Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Drop into our shop to reserve your free place on the tour.
Essence and Presence brings together some of the finest examples of early renaissance art in our collection in conversation with works by modern and contemporary artists—from Filippo Lippi, Simone Martini and Domenico Veneziano to William Blake, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Sylvia Snowden and Stanley Spencer.
At first glance these abstract and expressive modern and contemporary artworks appear a world away from the representative realism of the Italian renaissance, but our fascinating new display sheds light on their shared themes, humanity and simplicity.
Our exciting new display Discovering Dürer brings together a selection of prints by the artist for the first time since a major conservation project of all 374 of Dürer’s prints in our collection was completed. From tears to repairs, transformative specialised treatments have revealed the fascinating past lives of these prints and preserved them for years to come. Their restoration brings to life Dürer’s varied and skilled mark-making and printing techniques.
Ivan Kupala Night is a midsummer celebration of sun and summer in Ukraine. Join us to enjoy a performance by the Malva Voice for Ukraine community choir and immerse yourself in Ukrainian folk songs within the magical setting of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
This is a pop-up concert, so you don’t need to book tickets in advance, just show up at the Museum on the day. Donations will be invited to support the work of Ukrainian paramedics through Hospitaller Ukraine Aid, or to Malva Voice for Ukraine themselves to help with the development of their community choir.
This discussion will explore Another Chance Encounter, a new exhibition by one of the UK’s most renowned and celebrated contemporary artists will present new paintings, a special installation made in collaboration with Magda Stawarska and ‘interventions’ in the Kettle’s Yard house.
Drawing on examples from personal archives and intimate experiences that are hard to contain within art’s histories, as well as fabricated narratives within feminist and institutional collections, this workshop provides an opportunity to explore material from the Women’s Art Library alongside participants’ personal stories.
In an essay about Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska, Jim Ede admitted his difficulty representing the story of her life when writing his biography of her partner, collection artist Henri Gaudier-Brzeska– whose works formed the start of Ede’s collection and make up a large part of the permanent displays at Kettle’s Yard today.
Dr Dorothy Price is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History and Deputy Director and Executive Dean (elect) at The Courtauld Institute of Art and a Fellow of The British Academy. She has published a number of essays on the work of Lubaina Himid. The discussion will accompany the current exhibition Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter.
