WHAT'S ON

‘Infinite Variations’ – A 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Art in the Life of Clare Hall

In this exhibition, abstraction is expressed in a female form – not from a biological or essentialist perspective, but as a plurality of voices that take the abstract to new depths.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Clare Hall is delighted to present its 60th Anniversary exhibition of artworks collected over the years.

8:30PM - 9:10PM

Highlight Cambridge University Schola Cantorum: Vespers at St Andrew's, Girton

Cambridge Schola sing a service of Choral Vespers at St Andrew's Church, Girton

Tue 9 June

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Sustainability, Storytelling, and Law: Interdisciplinary approaches to the polycrisis

This interdisciplinary conference explores the relationship between law, literature, and cultural production in an age increasingly defined by ecological, social, and economic crisis.

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Highlight Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

In this exhibition, abstraction is expressed in a female form – not from a biological or essentialist perspective, but as a plurality of voices that take the abstract to new depths.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

‘Infinite Variations’ – A 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Art in the Life of Clare Hall

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Clare Hall is delighted to present its 60th Anniversary exhibition of artworks collected over the years.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Chivers and Sons 1873-1959

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Mill Road History Society presents a talk about the legendary Chivers and Sons and their contributions to the development of the preserves industry

Wed 10 June

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Highlight Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

In this exhibition, abstraction is expressed in a female form – not from a biological or essentialist perspective, but as a plurality of voices that take the abstract to new depths.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

‘Infinite Variations’ – A 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Art in the Life of Clare Hall

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Clare Hall is delighted to present its 60th Anniversary exhibition of artworks collected over the years.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Spring into King's - An Exclusive Guided Experience at King’s College Cambridge

For the first time, we welcome [In]Press, a selling exhibition in our Studio Gallery bringing together eight contemporary printmakers, curated by Adam Bridgland. [In]Press offers a chance to discover and buy original prints, meet the artists, and explore a range of approaches to contemporary printmaking.

10:30AM - 12:30PM

Celebrate the arrival of spring with a rare opportunity to discover the beauty, history, and horticultural heritage of King’s College Cambridge.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

6:00PM - 9:00PM

LATE at Kettle's Yard

Join us at Kettle’s Yard for an evening of art, talks, music and making, inspired by our exhibition Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today.

6:15PM - 7:15PM

A Choral Celebration

Wolfson College Choir is joined by Inspirational Chorale, a gospel choir from the University of Arkansas.

Thu 11 June

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Highlight Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

In this exhibition, abstraction is expressed in a female form – not from a biological or essentialist perspective, but as a plurality of voices that take the abstract to new depths.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

‘Infinite Variations’ – A 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Art in the Life of Clare Hall

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Clare Hall is delighted to present its 60th Anniversary exhibition of artworks collected over the years.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre!

For the first time, we welcome [In]Press, a selling exhibition in our Studio Gallery bringing together eight contemporary printmakers, curated by Adam Bridgland. [In]Press offers a chance to discover and buy original prints, meet the artists, and explore a range of approaches to contemporary printmaking.

11:00AM - 12:30PM

Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining walking tour, yet! Led by a qualified Cambridge Green Badge Guide

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Salsa Sessions: Dance for Wellbeing

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Join us at Homerton College on Thursdays, 18:00-20:00 pm for 'New York' style salsa!

8:00PM - 11:00PM

The Willows

One of the UK’s best loved folk-rock bands return from an extended hiatus for an exclusive one-off show.

Fri 12 June

9:00AM - 6:30PM

Highlight Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

In this exhibition, abstraction is expressed in a female form – not from a biological or essentialist perspective, but as a plurality of voices that take the abstract to new depths.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

‘Infinite Variations’ – A 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Art in the Life of Clare Hall

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Clare Hall is delighted to present its 60th Anniversary exhibition of artworks collected over the years.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

10:00AM - 5:00PM

For the first time, we welcome [In]Press, a selling exhibition in our Studio Gallery bringing together eight contemporary printmakers, curated by Adam Bridgland. [In]Press offers a chance to discover and buy original prints, meet the artists, and explore a range of approaches to contemporary printmaking.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight In Her Words: Women Artists and Life Writing Symposium

For centuries, women artists have produced autobiographical accounts of their lives and careers, using diaries, letters and other types of writing as a means of resistance, reflection, and self-fashioning. Taking a broad geographical approach, this symposium will address how women artists, between 1900 and the present, navigate their artistic identities through writing.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Maria Fusco reading in the Kettle's Yard house

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Join writer Maria Fusco for an afternoon reading in the Kettle’s Yard house, inspired by Gillian Ayres’ painting Untitled.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.

Sat 13 June

9:00AM - 4:30PM

Highlight Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:30AM - 2:30PM

A Treasure Hunt: The Quirky Side of Cambridge

Hidden Cambridge’s unique (and not app-based) treasure hunt will have you discovering quirky Cambridge – including hidden away work by Quentin Blake and something from the sculptor of “The Angel of the North”, but not quite on that scale!

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

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.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

10:00AM - 5:00PM

For the first time, we welcome [In]Press, a selling exhibition in our Studio Gallery bringing together eight contemporary printmakers, curated by Adam Bridgland. [In]Press offers a chance to discover and buy original prints, meet the artists, and explore a range of approaches to contemporary printmaking.

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Guided House Tour

Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Hidden Cambridge: The Unusual, The Quirky, and the Downright Bizarre!

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

12:30PM - 2:00PM

Hidden Cambridge's latest and surely most entertaining walking tour, yet! Led by a qualified Cambridge Green Badge Guide

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Rachmaninov The Bells

Cambridge University Symphony Chorus and the East Anglia Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of David Young, present two powerful choral masterpieces.

Sun 14 June

9:30AM - 2:30PM

A Treasure Hunt: The Quirky Side of Cambridge

Hidden Cambridge’s unique (and not app-based) treasure hunt will have you discovering quirky Cambridge – including hidden away work by Quentin Blake and something from the sculptor of “The Angel of the North”, but not quite on that scale!

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Lies, Spies and Double-Dealing: A Cambridge Spy Tour

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

11:30AM - 1:00PM

A walking tour which unmasks the long tradition of Cambridge spying, from the earliest days of the university to recent times; from Christopher Marlowe to Anthony Blunt, via James Bond. Tours are led by Green Badge Guides.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

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.

12:00PM - 5:00PM