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Diners read a room before they read the menu — and original art for restaurants sets that first impression while giving every table something to talk about. Byard Art curates paintings, prints, ceramics and wall pieces for restaurants, cafés and bars from over 100 contemporary UK artists, with installation, delivery and interest-free Own Art finance handled by our Cambridge gallery. Ask for a tailored proposal within 2–5 working days.

Geometric Shuffle, Sally Birch — shown in situ. Preview any piece on your own wall with the Art Visualiser.

The short version

What works in this space

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Art that sets the tone

The work on the walls tells diners what kind of evening this is before a plate arrives. Bold abstracts energise a busy room; quieter landscapes suit slow dining. Choose the mood first, then the pieces.

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Conversation at every table

Distinctive originals give every sightline something worth looking at — and talking about. Figurative work, still life and pieces with a little wit earn their place in a room built for lingering.

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Texture that softens the room

Textile wall panels and dimensional pieces add warmth to hard, echoing interiors, while ceramics bring craft to shelving, bars and counters. Materials matter in a room people sit in for hours.

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From the gallery

Artwork we’d suggest

People behind the work

Artists to know

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Donald MacDonald

A Scottish painter who trained at Robert Gordon's University, Aberdeen, and has been selected for the BP Portrait Award and won RSA and Discerning Eye prizes. He stages each composition first — building scenes from paper, drawings and found objects — then paints them in oil with meticulous realism and a touch of the surreal. Vivid still life and colour that energises a busy room.

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Richard Heeps

A Cambridge-based photographer who studied photography at West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, and has exhibited in museums and public galleries since the 1980s. Shooting on vintage film cameras, he hand-prints his master prints in his own colour darkroom, without digital manipulation, prized for seductive, highly saturated colour. Retro seaside nostalgia that brings a smile to every table.

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Helga Stentze

A London-based artist who studied at Central Saint Martins and worked in advertising before turning to art full-time in 2017. She calls her practice 'household surrealism', spotting creatures in everyday objects — a jumper on a washing line becomes a horse — and photographing them in her Clothesline Animals series. Playful, surreal images with wit that earns a place in a room built for lingering.

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Maria Rivans

A Brighton-based collage artist whose work sits where Surrealism meets Pop Art. From a studio in a former 1911 cinema, she re-appropriates vintage ephemera — golden-age Hollywood, 1970s sci-fi, B-movies — into dreamlike, vividly coloured narratives, with solo shows at the Saatchi Gallery and Seoul's Galerie Bhak. Bold figurative collage that gives diners something to talk about between courses.

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Before anything goes on a wall

Practical notes

Hanging and placement

In dining rooms, hang for the seated eye: centre works 10–15 cm lower than the standing standard of 145–152 cm, so pieces meet diners where they sit. Keep generous clearance above banquettes and chair backs.

Site works away from service areas, heat sources and anywhere plates and coats brush past. Glazed works are the safer choice near tables, and anti-glare glass keeps pieces legible under low evening lighting.

Living with the collection

Installation is carried out by our team around your service hours, and we advise on placement, protection and lighting for a hard-working room.

Works can rotate as menus and seasons change, keeping regulars looking. We provide documentation for insurance, and worldwide shipping is arranged by the gallery.

Good to know

Restaurant artwork, answered

Yes. Use the free Art Visualiser to preview any piece on a photo of your own walls, to scale, or we can bring a shortlist to your premises. You are also welcome to view works at the gallery on King’s Parade.

Pieces with strong tonal contrast and reflective surfaces — glass, metallics, light works — hold their presence under low lighting. Anti-glare glazing helps framed work read clearly in the evening.

With sensible siting, yes. We recommend glazed works near tables, and durable media — ceramics, glass, oils — over delicate works on paper for the busiest rooms.

Most restaurant projects sit between £1,000 and £8,000 depending on the number of walls. Statement pieces range upwards from £1,500; editioned prints start under £600. Brief us and we will propose options within 2–5 working days.

Yes — we offer interest-free credit through the Own Art scheme, repayable over 10 months. For larger collections, talk to us about staged invoicing.

Preview it at home

Upload a photo of your wall and see any piece from the gallery hanging in your own space, to scale, before you decide.

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