| Sat 3 December 2016 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
The curious objects in this exhibition all have a part to play in telling the story of the Library, and form a cabinet of curiosities that opens a window onto the nature of collecting. |
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
This exhibition draws on Kettle’s Yard’s extensive collection holdings of abstract painting, collages and prints that date from the 1960s to the 1980s. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
An amateur’s passion: Lord Fitzwilliam’s print collection This exhibition looks at what interested Lord Fitzwilliam most in acquiring and ordering his print collection, and features examples of his albums, rarely seen in public but offering a fascinating insight into the mind of a late 18th century collector. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Being Modern: Kettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam Museum Works by artists who sought to make a new art responding to the modern world are brought together. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Celebrating the First 200 Years: The Fitzwilliam Museum 1816 - 2016 Running throughout 2016, this exhibition will explore the Fitzwilliam’s past, present and future. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight COLOUR: the art and science of illuminated manuscripts The final major exhibition for 2016 celebrates the Fitzwilliam’s bicentenary with a stunning display of 150 illuminated manuscripts from its rich collections. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Elisabeth Vellacott: Figures in the Landscape This display draws together rarely seen drawings and paintings by Vellacott from Kettle’s Yard’s Collection and loans from the Arts Council Collection. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Realisation: Recent prints by Susan Aldworth and Jane Dixon This exhibition of beautiful contemporary prints by two British artists challenges our assumptions of reality and identity. |
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| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Portraits of Place: Works from Kettle’s Yard and Richard Long This exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures, collages and works on paper by leading twentieth and twenty-first century artists who have been inspired to make artworks that respond to the places in which they have lived and worked. |
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| 12:00PM - 4:00PM |
Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge |
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| 12:00PM - 4:00PM |
Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge |
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| 12:30PM - 1:15PM |
Artist in Focus - Helen Frankenthaler Join Cora Chalaby for an introduction to the works of Helen Frankenthaler |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Visit our Fitz Family Welcome Point and collect materials to use in the Museum. |
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| 2:30PM - 5:00PM |
Reimagining the City brings together works from the Kettle’s Yard Collection that capture artists’ interpretations of city life. |
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| 8:00PM - 10:00PM |
CUMS Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 The 2016-17 CUMS Conducting Scholar, John Tothill, conducts an all-Russian programme featuring CUMS Concerto Competition 2016 winner, Naomi Woo. |
