Stories

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Senior Curator (House & Collection) Inga Fraser explores the story behind Helen Ede’s bedroom and introduces a new display of works.

In this blog post Inga Fraser, Senior Curator, House & Collection, introduces new writing by artist and performer Jade Pollard-Crowe.

For this blog post, Retail Assistant Florence spoke to the Kettle’s Yard staff team about their favourite picks from the Kettle’s Yard shop.

Discover the Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa exhibition in this blog post, with 7 key things to know.

In this blog post, Friends of Kettle’s Yard member Martin Thompson tells us about a recent trip the Friends made to Mallorca.

Discover our 2025 New Music series in this blog post from New Music Curator Tom McKinney

In this blog post find out more about Dorothy Bohm’s photograph ‘Still life – Pebbles’ (c. 1980-82), written by Inga Fraser, Senior Curator (House and Collection).

Discover Welsh painter Nina Hamnett’s impact on Henri Gaudier-Brzeska in this blog post by Naomi Polonsky, Assistant Curator (House & Collection).

We are delighted to announce our 2025 exhibitions at Kettle’s Yard. Find out more in this blog post.

To celebrate the launch of Kettle’s Yard’s brand new ‘Art and Identity’ Learning Resources, we invited our staff to share a song which they feel is part of their identity and create a new playlist.

Enjoy this astounding playlist as electric and creative as our team!

In this blog post we take a look at three new Christmas cards, beautifully designed by students from Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, exclusively for the Kettle’s Yard shop.