Heather Allen, Paul Allitt, Tiziana Bendall-Brunello, Richard Bray, Andrew Campbell, Tony Casement, Mary Cozens-Walker, Angela Edmonds, Anthony Green, Lesley Halliwell, Emma Hathaway, Renos Loizou, Tony McCorry, Margaret Mellis, Tessa Newcomb, Elspeth Owen, Alan Parker, Steven Tynan, Mary Webb, Lah Weston
Past Exhibitions
Explore our previous exhibitions
2025
22 March – 29 June 2025
Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival
Here is a Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival
26 February – 9 March 2025
Paint What Matters! Art by Children and Young People in Cambridge
Paint What Matters! Art by Children and Young People in Cambridge
2024
22 October 2024 – 16 February 2025
Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa
Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa
22 June – 6 October 2024
Megan Rooney: Echoes & Hours
Megan Rooney: Echoes & Hours
2 March - 26 May 2024
Issam Kourbaj: Urgent Archive
Issam Kourbaj: Urgent Archive
2023
11 November 2023 – 18 February 2024
Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia & Friends
Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia & Friends
8 July – 29 October 2023
Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery
Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery
4 March 2023 – 25 June 2023
Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery
Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery
2022
12 November 2022 – 19 February 2023
Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso
Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso
2 July – 30 October 2022
Howardena Pindell: A New Language
Howardena Pindell: A New Language
12 February – 19 June 2022
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt
2021
16 October 2021 – 30 January 2022
Sutapa Biswas: Lumen
Sutapa Biswas: Lumen
10 July – 3 October 2021
UNTITLED: Art on the conditions of our time
UNTITLED: Art on the conditions of our time
2020
24 October 2020 – 20 June 2021
Alfred Wallis Rediscovered
Alfred Wallis Rediscovered
15 February – 11 October 2020
Linderism
Linderism
2019
12 November 2019 – 2 February 2020
Homelands: Art from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
Homelands: Art from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
8 October - 20 October 2019
Ian Giles 'Outhouse'
Ian Giles 'Outhouse'
3 October – 27 October 2019
The Cambridge Show
The Cambridge Show
9 July – 22 September 2019
Artist: Unknown, Art and Artefacts from the University of Cambridge Museums and Collections
Artist: Unknown, Art and Artefacts from the University of Cambridge Museums and Collections
9 July – 22 September 2019
Jennifer Lee: the potter’s space
Jennifer Lee: the potter’s space
9 April – 23 June 2019
OSCAR MURILLO Violent Amnesia
OSCAR MURILLO Violent Amnesia
22 January – 24 March 2019
Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes
Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes
22 January – 24 March 2019
ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois
ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois
2018
23 October 2018 - 6 January 2019
Richard Pousette-Dart: Beginnings
Richard Pousette-Dart: Beginnings
11 September – 7 October 2018
fig-futures
fig-futures
22 May – 27 August 2018
Antony Gormley SUBJECT
Antony Gormley SUBJECT
11 April – 7 May 2018
Actions. The image of the world can be different (part 2)
Actions. The image of the world can be different (part 2)
10 February – 2 April 2018
Actions. The image of the world can be different (part 1)
Actions. The image of the world can be different (part 1)
2017
17 July – 29 July 2017
Alfred Wallis: Ships and Boats
Alfred Wallis: Ships and Boats
At the King's Lynn Festival
1 April – 27 August 2017
Sea to Shore: Paintings by Alfred Wallis and Christopher Wood
Sea to Shore: Paintings by Alfred Wallis and Christopher Wood
At The Fitzwilliam Museum
23 January – 24 March 2017
Discovery Through Display
Discovery Through Display
At the Alison Richard Building2016
5 November 2016 – 15 January 2017
Portraits of Place
Portraits of Place
At The Heong Gallery
2 November 2016 – 15 January 2017
Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape
Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape
At The Women's Art Collection
29 October 2016 – 5 February 2017
Jesse Wine: Sludgy Portrait of Himself
Jesse Wine: Sludgy Portrait of Himself
At The Museum of Cambridge
29 October 2016 – 8 January 2017
Reimagining the City
Reimagining the City
At Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
17 October – 30 October 2016
A Place to See Art
A Place to See Art
At Old Divinity School, St John's College
15 October 2016 – 8 January 2017
In Search of New Forms
In Search of New Forms
At Cambridge University Library
15 September 2016 – 1 May 2017
Anthea Hamilton Reimagines Kettle’s Yard
Anthea Hamilton Reimagines Kettle’s Yard
At The Hepworth Wakefield
20 May – 4 September 2016
Kettle's Yard at the Hepworth Wakefield
Kettle's Yard at the Hepworth Wakefield
At The Hepworth Wakefield2014
6 December 2014 – 1 March 2015
Beauty and Revolution: The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay
Beauty and Revolution: The Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay
13 September – 23 November 2014
Gwen Raverat
Gwen Raverat
Kettle's Yard House
13 September – 26 October 2014
Issam Kourbaj
Issam Kourbaj
St Peter's Church
24 May – 31 August 2014
Gustav Metzger: LIFT OFF!
Gustav Metzger: LIFT OFF!
3 March – 31 August 2014
Vicken Parsons: House Artist
Vicken Parsons: House Artist
15 February – 11 May 2014
Art & Life: 1920-1931
Art & Life: 1920-1931
2013
16 November 2013 – 26 January 2014
Victor Skipp
Victor Skipp
14 September 2013 – 26 January 2014
Matthew Darbyshire: A Way of Life (in homage to Jim Ede)
Matthew Darbyshire: A Way of Life (in homage to Jim Ede)
14 September – 13 October 2013
Vicken Parsons: Painted Objects
Vicken Parsons: Painted Objects
In St Peter's Church
6 July – 1 September 2013
Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood
2012
14 November 2012 – 1 April 2013
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Vorticist!
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Vorticist!
29 September – 21 December 2012
Winifred Nicholson: Music of Colour
Winifred Nicholson: Music of Colour
7 April – 8 July 2012
Alfred Wallis: Ships and Boats
Alfred Wallis: Ships and Boats
2011
24 September – 31 December 2011
Bridget Riley: Colour, stripes, planes and curves
Bridget Riley: Colour, stripes, planes and curves
19 March – 8 May 2011
Artists For Kettle's Yard
Artists For Kettle's Yard
15 January – 13 March 2011
Lucia Nogueira: Mischief
Lucia Nogueira: Mischief
2010
20 November 2010 – 9 January 2011
AS SO CI ATIONS
AS SO CI ATIONS
25 September – 14 November 2010
John Cage: Every Day is a Good Day
John Cage: Every Day is a Good Day
17 July– 19 September 2010
The Long Dark
The Long Dark
15 May – 11 July 2010
Agnes Martin
Agnes Martin
20 March – 9 May 2010
Tim Head: Raw Material
Tim Head: Raw Material
16 January – 14 March 2010
Modern Times: Responding to chaos
Modern Times: Responding to chaos
2009
21 November 2009 – 10 January 2010
Roger Hilton: Late works and the Night Letters
Roger Hilton: Late works and the Night Letters
3 October - 15 November 2009
Helena Almeida: Inside Me
Helena Almeida: Inside Me
18 July - 27 September 2009
Upside down / inside out
Upside down / inside out
16 May - 12 July 2009
Material Intelligence
Material Intelligence
21 March - 10 May 2009
David Ward: Slow Time
David Ward: Slow Time
17 January – 15 March 2009
The Roundhouse of International Spirits
The Roundhouse of International Spirits
2008
22 November 2008 – 11 January 2009
Kettle's Yard OPEN 2008
Kettle's Yard OPEN 2008
27 September 2008 – 11 January 2009
Paul Coldwell: I called when you were out
Paul Coldwell: I called when you were out
27 September - 16 November 2008
Conversations
Conversations
2 August - 21 September 2008
Roger Hilton
Roger Hilton
7 June - 27 July 2008
Michelle Charles
Michelle Charles
5 April - 1 June 2008
Beyond Measure: Conversations across art and science
Beyond Measure: Conversations across art and science
29 January - 30 March 2008
Momentary Momentum
Momentary Momentum
2007
24 November 2007 - 20 January 2008
Francis Davison
Francis Davison
24 November 2007 - 20 January 2008
Jack Shanahan
Jack Shanahan
29 September - 11 November 2007
Henrik Håkansson: Three days of the condor
Henrik Håkansson: Three days of the condor
29 July - 23 September 2007
Callum Innes
Callum Innes
26 May - 22 July 2007
Edmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal
31 March - 20 May 2007
Arturo Herrera
Arturo Herrera
31 March - 20 May 2007
Linda Karshan
Linda Karshan
20 January - 18 March 2007
WE the moderns: Gaudier-Brzeska and the birth of modern sculpture
WE the moderns: Gaudier-Brzeska and the birth of modern sculpture
2006
25 November 2006 - 7 January 2007
Kettle's Yard OPEN 2006
Kettle's Yard OPEN 2006
23 September – 19 November 2006
Rodin: All about Eve
Rodin: All about Eve
15 July - 17 September 2006
Lines of Enquiry: Thinking through drawing
Lines of Enquiry: Thinking through drawing
27 May - 9 July 2006
Sarah Dobai: Photographs & filmworks
Sarah Dobai: Photographs & filmworks
8 April - 21 May 2006
1:1
1:1
28 January - 2 April 2006
8 April - 21 May 2006
8 April - 21 May 2006
2005
26 November 2005 – 15 January 2006
Sybille Berger: Paintings
Sybille Berger: Paintings
26 November 2005 – 15 January 2006
Ian Jeffrey: Universal Pictures
Ian Jeffrey: Universal Pictures
26 November 2005 – 22 January 2006
Gary Stevens: Slow Life
Gary Stevens: Slow Life
1 October – 20 November 2005
Ways of Living: Tobias Rehberger, Marjetica Potrc, Jorge Pardo and Andrea Zittel
Ways of Living: Tobias Rehberger, Marjetica Potrc, Jorge Pardo and Andrea Zittel
30 July – 25 September 2005
Avant Garde Graphics: 1918-34
Avant Garde Graphics: 1918-34
7 May – 26 June 2005
Fred Sandback
Fred Sandback
5 March – 1 May 2005
The world, abridged
The world, abridged
8 January – 27 February 2005
Mary Martin: The end is always to achieve simplicity
Mary Martin: The end is always to achieve simplicity
2004
13 November 2004 – 2 January 2005
Kettle's Yard OPEN 2004
Kettle's Yard OPEN 2004
18 September – 7 November 2004
Rear View Mirror: Historical memory and contemporary culture
Rear View Mirror: Historical memory and contemporary culture
10 July – 12 September 2004
Douglas Allsop
Douglas Allsop
10 July – 12 September 2004
The Pier Arts Centre Collection
The Pier Arts Centre Collection
15 May – 4 July 2004
Ian McKeever: Recent paintings and ten years of drawing
Ian McKeever: Recent paintings and ten years of drawing
27 March – 9 May 2004
Attila Csörgö: Platonic love
Attila Csörgö: Platonic love
17 January – 14 March 2004
Immaterial: Brancusi, Gabo, Moholy-Nagy
Immaterial: Brancusi, Gabo, Moholy-Nagy
2003
8 November 2003 – 11 January 2004
The Unhomely
The Unhomely
9 August – 21 September 2003
Alan Reynolds
Alan Reynolds
21 June – 3 August 2003
Exodus: Between promise and fulfilment
Exodus: Between promise and fulfilment
3 May – 15 June 2003
David Rayson: Somewhere else is here
David Rayson: Somewhere else is here
8 March – 27 April 2003
Apparition: The action of appearing
Apparition: The action of appearing
11 January – 2 March 2003
Linda Karshan: Marks and Moves
Linda Karshan: Marks and Moves
2002
9 November 2002 – 5 January 2003
Face/Off: a portrait of the artist
Face/Off: a portrait of the artist
19 October – 3 November 2002
New Technology Arts Fellowship
New Technology Arts Fellowship
28 September – 3 November 2002
Claude Heath
Claude Heath
27 July – 22 September 2002
Ben Nicholson: Chasing out something alive
Ben Nicholson: Chasing out something alive
29 June – 21 July 2002
Kettle's Yard Open 2002
Kettle's Yard Open 2002
4 May – 23 June 2002
Enrico Castellani
Enrico Castellani
9 March – 28 April 2002
A Measure of Reality
A Measure of Reality
12 January – 3 March 2002
Flights of Reality
Flights of Reality
2001
29 September – 4 November 2001
Solid State: Reflections on the real
Solid State: Reflections on the real
29 September – 4 November 2001
Jeremy Moon
Jeremy Moon
28 July – 22 September 2001
Winifred Nicholson
Winifred Nicholson
28 July – 22 September 2001
Light Spells – a photographic exploration of Kettle’s Yard
Light Spells – a photographic exploration of Kettle’s Yard
26 May – 22 July 2001
Mono-ha: School of things
Mono-ha: School of things
17 March – 6 May 2001
Serge Chermayeff 1900-96: The Shape of Modern Living
Serge Chermayeff 1900-96: The Shape of Modern Living
13 January – 11 March 2001
The Language of Things
The Language of Things
2000
30 September – 5 November 2000
Jane Dixon
Jane Dixon
30 September – 5 November 2000
Juan Cruz
Juan Cruz
5 August – 24 September 2000
Luisa Lambri
Luisa Lambri
6 May – 25 June 2000
ABCDAVIDKINDERSLEY
ABCDAVIDKINDERSLEY
6 May – 25 June 2000
It's Your Turn: The Kettle's Yard Open 2000
It's Your Turn: The Kettle's Yard Open 2000
1 – 30 April 2000
Diet Sayler
Diet Sayler
22 January – 26 March 2000
n01se
n01se
1999
1997
Craft
15 November 1997 – 4 January 1998
Marion Kalmus
4 October – 9 November 1997
Within these Walls
2 August – 21 September 1997
Kate Belton, James Casebere, Patrick Caulfield, David Cheeseman, Juan Cruz, Ewan Gibbs, Paul Graham, Richard Hamilton, Gary Perkins, Bridget Smith, Paul Winstanley, Elizabeth Wright
Kettle’s Yard Open 1997
21 June 1997 – 27 July 1998
James Barron, Antonio Bellotti, Michael Boycott-Brown, Sue Brinkhurst, Root Cartwright, Chris Dobrowolski, Peter Gaskin, Emma Hathaway, Paul Hawdon, Richard Heeps, Chris Humphreys, Doug Kemp, Issam Kourbaj, Max Mouat, Alexander Murdin, Tessa Newcomb, Lorraine Peacock, Jonathan Plumb, Maeve Polkinhorn, Zoe Rubens, Andrew Sloan.
John Gibbons
3 May – 15 June 1997
Richard Paul Lohse
8 March – 27 April 1997
Bodyworks
11 January – 2 March 1997
1996
Remaking Reality
16 November 1996 – 5 January 1997
Edmund Chamberlain, Lewis Chamberlain, Colin Crumplin, Dexter Dalwood, Nicky Hoberman, Joanna Kirk, Alex Lowery, Carol Rhodes, Frank Trankina, Roy Voss
Testing the System
28 September – 10 November 1996
Judith Dean, Richard Forbes, Malcolm Hughes, George Meyrick, Michael Parsons, Keith Richardson-Jones, Jean Spencer, Jane Wilbraham, Gary Woodley
Claes Oldenburg, Merlin James
10 August – 22 September 1996
Kettle’s Yard Open 1996
22 June – 4 August 1996
Molly Adams, Amanda Addison, Hein Bonger, Trevor Burgess, Alexander Drysdale, Hywel Evans, Kay Goodridge, Richard Heeps, Michael Horn, Sara Latham Bell, Renos Loizou, Tom McPherson, Thomas Newbolt, Alison Penton, Samantha Percival, Jane Perryman, Louise Riley-Smith, Viren Sahai, Andrea Schulewitz, Ursula Stroh-Rubens
James Hugonin, Ian Wiblin
27 April – 16 June 1996
Judith Cowan
2 March – 21 May 1996
William Nicholson, Anish Kapoor
6 January – 25 February 1996
1995
Julian Maynard Smith
9 November – 23 December 1995
Baillie Scott
16 September – 29 October 1995
Elisabeth Vellacott
28 July – 10 September 1995
Kettle’s Yard Open 1995
1 – 25 July 1995
Naum Gabo, Bridget Riley
13 May – 25 June 1995
Open House
4 March – 20 April 1995
Zarina Bhimji
14 January – 26 February 1995