Patrick Heron Shaping Colour: Prints 1956-1999 on display until October 31, 2022

Visible Girls: Revisited now on display at the Burton

The Burton at Bideford in partnership with Red Earth Developments, developers of the Brunswick Wharf scheme East-the-Water, recently started a new initiative to support the Women’s First Art Club into employment. The ‘Women First Art Club’, began in 2021 is a partnership between Encompass Southwest, NDADA and Mind and [...]

The Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society is celebrating an incredible 100 years this year. The annual open exhibition is a local highlight of the arts calendar in North Devon with work by some of the best established and up-and-coming local artists. On show this year is an eclectic mix [...]

Bursting with colour and creativity showcasing local talent, the Burton at Bideford Annual Schools Exhibition is a firm favourite every year and returned this year for the first time since 2019. Our annual awards were held on April 20th, when all the children gathered to find out who had been [...]

The Burton at Bideford, Art Gallery and Museum were delighted to attend Ceramic Art London 2022 to present The Emmanuel Cooper Craft Pottery Charitable Trust Prize and in turn to acquire a new work for their ceramics collection. Selected by the Craft Pottery Charitable Trust affiliated with the Craft Potters [...]

Works of art by renowned artists from the past century feature in the British Museum touring exhibition Living with art: Picasso to Celmins, now on display in the Burton at Art Gallery.

One of North Devon’s most significant development projects for many years is now calling for local artists to take part in a competition for its Public Art Commissions.  

To celebrate our 70th birthday, we commissioned a work of art from student and Bideford-born artist, Alice Guymer. Read her story here.