Fri 8 February 2019 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
A sculptural exhibition across five plinths by Rachel Wooller |
9:00AM - 6:00PM |
This exhibition features five painters and one filmmaker whose work observes the eerie in the English landscape. Their work brings together different ideas of folklore, the unknown, the weird, science fiction or a sense of the supernatural. |
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9:30AM - 5:00PM |
Reuse, appropriation and ownership: framing our understanding A two-day colloquium exploring the ancient Egyptian concepts of ownership and appropriation |
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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. |
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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. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The Gentle Art: Friends and strangers in Whistler’s prints To complement the major show on James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the Print Room is holding an exhibition of the artist’s etchings, drypoints and lithographs from the Fitzwilliam’s collection, focussing on people. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
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. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Breast Cancer Art Exhibition 2019 An exhibition raising awareness of the experiences and treatments that those with breast cancer have and fundraising for the Breast Cancer Art Project and 6 breast cancer research and care charities. |
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11:00AM - 5:00PM |
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. |
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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. |
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11:00AM - 5:00PM |
Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard. |
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12:00PM - 5:00PM |
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. |
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12:15PM - 1:00PM |
Lunchtime concert: Ursula Perks, piano Piano recital of music by female composers past and present including Clara Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre and Amy Beach. |
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1:15PM - 1:45PM |
Talk: Adventures in the Pitcairn Islands Join Curator Dr Richard Preece as he describes the Sir Peter Scott Commemorative Expedition to the Pitcairn Islands in 1991-92. |
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5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Koen Donker van Heel will talk about a papyrus newly acquired by the British Museum, focussing on why it features so many women and where it came from |