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Ben Nicholson, 1928 (Banks Head – Cumbrian Landscape).

Kettle’s Yard on the move to celebrate 50th anniversary

22 Oct 2016

Works by some of the leading artists of the 20th and 21st centuries – including Ben Nicholson, Alfred Wallis, LS Lowry and Helen Frankenthaler – are...

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Detail from Five Ships - Mounts Bay (1928) by Alfred Wallis

A Handful of Objects

23 Mar 2016

Five key objects from the world-class collections at Kettle’s Yard have been made available online to view through film, sound, photographs and 360...

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Shipwreck 1 - The Wreck of the Alba

‘Picture This #19′ - The Wreck of the Alba, Kettle's Yard

12 Apr 2012

Unlike most of Alfred Wallis’ paintings, which he painted from memory of events long past, the Wreck of the Alba was an event that he is rumoured to...

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