{"id":709538,"date":"2026-07-24T21:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/709538\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:48:21","slug":"lucy-pittaway-closes-doors-on-newcastle-art-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/709538\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Pittaway closes doors on Newcastle art gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Lucy Pittaway Art Gallery in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/local-news\/newcastle-upon-tyne-news\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> has now shut, following the closure of two other galleries at the start of the year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The store, located on Blackett Street, shut its doors for the final time in May, however the gallery has not confirmed why the closure has happened.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  RECOMMENDED READING:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Lucy Pittaway confirmed the closure of the Bowness in Windermere and Harrogate locations in a Facebook post earlier this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The post said: &#8220;It\u2019s with a heavy heart that I share some difficult news from our Lucy Pittaway family.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Shortly, we will be closing two galleries, Bowness-on-Windermere and Harrogate.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This has been an incredibly tough decision, influenced by the rising operational costs facing so many UK businesses, including a significant rent increase at our Harrogate location.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Pittaway\u2019s galleries in Richmond, Yarm, Keswick, Brompton-on-Swale Outlet, and in Coppergate in York city centre remain open.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Born and raised in Stockton, Ms Pittaway began her art career more than 13 years ago after her twins started school.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She started out by painting in a small metal shed at home and producing one-off commissions and prints for exhibitions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Her growing popularity led to the opening of her first gallery, and the business has since expanded across North Yorkshire, the North East, and the Lake District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lucy Pittaway Art Gallery in Newcastle has now shut, following the closure of two other galleries at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-709538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709538","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=709538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}