What's On: What's On

Sat 26 January 2019

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Exhibition in support of medical charities

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest

See highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest, through the Art Fund, on display for the first time. Works include drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Orpen, Walter Sickert and Gwen John.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Enriching Collections: Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings 2009-2019

This exhibition is the first of two successive selections of works on paper to celebrate the outstanding generosity of benefactors and donors who have helped to enrich the collections. It will also highlight a number of exceptional works bought with funds raised or donated by individuals, charities, and other supporters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Whistler & Nature

Whistler & Nature casts a new light on the work of the great late-Victorian master, James McNeill Whistler. Born in America, but living in the UK for most of his life, he was known as an artist with a bold personality and a revolutionary attitude towards the natural world.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. The selection of work at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures, prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes

Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today.For this exhibition, Mehretu has made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Rose Garrard: Casting Room I

Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard.

11:15AM - 12:00PM

Guided House Tour - Kettle's Yard

Join us for an in depth experience of the House at Kettle's Yard with one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Anthea Hamilton: Projects

Anthea Hamilton installs her work, and works by other artists, in the House following Kettle’s Yard’s collaboration with the artist at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2016/17.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Stuart Pearson Wright: Halfboy

Stuart Pearson Wright (b. 1975) won the BP Portrait Award for Gallus Gallus with Still Life and Presidents and was awarded a commission to paint J. K. Rowling for the collection of NPG. Halfboy came about as a result of a chance encounter with a box of childhood photographs, a rare find as most such mementos were lost due to the peripatetic lifestyle imposed by the artist’s mother in the 1980s.

1:30PM - 2:00PM

Exhibitions Tour

Join curator Dr Amy Tobin for a short, free tour of our exhibitions, ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois and Julie Mehretu: Drawings and Monotypes.

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Highlight The mouse who jumped - for wolf and orchestra

Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus Family Concert

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight The mouse who jumped - for wolf and orchestra

Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus Family Concert

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Sat 26 January 2019	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Highlight THE ART OF CARING Exhibition in support of medical charities
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest See highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest, through the Art Fund, on display for the first time. Works include drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Orpen, Walter Sickert and Gwen John.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Enriching Collections: Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings 2009-2019 This exhibition is the first of two successive selections of works on paper to celebrate the outstanding generosity of benefactors and donors who have helped to enrich the collections. It will also highlight a number of exceptional works bought with funds raised or donated by individuals, charities, and other supporters.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Whistler & Nature Whistler & Nature casts a new light on the work of the great late-Victorian master, James McNeill Whistler. Born in America, but living in the UK for most of his life, he was known as an artist with a bold personality and a revolutionary attitude towards the natural world.
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. The selection of work at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures, prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today.For this exhibition, Mehretu has made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making.
	11:00AM - 5:00PM	Rose Garrard: Casting Room I Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard.
	11:15AM - 12:00PM	Guided House Tour - Kettle's Yard Join us for an in depth experience of the House at Kettle's Yard with one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants.
	12:00PM - 5:00PM	Anthea Hamilton: Projects Anthea Hamilton installs her work, and works by other artists, in the House following Kettle’s Yard’s collaboration with the artist at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2016/17.
	12:00PM - 5:00PM	Highlight Stuart Pearson Wright: Halfboy Stuart Pearson Wright (b. 1975) won the BP Portrait Award for Gallus Gallus with Still Life and Presidents and was awarded a commission to paint J. K. Rowling for the collection of NPG. Halfboy came about as a result of a chance encounter with a box of childhood photographs, a rare find as most such mementos were lost due to the peripatetic lifestyle imposed by the artist’s mother in the 1980s.
	1:30PM - 2:00PM	Exhibitions Tour Join curator Dr Amy Tobin for a short, free tour of our exhibitions, ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois and Julie Mehretu: Drawings and Monotypes.
	2:00PM - 3:00PM	Highlight The mouse who jumped - for wolf and orchestra Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus Family Concert
	4:00PM - 5:00PM	Highlight The mouse who jumped - for wolf and orchestra Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus Family Concert