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.
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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Born 1914 – Died 2002
Kolar was born in Protivin, Bohemia. A co-founder of Group 42, he began his career as a poet. In the 1950s his poems began to reach out to the visual realm, in a variety of media. In the 1960s he explored geometrical abstraction, visual poems and three-dimensional objects. Kolar is most famous for his collages and innovative art techniques, including chiasmages, rollages and wrinklages. He died in Paris.
