21 March 2011 Last updated at 11:37

In pictures: Artists donate works to Kettle's Yard

Early spring wave at Slaughden, Maggi Hambling

Leading artists have donated works to Kettle's Yard in Cambridge to support the gallery's £5m redevelopment. Among the donated art is Early spring wave at Slaughden, by Maggi Hambling.

St Avertin Syndrome Charity Spin, Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst is also supporting the appeal, donating his plastic skeleton, St Avertin Syndrome Charity Spin. The gallery's director Michael Harrison said: "Donations from artists as diverse as Damien Hirst, David Nash, Phyllida Barlow and Maggi Hambling demonstrate the great regard with which artists view Kettle's Yard."

Kettle's Yard was created by Jim Ede, who turned a simple house into a great collection of 20th Century art. He gave the house and its contents to the University of Cambridge in 1966. A gallery was built next door. The house remains unchanged since Ede's day. (Double Christmas Tree by Stephen Chambers)

Natasha Daintry donated One Green. She discovered Kettle's Yard while a student in Cambridge in the 1980s. "I was astonished," she said. "I hadn't really looked at art before - it seemed obscure and a bit dusty to me. If I hadn't experienced Kettle's Yard at that point in my life, I don't think I would have become an artist."

Untitled (Bird), Roger Hilton, donated by the Hilton Estate

Kettle's Yard plans to build a new education wing and extend its library and collection storage. So far it has raised £2m and has recently submitted a second round bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £2,326,700. (Untitled (Bird), Roger Hilton, donated by the Hilton Estate)

Michelle Charles said she was honoured to donate a drawing, Blue Fly, and would do so again. "My experience of showing my work at Kettle's Yard continues to reap creative rewards. I relished every minute of my creative collaboration with the staff."

Edmund de Waal said his donation was created with Kettle's Yard in mind: "This small predella, for Saenredam, celebrates some of the colours, tonalities and spaces I associate both with this artist, and with Kettle's Yard."

Antony Gormley paid this tribute: "Kettle's Yard is a necessary balance to the historical collections of the Fitzwilliam [Museum] and a lively and living place to experience art." Visitors will be able to see his piece, Stock, and all donated works at an exhibition at Kettle's Yard from 19 March to 8 May 2011.

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In pictures: Artists donate works to Kettle's Yard

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