CURRENT PROJECTS
FORUM
Liberation Begins in the Imagination: Writings on Caribbean-British Art
Liberation Begins in the Imagination: Writings on Caribbean-British Art Liberation Begins in the Imagination is an essential anthology on Caribbean-British art, which brings together existing …
Diaspora Pavilion 2: Artists in Conversation
Diaspora Pavilion 2: Artists in Conversation Daniela Yohannes, A Gathering in God’s Land (2018), digital collage. The curators of the exhibition I am a heart …
Venice to Wolverhampton and Beyond: Contextualising the Diaspora Pavilion
Venice to Wolverhampton and Beyond: Contextualising the Diaspora Pavilion An interview with David A. Bailey & Jessica Taylor The following conversation with the curators of …
WHO WE ARE
International Curators Forum (ICF) was founded by artists and curators in 2007 to offer a dynamic and evolving programme that responds to the conditions and contexts impacting creative practitioners through commissions, exhibitions, projects, publications and events. We provide tools and platforms for professional development and facilitate an open peer-to-peer network inviting participants to be part of a generative system of skills and knowledge transfer. Across all of our work, both critically and practically, we aim to challenge the barriers to equality and inclusivity within our industry. ICF is a registered charity (1189228) and an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Through all aspects of our programme we engage with diaspora as a critical framework through which we can address and complicate public discussion, test and explore new innovative curatorial models, and create space for artistic and discursive interventions into historical narratives and systems of representation. Based in London, ICF has conceived and produced projects with artists, curators and thinkers who engage with diaspora across the UK, Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East and Australia.
The 2016-18 programmes Diaspora Pavilion and Beyond the Frame were nationally and internationally notable for their innovative proposals and approaches to addressing professional development and cultural diversity. The organisation also curates exhibitions and events that address diasporic culture in a global context, examples of which include: Tactical Interventions (Venice, Kassel, Munster, Istanbul in 2007), The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age (Sydney Biennial in 2010), Caribbean Pavilion (Liverpool Biennial in 2010), Black Diaspora Visual Art (2011-2), Curating the International Diaspora (London, Gwangju, Sharjah, Barbados and Martinique 2016-7) and Diaspora Pavilion (Venice, Wolverhampton 2017-8), Diaspora Pavilion 2 (Sydney, London, Venice 2021-3).
PROJECT TIMELINE
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February 13, 2009
Black Diaspora Visual Art
Black Diaspora Visual Art Symposium, Exhibitions & Film Presentations ... -
March 17, 2009
Curators’ Workshops: Sharjah Biennial
Curators’ Workshops: Sharjah Biennial The Curators’ Workshops at the... - September 12, 2009
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November 30, 2009
Caribbean Curatorship & National Identity
Caribbean Curatorship and National Identity A Black Diaspora / Visual... -
September 18, 2010
The Caribbean Pavilion
The Caribbean Pavilion At the Liverpool Biennial In 2010... -
February 24, 2011
Black Jacobins
Black Jacobins A Public Programme Download the full programme -
November 18, 2011
Afterimage: Engagements with the Cinematic
Afterimage: Engagements with the Cinematic Running alongside the Encounters... -
March 26, 2012
Curating in the Caribbean
Curating in the Caribbean Curating in the Caribbean is a... -
November 16, 2012
Curating the Black Diaspora
Curating the Black Diaspora On 16 November 2012 ICF... -
November 27, 2014
On Interpretation
On 27 November 2014 ICF presented On Interpretation, a panel... -
May 6, 2015
Tactical Interventions at the 56th Venice Biennale
Tactical Interventions at the 56th Venice Biennale During the... -
October 1, 2015
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October 30, 2015
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March 12, 2016
Curating the International Diaspora: Sharjah (2016)
Curating the International Diaspora: Sharjah (2016) In March 2016 ICF... -
July 16, 2016
Curating the International Diaspora: London (2016)
Curating the International Diaspora: London (2016) ICF partnered with... -
September 2, 2016
Curating the International Diaspora: Gwangju (2016)
Curating the International Diaspora: Gwangju, South Korea (2016) Curating... -
October 9, 2016
ICF x Liverpool Biennial 2016
ICF x Liverpool Biennial 2016 In 2016 ICF launched... -
November 9, 2016
Launch event: Diaspora Platform and Beyond the Frame
Launch Event: Diaspora Platform and Beyond the Frame Chelsea College... -
November 24, 2016
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Robert Storr
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Robert Storr Chelsea College of... -
November 28, 2016
Curating the International Diaspora: Barbados & Martinique (2016)
Curating the International Diaspora: Barbados & Martinique (2016) Curating... -
January 24, 2017
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Zoe Whitley and Hew Locke
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Zoe Whitley and Hew Locke... -
February 9, 2017
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Okwui Enwezor
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Okwui Enwezor Haus der Kunst,... -
February 16, 2017
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Skinder Hundal
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Skinder Hundal New Art Exchange,... -
February 27, 2017
Sheena Rose ‘Island and Monster’
Sheena Rose ‘Island and Monster’ Royal Academy, London On 27... -
March 10, 2017
Curating the International Diaspora: Sharjah (2017)
Curating the International Diaspora: Sharjah (2017) Curating the International Diaspora... -
March 29, 2017
The Caribbean Artists Movement & It’s Legacy
The Caribbean Artists Movement & It’s Legacy ICF hosted a... -
May 10, 2017
Diaspora Pavilion
The Diaspora Pavilion exhibition, curated by David Bailey and Jessica... -
July 21, 2017
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Mark Nash & Okwui Enwezor
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Mark Nash and Okwui Enwezor... -
October 20, 2017
The Sea is History: Art and Black Atlantic Cultures. A Symposium around the work of Frank Bowling
The Sea is History: Art and Black Atlantic Cultures A... -
November 2, 2017
Artist in Residence: Ewan Atkinson
Artist in Residence: Ewan Atkinson ICF invited Barbados-based artist Ewan... -
November 26, 2017
Diaspora Pavilion Closing Program
Diaspora Pavilion Closing Programme 24 – 26 November 2017 |... -
February 14, 2018
Diaspora Pavilion | Venice to Wolverhampton
Diaspora Pavilion | Venice to Wolverhampton Diaspora Pavilion | Venice to Wolverhampton was... -
February 21, 2018
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Trevor Schoonmaker
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Trevor Schoonmaker Prospect.4, New Orleans ... -
May 1, 2018
ICF x Liverpool Biennial 2018 Curatorial Residency
ICF x Liverpool Biennial 2018 Curatorial Residency Curator Huma... -
June 11, 2018
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Gabi Ngcobo
Beyond the Frame: Masterclass with Gabi Ngcobo Berlin As the... -
September 6, 2018
Sensational Bodies
Sensational Bodies Sensational Bodies was an evening of performances and... -
September 27, 2018
DLASC featuring SEAN VEGEZZI and DMYCC
DLASC featuring SEAN VEGEZZI and DMYCCCurated by Sunil Shah As... -
November 30, 2018
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January 18, 2019
Migrating Cities
Migrating Cities 18 & 19 January 2019, 6:00 – 8:45... -
February 17, 2019
Enam Gbewonyo: agbegbɔgbɔ
Enam Gbewonyo: agbegbɔgbɔ Henry Moore Institute, Leeds To mark the... -
March 6, 2019
Abbas Zahedi ‘MANNA from below’
Abbas Zahedi ‘MANNA from below’ Outset Partners Grants Awards Ceremony... -
March 14, 2019
Paul Dash in Conversation with David A. Bailey
Paul Dash in Conversation with David A. Bailey at 198... -
March 20, 2019
Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation
Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation Discussion & Screening... -
April 16, 2019
Masterclass with Charles Gaines
Masterclass with Charles Gaines In collaboration with Afterall and Hauser... -
May 10, 2019
Diaspora Pavilion 2: Research & Development Trip to Venice
Diaspora Pavilion 2: Research & Development Trip to Venice ICF... -
August 12, 2019
Thirteen Ways of Looking / NAWM x ICF Curatorial Residency
Thirteen Ways of Looking An exhibition by Dr Sylvia Theuri,... -
September 12, 2019
Diaspora Pavilion 2: Research & Development Trip to Istanbul
Diaspora Pavilion 2:Research & Development Trip to Istanbul ICF... -
October 3, 2019
The Place is Here: The Work of Black Artists in 1980s Britain Launch Event
The Place is Here: The Work of Black Artists in 1980s Britain... -
October 4, 2019
New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art
New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art... -
October 28, 2019
An Alternative Map of the Universe
An Alternative Map of the Universe at Guest Projects, London... -
June 1, 2020
Global Plantation Series
Global Plantation Series This programme is a series of artist-directed... -
October 1, 2020
Art360 Foundation x ICF Curatorial Residency
Hope Strickland selected as Curator/Researcher in Residence at Art360 Foundation... -
November 1, 2020
Blue Skies: A Conversation Series
Blue Skies – A Conversation Series Earlier this year, during... -
April 5, 2021
I am a heart beating in the world: Diaspora Pavilion 2, Sydney
I am a heart beating in the world Diaspora Pavilion... -
July 26, 2021
UP:RISE Study Day
Saturday 14 August, 10am – 2pm BOM, Birmingham Free to... -
January 20, 2022
Diaspora Pavilion 2: London at Block 336
ICF’s DIASPORA PAVILION 2: LONDON presented in partnership with BLOCK... -
March 29, 2022
Diaspora Pavilion 2: Venice
Diaspora Pavilion 2: Venice Zot Konn – Yeman / They... -
April 27, 2022
Shiraz Bayjoo In Conversation with Ekow Eshun
Shiraz Bayjoo in conversation with Ekow Eshun Thursday 19 May,...
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