Kettle's Yard

Organisation Information

Name

Kettle's Yard

Address 1:

Castle Street

City

Cambridge

Postcode

CB3 0AQ

Country

UK

Tel

01223 748100

Fax Number

01223 324377

Website URL

http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk

Brief Description

A major collection of 20th century paintings and sculpture exhibited in a beautiful house of unique character. Also, a gallery with changing modern and contemporary exhibitions.

Profile

Kettle’s Yard is a house with a permanent collection of early twentieth century works of art and a gallery presenting a changing programme of contemporary and modern art exhibitions. Artists in the collection include Ben & Winifred Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Alfred Wallis, Constantin Brancusi and Christopher Wood.

Kettle’s Yard organises a variety of activities which include regular music concerts, an extensive education programme and several talks, tours and symposia.

* Please note that during 2012, Kettle's Yard is commencing construction of a new Education Wing to meet the expanded needs of our education programme. While we build, parts of the gallery and at times the house will be closed. In the reduced gallery space we shall be presenting focused displays by artists in the collection and by contemporary artists. In addition, our opening hours shall be as listed during the building work. *

Events

Artist in Focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Vorticist!
14 Jan-1 Apr 2012

Some of Gaudier-Brzeska’s key sculptures from his Vorticist phase and related drawings, arguably representing his most significant contribution to the development of a truly modern sculptural language at the beginning of the 20th century.

Part of a series of small, focused displays in the exhibition gallery during building work at Kettle's Yard to construct a new Education Wing.

A series of Thursday lunchtime talks connected to our current display:
- The Story of the Savage Messiah: Jim Ede and Gaudier-Brzeska
- Gaudier-Brzeska: from drawing to sculpture
- Gaudier-Brzeska and the Birth of Modern Sculpture
- Vortex Gaudier-Brzeska

Evening lecture also connected to our current display: Gaudier-Brzeska: apostle of Vorticism
by Professor Evelyn Silber, author of "Gaudier-Brzeska: Life and Art".

Plus various events, workshops and activities

Key Dates And Times

Gallery open: Tuesday-Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays 1-5pm
House open: Tuesday-Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays 2-4pm (1.30-4.30pm from 1st weekend in April to last weekend in September)
Free entry

Venue

Museum

Type of Art/Course

Other

History

Member for

2 years 1 week