Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in

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. The director of the art gallery is Andrew Nairne. Both the house and gallery reopened in February 2018 after an expansion of the facilities. Kettle's Yard galleries, shop and cafe are open Tuesday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm. The House is open Tuesday - Sunday, 12 - 5pm.

History and overview

Kettle's Yard House and Gallery lies on the west side of Castle Street, between

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and St Peter's Church. It was originally the Cambridge home of Jim Ede and his wife Helen. Moving to Cambridge in 1956, they converted four small cottages into one idiosyncratic house and a place to display Ede's collection of early 20th-century art. Ede maintained an 'open house' each afternoon, giving any visitors, particularly students, a personal tour of his collection. In 1966, Ede gave the house and collection to the

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, but continued living there before he and his wife moved to

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in 1973. The house is preserved as the Edes left it, making a very informal space to enjoy the permanent collection and live music. In 1970, the house was extended, adding an exhibition gallery in a contrasting modernist style by Leslie Martin. The house and gallery temporarily closed in June 2015 during a major building project to create a four-floor education wing, improved exhibition galleries, a new entrance area and a café. A series of gentle additions by

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Architects offers greatly improved support services for visitors, including a new courtyard and welcome area and a new shop. The project cost £11,000,000 including £2,320,000 from the

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and £3,700,000 from Arts Council England. The interior of the house has been left untouched. During the closure, there were displays of the collection at the

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in Cambridge and the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings. Kettle's Yard is part of the

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consortium.

Permanent collection

The permanent collection is composed of paintings, sculptures and objects collected by Ede. It is largely based on associations and friendships formed when Ede was a curator at

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, and as such it is biased towards works from the British

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of the first half of the 20th century.

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described Ede's "fusion of art and found objects" on an inscribed pebble as "the

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of the pebble".Exhibition catalogue 'Beauty and Revolution: The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay' Kettles Yard, Cambridge 2014 Notable artists represented in the collection are: *

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* William Congdon *

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* David Jones *

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* Ben Nicholson * David Peace *

Winifred Nicholson ''From Bedroom Window, Bankshead'', date unknown, private collection. Typical of Nicholson's impressionist work, combining still life with landscape. Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts; 21 December 1893 – 5 March 1981) was a British p ...

* Alfred Wallis * Christopher Wood

References

External links

Kettle's Yard Gallery website
between Roger Wilson and Paul Coldwell to accompany the exhibitio
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2008/9 * {{authority control Art museums established in 1966 Art museums and galleries in Cambridgeshire Museums in Cambridge Museums of the University of Cambridge Non-School institutions of the University of Cambridge Country houses in Cambridgeshire 1966 establishments in England

History and overview

Permanent collection

See also

References

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