Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England.[1] The director of the art gallery is Andrew Nairne.
History and overview
Kettle's Yard was originally the Cambridge home of Jim Ede and his wife Helen.[2] Moving to Cambridge in 1956, they converted four small cottages into one idiosyncratic house and a place to display Ede's collection of early 20th-century art. Ede maintained an 'open house' each afternoon, giving any visitors a personal tour of his collection.
In 1966, Ede gave the house and collection to the University of Cambridge, but continued living there before moving to Edinburgh in 1973.[3] In 1970, the house was extended, adding an exhibition gallery in a contrasting modernist style by Leslie Martin.
Today, the house is preserved as the Edes left it, making a very informal space to enjoy the permanent collection and live music.[4] The gallery has longer opening times and displays a programme of visiting exhibitions, principally by 20th century and 21st century artists. A £5,000,000 appeal to help extend and enhance the gallery is under way. As part of raising these funds, it was announced on 29 March 2011 that the Heritage Lottery Fund has granted £2.32 million for these building projects.[5]
Kettle's Yard is part of the University of Cambridge Museums consortium.[6]
Permanent collection
The permanent collection is composed of paintings, sculptures and objects collected by Ede. It is largely based on associations and friendships formed when Ede was curator at Tate Gallery, and as such it is biased towards works from the British avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century.
Notable artists represented in the collection are:
- William Congdon
- Ben Nicholson
- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
- Barbara Hepworth
- Henry Moore
- Winifred Nicholson
- Christopher Wood
- Alfred Wallis
- Constantin Brâncuși
- Joan Miró
- David Jones
See also
- Primavera Gallery on King's Parade, has put on several exhibitions at Kettle's Yard
- Wysing Arts Centre, a research and development centre for the arts, west of Cambridge in Bourn
- Aid and Abet, an artist run space for contemporary art in Cambridge
References
External links
- Kettle's Yard Gallery website
- Kettle's Yard House
- Kettle's Yard Collection
- Video conversation between Roger Wilson and Paul Coldwell to accompany the exhibition 'Paul Coldwell: I called while you were out' 2008/9
- "The Analysis of Beauty" by Disinformation at Kettle's Yard on YouTube