Tag: Kettle’s Yard

Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa

The Zimbabwean artist combines dreams, painting and prayer in her work, resulting in an intensely moving show
Issam Kourbaj: Urgent Archive

Through his sensitive and thoughtful works, Kourbaj ensures the plight of those in his native Syria cannot be forgotten
Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery

More than 40 dresses and embroidered objects from Jordan and the West Bank, along with filmed interviews, trace the evolution of this traditional craft during sweeping political and social changes in the region
Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso

Paul Dash, Errol Lloyd and John Lyons show their own works alongside those of others from the collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum and Kettle’s Yard to present the pleasure and the pain that Carnival evokes for British Caribbean artists
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt

This exhibition may be small, but it still packs a powerful punch as Ai Weiwei mixes up his work and others’, the ancient with the modern, the fake with the authentic, and the playful with the provocative
Sutapa Biswas – interview: ‘I felt questioning established systems of knowledge and power was as vital as breathing’

Sutapa Biswas talks about her lifelong quest to decolonialise British art history, and about her two forthcoming exhibitions
Harold Offeh – interview: ‘I am always asking: who is not part of the conversation? That is who you need to be addressing’

Offeh discusses boredom, curiosity and 1980s pop culture, the influence of punk and hip-hop, the joy of participatory creativity, social dance as a form of healing and artist-designed playgrounds
Sarah Wood – interview: ‘At the moment we all want to gather around stories, so I think art is going to be quite important in the future and I hope we value it’

Sarah Wood talks about what lockdown has taught her and how making her latest film piece has challenged the way she works
Alfred Wallis Rediscovered

This show explores the works of the fisherman-turned-artist who painted the souls of boats and inspired a generation of modernists
Oscar Murillo: Violent Amnesia

Spread across the various spaces of Kettle’s Yard, Murillo’s works address the recurrent theme of the movement of people across borders and human labour in a global economy