M35DP5 Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, re-opens to the public with a newly-built extension by Jamie Fobert Architects. A wall of Alfred Wallis paintings in the old

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Kettle's Yard

Cambridge


An £11 million revamp has added high-tech contemporary-art galleries to much-loved Kettle's Yard. The big draw for many though will be the original collection still set in the home of HS 'Jim' Ede, a former curator at the Tate Gallery in London. Ede knocked three houses into one to create a quirky, intimate space in which to display a wealth of top-notch painting and sculpture, including works by Miró and Henry Moore, in a country-cottage atmosphere.


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