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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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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.

Ossip Zadkine

Born 1890 – Died 1967

Zadkine was born in Smolensk, Belarus. Primarily known as a sculptor, he was also a painter and printmaker. After attending art school in London, in c.1910 he settled in Paris, where he became part of the Cubist movement. After this time, he developed an original style, strongly influenced by non-Western art. Zadkine served as a stretcher-bearer during World War One, and was wounded in action. He spent the years of World War Two in exile in America, and died in Paris, where there is a Zadkine Museum.