Artists for Kettle’s Yard

As part of a wider fundraising project for the new education wing, Kettle’s Yard presented an exhibition of works donated by artists to the museum. The exhibition offered a rare opportunity to see some of the biggest names in contemporary art – from major sculptures by Damien Hirst, David Nash, Phyllida Barlow and Antony Gormley to sumptuous paintings by Michael Craig-Martin, Bridget Riley, Lisa Milroy, Callum Innes and Maggi Hambling, and ceramics by Edmund de Waal and Natasha Daintry. Donations came from many quarters and included former Artist Fellows: Tony Carter, Stephen Chambers, Jane Dixon and Paul Winstanley; recent exhibitors: Ian McKeever, Alan Reynolds, Michelle Charles, Helena Almeida, David Ward, Karla Black and Claire Barclay; Cambridge artists: Lida Cardozo Kindersley, Elspeth Owen, Michael Brick and Jon Harris and artists such as John Blackburn and John Golding who have a long association with Kettle’s Yard.

Alongside these were gifts from the estates of Kenneth Martin, Barbara Hepworth and Josef and Anni Albers. The range of artists, as well as collectors, who donated to the exhibition reflected the scope of the exhibition programme that Kettle’s Yard presented. Their generous support was an indication of the value they placed upon the gallery.

Many of the works were available for sale in the exhibition. As well as the education wing, the development raised funds for a new project gallery, an extended art library, proper collection storage and a cafe.