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Explore the scary stories of early cultures
The Festival of Ideas (www.cam.ac.uk/festivalofideas/) is the UK’s largest free festival celebrating the arts, humanities and social sciences. It runs this year from October 24-November 4 with a theme...
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Fitzwilliam succeeds in saving Poussin masterpiece for the nation
Supporters of the Fitzwilliam Museum gave a total of £692,000 including significant funds from Friends of the Fitzwilliam. As well as giving a grant of £100,000, the Art Fund also raised funds through...
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A work of art has many lives
Works of art elicit powerful, and remarkably contrasting, responses. On one hand, major shows at some of the world’s top museums attract huge numbers of visitors keen to see artworks that have become...
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Circling the heavens: visual culture and the bird of paradise
Veteran wildlife broadcaster David Attenborough is not often lost for words – but sometimes nature defies description. Seeking to put into words the extraordinary courtship dance of the bird of...
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The lost library of Eleonora Duse
A book launched tomorrow (24 January) at Heffers bookshop in Cambridge shines new light on the extraordinary life of the legendary Italian actress Eleonora Duse (1858-1924) whose extensive library of...
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Potted histories
In daylight they are barely visible until you are almost upon them, a reminder perhaps of how much of our history lies underground and unseen, waiting to be uncovered; at night they shed a soft glow...
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Acts of creativity, audiences and us
Practitioners in the creative arts will be in Cambridge next month to take part in an ambitious conference at CRASSH. The meeting will together researchers from across different academic disciplines to...
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7,000BC: The dawn of cinema brought to life at Museum of Archaeology and...
• P • I • T • O • T • I • is a multimedia digital rock art exhibition in the South Lecture Room of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), on display until March 23. This is the first time it...
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Art for Syria
The exhibition will feature exclusive recent works, and will raise money for Syrian mothers and their families.Excavating the Present will run from 22 March to 7 April at the 6/16 Gallery in King...
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Space, balance and form
To coincide with the unveiling of a major new public sculpture on the University’s Sidgwick Site, and a large outdoor work at Churchill College, a free exhibition of large indoor sculptures and...
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Katie Paterson Exhibition at Kettle's Yard & St Peter's Church
Paterson’s remarkable poetic and conceptual projects, inspired by her collaboration with leading scientists and researchers across the world, consider our place on Earth in the context of geological...
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Creativity that counts
An apocalypse unfolds before the viewer’s eyes, as microscopic dots appear, combine and ‘consume’ a work of art: digital artist Joseph Nechvatal destroys digital representations of his paintings by...
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Paul Coldwell Exhibition at The Polar Museum
Professor Paul Coldwell’s new artworks and accompanying publication explore the objects and stories around Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s final expedition, highlighting the tragic unfolding of his...
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First major UK exhibition of Fijian art opens at Museum of Archaeology and...
Chiefs and Governors: Art and Power in Fiji is the first major exhibition of Fijian art in the UK, and will be on display in MAA’s Li Ka Shing Gallery from June 7, 2013 to April 2014.It will showcase...
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Let’s eat cake! Luxury unwrapped
In a much professed age of austerity, it’s interesting to reflect on the role of luxury, as a counterpoint to a battening of hatches and tightening of budgets. And yet, what counts as ‘luxurious’ is...
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Artist in focus: Christopher Wood
Presenting some 25 works together for the first time, this is a unique opportunity to see the Wood collection at Kettle’s Yard. Favourite paintings from the permanent displays will be displayed beside...
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Until lions write their own history…
Through kimonos, wall hangings, mats, soft sculptures and paintings, artist Deanna Tyson tells her political tales and weaves her social comments through stitched and painted works.“Textiles, their...
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University of Cambridge Museums promise summer of fun
Summer at the Museums invites visitors to explore the world and discover amazing things through a series of interactive workshops and museum tours.The project runs throughout the summer until September...
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Family activities on offer at Kettle’s Yard for Castle Hill Open Day
Following last year’s successful event, even more historic and cultural venues in the Castle Hill area of Cambridge will be joining forces to showcase the oldest part of the city, and its wealth of...
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Primitive art, modernism, philosophy, literature – an insight into the life...
Kettle’s Yard is proud to present a new exhibition based on the extensive collection of Victor Skipp, a historian and writer who died in 2010, leaving his estate to Kettle's Yard.Though Skipp...
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