Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm
We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.
Please note that the Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard will be closed from Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 April inclusive for essential maintenance.
Kettle’s Yard house will close at 4pm on Friday 24 April with last entry to the house at 2.45pm. Please note the shop at Kettle’s Yard will remain open as usual to 5pm.
Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm
We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.
Please note that the Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard will be closed from Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 April inclusive for essential maintenance.
Kettle’s Yard house will close at 4pm on Friday 24 April with last entry to the house at 2.45pm. Please note the shop at Kettle’s Yard will remain open as usual to 5pm.
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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.
