artists? Follow the hashtag #5WomenArtists and explore the global initiative - show your support of women artists and advance #gender equality | #theresahakkyungcha #pattychang #icala

Informed by a research-based, interdisciplinary process across varied media, Pakistani-born artist Maryam Jafri questions the cultural and visual representation of #history #politics and #economy. Living and working between Copenhagen and New York, Jafri’s research topics have included advertising, copyright law and the politics of food. On view at ICA LA, ‘I Drank the Kool-Aid But I Didn’t Inhale’ is a presentation of the artist’s body of work, ‘Product Recall: An Index of Innovation (2014–15)’ - a collection of failed product launches, from baby food for adults and cat food to injudicious branding of chocolates and meals in a box. ‘I Drank the Kool-Aid But I Didn’t Inhale’ continues in the Project Room @theicala through June 30 📷Elon Schoenholz | #maryamjafri #icala

‘I Drank the Kool-Aid But I Didn’t Inhale’ by Maryam Jafri continues in the Project Room @theicala through June 30. The exhibition is a fascinating collection of unsuccessful food products from the 1960s to the recent past 📷Elon Schoenholz | #maryamjafri #icala

A new season of exhibitions and programs will welcome you on your next visit to @theicala. Exhibitions by #PattyChang, #MaryamJafri, @lucasblalock and @brognonrollin join a new museum shop by @days.la featuring gifts and products from 65 artists and designers. Swipe👉for highlights from our Open House at ICA LA earlier this month 👀 Visit the museum Wed-Fri, 11am-7pm + Sat-Sun, 11am-6pm in downtown #LosAngeles. Admission FREE 💛 #museumlife #icala

Can you name 5 women artists? We asked ICA LA artist Patty Chang to select her #5WomenArtists this month: “Kate Gilmore creates videos where her body is the activator. Her performative acts of breaking things – feminist, bold, unapologetic – create unexpected, visually arresting compositions within the frame” | #kategilmore #pattychang #icala

This Saturday, March 23 join LA Times staff writer Carolina Miranda and Jeff Weiss Collective for #art talk ‘Remembering the Remembrance’ about ‘The Mega Collector’s VIP Gallery’ and the Prometheus Project. The project takes the form of a vending machine in the museum, selling limited-edition snow globes of ‘Prometheus’, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine tree (pictured) - thought to be the oldest known living thing on earth that lived more than 5,100 years before it was felled in 1964. The talk will explore the history and various stages of the project by Jeff Weiss Collective through an experimental audio journey. ‘Remembering the Remembrance’ is a free event, part of Learning and Engagement @theicala this Saturday at 3pm - RSVP required | #icala

“Jafri researched the archives of food branding consultants, and from their notes, tracked down now-obsolescent goods from eBay or flea markets. She then assembled a series of readymades of doomed household products. Outmoded consumables, propped up on plinths like exotica found in ethnographic museums…” - Yxta Murray @contemporaryartreview.la reviews ‘I Drank the Kool-Aid But I Didn’t Inhale’ by Maryam Jafri in the Project Room @theicala through June 30. Read the full review 👉 contemporaryartreview.la 👀 | #maryamjafri #icala