Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso

Pieter Brueghel, the younger, A Village Festival, With a Theatrical Performance and a Procession in Honour of St Hubert and St Anthony, 1632, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso, curated in dialogue with artists Paul Dash (b. 1946, Barbados), Errol Lloyd (b. 1943, Jamaica) and John Lyons (b. 1933, Trinidad), brings together the collections of Kettle’s Yard and The Fitzwilliam Museum for the first time, assembling paintings and works on paper that reflect the rich history, themes and forms of Carnival, from street parades with music and dancing, to folklore, flora and fauna.

28 artists whose work span across five centuries will reflect elements from Carnival’s rituals and celebrations, including Pieter Breughel the Younger, Albrecht Dürer, Francisco de Goya, Helen Frankenthaler, Avinash Chandra, David Bomberg, Graham Sutherland and Barbara Hepworth.