Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design (ICAD) is a yearly festival where art and design meet in South Jakarta’s progressive district, Kemang. Since 2009, it has been a platform dedicated to sparking collaborations and discourses between creatives and thinkers across disciplines: design, architecture, fashion, film, hospitality, technology, and more.

To date, the festival has worked with leading cultural institutions from Austria, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, France, Qatar, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and the UK, among others.

With 15 years of experience, ICAD has also grown into a think-and-do tank that contributes to museum design, exhibition-making, and cultural programming projects across Indonesia and beyond.

Recent collaborations include the Qatar-Indonesia Years of Culture 2023, which developed residency programmes with Qatar Museums, blending craft and contemporaneity through design. ICAD’s footprint in the international contemporary art design scenes also includes the Milan Design Week, the Venice Art Biennale, and the London Design Biennale—where curated works from Indonesia’s cutting-edge minds are brought to the global stage.

  • ICAD 14

    “UNEXPECTED”

    10 October - 10 November 2024

  • ICAD 13

    “Feel Good Lab”

    7 October - 14 November 2024

  • ICAD 12

    “Fragmenting Yesterday Reshaping Tomorrow”

    19 October - 27 November 2022

  • ICAD 11

    “PUBLIK”

    21 October - 28 November 2021

  • ICAD 10

    “FAKTOR X”

    16 October - 24 November 2019

  • ICAD 9

    “KISAH”

    18 October - 30 November 2018

  • ICAD 8

    “murni”

    4 October - 15 November 2017

  • ICAD 7

    “SEVEN SCENES”

    7 October - 7 December 2016

  • ICAD 6

    “Vertical Horizon”

    28 October - 30 November 2015

  • ICAD 5

    “AYATANA”

    24 September - 7 November 2014

  • ICAD 4

    “RESTART”

    30 August - 27 September 2013

  • ICAD 3

    “GENiUS”

    5 May - 15 June 2012

  • ICAD 2

    “escapology”

    6 May - 17 June 2011

  • ICAD 1

    “ArTention Hotel”

    4 December 2009 - 15 January 2010

Our collection of annual ICAD (Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design) events and other events is under construction. The full archive is being updated and will be available soon.