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Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter
12 July - 2 November 2025This 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.
About Kettle’s Yard
We are the University of Cambridge’s modern and contemporary art gallery. Kettle’s Yard is a beautiful house with a remarkable collection of modern art and a gallery that presents modern and contemporary art exhibitions.
2025 Exhibitions
We are delighted to announce details of our exhibitions in 2025. In February we will host Paint What Matters!, an open call exhibition highlighting the talent of young people in our local community. From March – June a group show, Here is a Gale Warning, will feature contemporary artists from around the globe, followed by solo exhibitions by Lubaina Himid and Harold Offeh opening in July and November.
Guided House Tours
Guided House Tour
Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.
Guided House Tour
Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.
Guided House Tour
Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.
Guided House Tour
Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.
Guided House Tour
Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.
Guided House Tour
Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.
Guided House Tour
Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.
Download Our Free Digital Guide
Download our free guide on the Bloomberg Connects app and discover more about Kettle’s Yard before, during or after your visit. Learn about highlight works in the collection, listen to audio from Jim Ede, curators and visitors, and find out about the history of Kettle’s Yard.
Upcoming Events
Friends Annual Party 2025
Join the Friends for an evening of celebrations at Kettle's Yard.
Lubaina Himid: Making Choices Lecture by Dorothy Price
Join us for a lecture with Dorothy Price, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History at The Courtauld, London, on the artist Lubaina Himid to accompany the current exhibition Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter.
Panel Discussion: Of Bitterness, Doubt and Neglect: Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska, Kettle’s Yard and History’s Shadows
Join us for a panel discussion with Dr Inga Fraser, Senior Curator of the House and Collection, Patricia Gillies, Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex, and Ania Ready, Polish-British photographic artist.
Chance Encounters: Archival Fabulations and Feminist Art History
This hands-on session takes the archive as a starting point for how artists, curators and writers can learn from, and speculate beyond history. 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 Conversation with Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska
Join us for a special event in the Kettle's Yard house where artists Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska will be in conversation with exhibition curator Dr Amy Tobin and Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Habda Rashid, discussing their current exhibition Another Chance Encounter.
Explore the Kettle’s Yard House and Collection
Jim Ede's Sitting Room
Attic
Dancer Room
Downstairs Extension
Alfred Wallis
Ben Nicholson: 1934 (relief)
Lucie Rie
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: The Dancer
Chamber Music 2025/26
Chamber Music 2025-26 Subscription Ticket
Buy a subscription ticket to the 2025-26 series of Chamber Music concerts at Kettle's Yard. The subscription ticket gives you entry to all fifteen concerts over the year, saving up to £135.
Brodsky Quartet
Join us in the Kettle's Yard house for the first Chamber Music concert of the 25/26 series, with the Brodsky Quartet.
Sylvia Schwartz, soprano and Simon Lepper, piano
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle's Yard house. This week we will be welcoming soprano singer Sylvia Schwartz with pianist Simon Lepper.
Charles Owen, piano
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Charles Owen, piano, in the Kettle's Yard house.
Quartetto Noûs
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle's Yard house. This week we will be welcoming the return of Quartetto Noûs.
Student Music: An Evening of Folk and Jazz
Join us for an evening of Folk and Jazz in the Kettle's Yard house with student performers from the University of Cambridge.
Jim and Helen Ede Concert: Doric String Quartet
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle's Yard house. This week we will be welcoming the Doric String Quartet for the Jim and Helen Ede concert.
Cordelia Williams, piano
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Cordelia Williams, piano, in the Kettle's Yard house.
Max and Evelyn Forbes Concert: Laura van der Heijden, cello and Jâms Coleman, piano
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle's Yard house. This week we welcome Laura van der Heijden on cello and Jâms Coleman on piano.
Fidelio Trio
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with the Fidelio Trio in the Kettle's Yard house.
Fenella Humphreys, violin, and Sam Armstrong, piano
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Fenella Humphries, violin, and Sam Armstrong, piano, in the Kettle's Yard house.
Trio Havisham
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Trio Havisham in the Kettle's Yard house.
Aaron Azunda Akugbo, trumpet and Ryan Corbett, accordion
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with newcomers to Kettle's Yard, Aaron Azunda Akugbo and Ryan Corbett.
Nash Ensemble
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with the Nash Ensemble in the Kettle's Yard house.
Petr Limonov, piano
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Petr Limonov, piano, in the Kettle's Yard house.
