{"id":346355,"date":"2026-01-01T12:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/346355\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:38:20","slug":"owner-roger-billcliffe-retires-after-50-years-in-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/346355\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner Roger Billcliffe retires after 50 years in Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  In October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/25518741.glasgow-art-gallery-close-thirty-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roger Billcliffe announced<\/a> that his shop would close for good on Wednesday, 31 December, following years at the centre of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/local-news\/glasgow-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Glasgow\u2019s<\/a> fine art scene.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Billcliffe, 79, was appointed as director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefineartsociety.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fine Art Society<\/a> Gallery in 1979 prior to opening his eponymous shop in 1992, which once spanned five floors and was Scotland\u2019s largest private art gallery.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Roger Billcliffe is retiring after a career as Glasgow gallery owner. (Image: Gordon Terris)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a message to supporters, Billcliffe said: \u201cAs we enter our last few days of trading before we close on 31 December, I wanted to say how moved and uplifted I have been by the many messages of support and appreciation that we have received from artists and clients, many of you having become friends since I established the gallery back in 1992.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The renowned art critic and essayist added: \u201cI know all of you will join with me in giving a huge thanks to my colleague, Michael Corsar, without whom I, at the very least, would not have coped with the burden of work involved in closure.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI know from your cards and emails how much you have appreciated his friendly demeanour and irrepressible good humour over the last few weeks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI shall miss him and thank him for all of his extra care that has made this event bearable,\u201d Billcliffe added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/life_style\/25713710.mackintosh-colourists-roger-billcliffes-lasting-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Speaking to Clare Henry<\/a> in The Herald this week, Billcliffe reflected on his five-decade-long career and shared his plans for the future.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Henry wrote: \u201cIt&#8217;s a sad day for Glasgow, for the many artists he&#8217;s exhibited, also for the stream of art lovers who&#8217;ve enjoyed buying pictures from him.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cBillcliffe comes from Yorkshire. Maybe this accounts for his work ethic, accompanied by a happy ability to be in the right place at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In October, Roger Billcliffe announced that his shop would close for good on Wednesday, 31 December, following years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-346355","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-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}