Past Exhibitions
Explore our previous exhibitions
2024
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
13 October 2021 – 3 April 2022
Ivorypress at Kettle's Yard
Ivorypress at Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard house
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