Exhibitions
Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime
Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.
Kenji Umeda, Spirality, 1977. Photo: Harry Sowden©?Kettle's Yard.
Kenji Umeda: a journey
Sat 25 April - Sun 6 September
Kettle's Yard House and Gallery
Moving to Cambridge from Japan in the early 1970s, Umeda befriended Jim and Helen Ede and worked in the Kettle’s Yard house. In caring for the collection, Umeda became drawn to the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, inspiring him to further his study of sculpture in Carrara, Italy before moving to the United States. In letters, Umeda describes Jim Ede as his sensei, or teacher, and from his studio in Arizona he sent the Edes his marble sculpture Spirality (1977), which is displayed in the Kettle’s Yard house to this day, adjacent to works by Lucie Rie and William Scott. This display showcases new research, combining artworks and archival correspondence to follow Kenji Umeda’s life and career through his lasting friendship with Jim Ede.
This display will take place in the Edlis Neeson Research Space at Kettle’s Yard.
A preview of this exhibition will be staged in the Margaret Howell flagship store in Marylebone, London, from 19 March – 12 April 2026.
Curated by Dr Inga Fraser, Senior Curator (House and Collection).
Cost: FREE, come along
Timing
In person
11:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Sunday every week from Saturday 25 April until Monday 7 September
All times
| Sat 25 April | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 26 April | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 28 April | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 29 April | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 30 April | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 1 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 2 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 3 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 5 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 6 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 7 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 8 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 9 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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| Fri 15 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 16 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 17 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 19 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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| Fri 22 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 23 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 24 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 26 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 27 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 28 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 29 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 30 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 31 May | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 2 June | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 3 June | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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| Tue 23 June | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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| Fri 26 June | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 27 June | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 28 June | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 30 June | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 1 July | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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| Fri 31 July | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 1 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 2 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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| Sun 16 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 18 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 19 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 20 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 21 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 22 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 23 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 25 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 26 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 27 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 28 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 29 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 30 August | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 1 September | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 2 September | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 3 September | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 4 September | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sat 5 September | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Sun 6 September | 11:00AM - 5:00PM |