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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Kettle’s Yard will be closed Wednesday 24 – Monday 29 December inclusive and Thursday 1 January. We will be open Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December.

Please note that the Kettle’s Yard house will be closed between 5 – 9 January 2026 inclusive for essential maintenance.

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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Kettle’s Yard will be closed Wednesday 24 – Monday 29 December inclusive and Thursday 1 January. We will be open Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December.

Please note that the Kettle’s Yard house will be closed between 5 – 9 January 2026 inclusive for essential maintenance.

Edmond Xavier Kapp

Born 1890 – Died 1978

Kapp was a Cambridge-educated portrait artist and caricaturist. During the Second World War he served on the Western Front and was an official war artist (1940–41). In 1946–47 he was artist to UNESCO. He is the only painter to have had Picasso sit for a portrait.