Kettle's Yard

[4] Moving to Cambridge in 1956, they converted four small cottages with the help of Winton Aldridge into one idiosyncratic house and a place to display Ede's collection of early 20th-century art.

In 1966, Ede gave the house and collection to the University of Cambridge, but continued living there before he and his wife moved to Edinburgh in 1973.

[4] The house is preserved as the Edes left it, making a very informal space to enjoy the permanent collection and live music.

[6] A series of gentle additions by Jamie Fobert Architects offers greatly improved support services for visitors, including a new courtyard and welcome area and a new shop.

It is largely based on associations and friendships formed when Ede was a curator at Tate Gallery, and as such it is biased towards works from the British avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century.

The gallery facade on Castle Street as it looked before the 2018 redevelopment
An exhibition of Diet Sayler in the gallery in 2000
Christopher Wood Self-portrait (1927) [ 11 ]