Art in Ipswich

Ipswich, Suffolk's county town, holds Christchurch Mansion and its outstanding collection of Constable and Gainsborough paintings — the largest outside London — in a Tudor house set in a town park. A working waterfront town on the River Orwell, it has a grittier, more contemporary creative energy than the Suffolk coast resorts, with studios and project spaces alongside its historic collections.

Use this guide to find artists based in and around Ipswich — across the Orwell and Gipping valleys and the villages towards Woodbridge and the Shotley peninsula — alongside the galleries and exhibitions on now.