{"id":238036,"date":"2026-01-17T12:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/238036\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:22:20","slug":"award-winning-artist-to-close-north-yorkshire-gallery-yorkmix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/238036\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning artist to close North Yorkshire gallery | YorkMix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Award-winning artist Lucy Pittaway is to close two of her galleries \u2013 including one in North Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>The Harrogate gallery will shut soon, along with one at Bowness in Windermere. It follows rising costs, Lucy said, with a big rent increase in Harrogate a decisive factor.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, she described the closures as \u201can incredibly tough decision\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur priority right now is supporting the wonderful colleagues affected as we work through the consultation process,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so grateful for their hard work and dedication, and for the support our customers have shown these galleries over the years. It truly means the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her York gallery, which opened in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkmix.com\/new-shop-moving-into-york-street-thats-on-the-up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former Oasis fashion store on Coppergate in 2023<\/a>, is staying open.<\/p>\n<p>So too are the galleries in Richmond, Yarm, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Keswick, as well as the Brompton-on-Swale Outlet. The website continues to trade normally.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy, who lives near Richmond, added: \u201cIn the coming weeks, both closing galleries will hold closing down sales, with 30% off all stock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your continued support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Award-winning artist Lucy Pittaway is to close two of her galleries \u2013 including one in North Yorkshire. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-238036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}