1989 was ‘Museums Year’ in the United Kingdom, a celebration of our cultural institutions which inspired Lubaina Himid to make a body of work that was displayed at Chisenhale Gallery in London in the summer of that year.
22 July 2025
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place out of London and around the UK during 2025.
14 January 2025
This is the first Art Diary of 2025. Each exhibition listed will reward the paying of sustained attention, enabling entry to a state of contemplation and even contemplative prayer.
6 January 2025
Issam Kourbaj: Urgent Archive at Kettle’s Yard, with its concurrent exhibition ‘You are not you, and home is not home’ at Heong Gallery, is the largest solo exhibition to date by Cambridge-based Issam Kourbaj.
12 March 2024
The boundary-defying artistic practice of Li Yuan-chia, particularly through his LYC Museum and Art Gallery, turns aspects of modern art history on its head.
10 January 2024
This major exhibition celebrates one of the most significant potters of the twentieth century,
Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm
Kettle’s Yard, part of the University of Cambridge, is the venue for a new exhibition of celebrated contemporary artist Ai Weiwei (born 1957, Beijing). Titled ‘The Liberty of Doubt’, the solo show curated by Andrew Nairne explores our perception of authenticity and truth and the value we place upon material things, which is very pertinent for the era of Fake News and disinformation that we are living through.
16 March 2022
If you’re planning on heading out of London this summer, Artlyst has put together a list of twelve exhibitions to see around the UK. The main event over the summer has to be the Liverpool Biennial but Artlyst is covering this deserving spectacle elsewhere. However, while in Liverpool don’t miss Tate Liverpool’s powerful comparison study of Egon Schiele and Francesca Woodman and the 60th anniversary John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery. Elsewhere around Britain shows not to miss include the Patrick Heron retrospective at Tate St Ives, Elisabeth Frink at Abbot Hall in Cumbria, Yves Klein at Blenheim Palace and Antony Gormley at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.
20 July 2018
Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge reopens this week after a two-year redevelopment programme by Jamie Fobert Architects which includes major new exhibition galleries, generous education spaces and a cafe. Fobert is the new favourite architect of the museum world. Last year saw his completion of the extension at Tate St Ives, and he has just been appointed to undertake the £35.5m transformation of the National Portrait Gallery.
5 February 2018
A group show featuring new and existing work by 38 artists. The exhibition follows a two-year redevelopment of the Cambridge gallery.
Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm
Andrew Nairne moves from Arts Council England to Kettle’s Yard Kettle’s Yard has announced the appointment of Andrew Nairne as… Read More
22 August 2011
Kettle’s Yard the ever evolving contemporary art gallery in Cambridge is holding a multi-million pound selling exhibition. Seminal works donated… Read More
18 March 2011
