Skip to main content
University of Cambridge

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.

Book Tickets

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.

Sir Nicholas Serota

Born 1946. Read economics at the University of Cambridge from 1965-8. He became increasingly interested in the visual arts and architecture. Started visiting Kettle’s Yard in the summer of 1966 and took up History of Art in his second year. He remembers borrowing a Henri Gaudier-Brzeska drawing from Jim Ede. Upon leaving Cambridge he went to the Courtauld Gallery, then the Oxford Museum of Modern Art. At the time of interview he was Director of the Tate Galleries. He corresponded with Jim Ede for some years after he left Cambridge.

Interviews

This area normally contains a video.

We haven't displayed it because the targeting cookies haven't been accepted

To watch the video, please click to accept the targeting cookies.