1983 Scottish ARCHIVE list
4 Jan Early views of Scotland, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow, Alexander Nasmyth, John Thomson, John Knox, Andrew Wilson, Jack Wilson
5 Jan Galloway Paintings, McGill Duncan Gallery Castle Douglas, Thomas Faed, John Maxwell
6 Jan Pratt, Canada House, London.
7 Jan Dartington Hall Trust, Design Centre Glasgow,
7 jan Feature KINGS & QUEENS, Queens Gallery, London
11 Jan International Art Association, The Morley Gallery London
12 Jan Zanders Calendars, The Glasgow School of Art
13 Jan Francesco Clemente, The Whitechapel Gallery and Anthony d’Offay London
18 David NASH Third Eye
18 jan News item, Britain Salutes New York + Prince Charles.
19 Jan Tim Stead, Collins Gallery Glasgow
19th Jan Turner Watercolours, National Gallery Edinburgh & The Tate Gallery London
20 Jan Kimonos Haori Juban, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh
21 Jan Glasgow Boys, Nat Gallery Edinburgh, WY Macgregor, EA Waltron
22 Jan (Feature Interview, unused) Ed Iglehart
25 Jan (Feature) Barry Flanagan , Whitechapel Gallery London
26 Jan Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, RSW, at RSA, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, David Evans, James Robertson, George Donald, Barbara Rae, Lys Hansen, Bel Cowic, John Gardiner Crawford, Robert Donald
26 Peter PHILLIPS Fruitmarket Ed
27 Jan Jennifer Bartlett, Tate Gallery London
28 Jan Three Artists, The Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh, Royden Rabinowitch, JD Kelly Hamish Macdonald (including 369 Gallery exhibition of Simon North)
31 Jan Diploma works, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, Henderson Blyth, Mary Amour, Peter Collins, James Cowie
Feb (Feature for Art Line) The Arts in Scotland 1983
1 Feb Dorothy Johnstone, Fine Art Society Edinburgh
2 Feb Through Children’s Eyes, Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh; Gilbert & George, Roger Ackiling, Gillian Ayres, Anthony Green
3 Feb Martin Froy/Tony Carter, Serpentine Gallery London
4 Feb Skyeworks, Glasgow Print Studios, Skye Morrison kites.
8 Feb (Feature) Craftsman in Schools, Bill McNamara
8 Feb Seven Lady Artists, JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow, Sandy Gardner, Lynn Donaldson, Eileen Naismith
9 Feb William Crosbie and British Studio Pottery, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
10 Feb Gavin Robson, Talbot Rice Edinburgh and Jewel Stern, New 57 Gallery Edinburgh
10 Feb Pride of the Clyde, The Scottish Design Centre
15 Feb Barbara Rae, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
15 Feb Feature: New Scottish Prints for NEW YORK exhibition
15 Feb Art and Architecture, ICA London, James Stirling, Aldo Rossi
16 Feb Felts Scottish Craft Collection; Collins Gallery Edinburgh, Jenny Cowern
17 Feb Glasgow Art Centre, Alexander Fenton
18 Feb Graphic Prints, Compass Gallery Glasgow; Robin Denny, Joe Tilson, Terry Frost, Ewan Mundy Gallery Glasgow.
21 Feb William Johnstone, Netherbow Arts Centre Edinburgh; Stuart Holms Bridges, The Glasgow School of Art
22 Feb Sun Pictures and Other Historic Photographs, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow
23 Feb Grease and Water, Ken Duffy Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop,
24 Feb Maitland, Paisley Art Gallery, James Steel
25 Feb Neil McDonald, ESU English Speaking Union Edinburgh; Elise V Allan, Corners Gallery Glasgow
26 Feb (Feature Weekender) Photography Season
28 Feb Kilims, Carlton Gallery and Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
2 Mar Lynn Chadwick , Mercury Gallery Edinburgh; Keir Smith , Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh, Open Eye.
3 Mar Four Artists in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Compass Gallery Glasgow and J D Kelly Gallery, Michelle Bauke, Wallace Orr
4 Mar Scottish Art Two Generations, City Art Centre Edinburgh, Elizabeth Blackadder, Mary Amour, Will Maclean, Gregor Smith, Lys Hansen, Jack Knox, George Delvin, Martin Baillie; A Moment in Time, Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Alexander Johnston
7 mar Photographic Exhs, GSA, Tom Joshua Cooper
8 March Photography Symposium, Glasgow
9 Mar John Mckechnie & Robert Paul, Glasgow Print Studio
10 Mar Contemporary Camera, Collins Gallery Glasgow
11 Mar Students exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, Christopher Taylor, Wendy Anderson, Brian Fojick, Jimmy Robertson, Robin Philipson
14 Mar Marion McIntosh, Elaine Dick, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
15 Mar Feature Scottish Arts Council Collection.
15 Mar Bill Brandt, National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh;Angus McBean, Fine Art Society Edinburgh, Ida Karr, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
16 mar America at Play, City Art Centre Ed; Ken Palmer at Corners, Glasgow.
17 mar Erlend brown Demarco Gallery; Stuart McDonald at ESU.
18 Southern Art Club at McLellan Galleries.
23 Mar James McDonald, Janka Malkowska, Peter Holland, Margot Gardiner, Portfolio Four, Linlithgow,; Jack Firth, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
24 Mar Sam Maynard, Third Eye Centre Glasgow; Group 81, McLellan Galleries Glasgow, George Birrell, George Epsworth
25 Mar Kate Whiteford, Crawford Centre St Andrews; George Wyllie , Euan Mundy Gallery Glasgow; Maggie Greer, Abacus Gallery Edinburgh
28 Mar Bel Cowie, Compass Gallery Glasgow
29 Mar Sir William Gillies, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
30 Mar Alison Geissler, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow
31 Mar Bobbie Wallace, 369 Gallery Edinburgh; Mark Hughes, Tatar Gallery Edinburgh
1 Apr Laurie Anderson, New 57 Gallery Edinburgh
5 Apr Sixties Revisited, David Hockney, Frank Auerbach, Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh
6 Apr Robert McGilvray & John Boyle, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh; Sally Mitchell, JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow
7 Apr Goya’s Tauromaquia, National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh, Francesco Goya
8 Apr Neil Dallas Brown, Collins Gallery Glasgow
11 Apr Feature NEW SCOTTISH PRINTS in New York
11 Apr Partrick Dorrian, Corners Gallery Glasgow; Ernest Hood , Scottish Amicable Glasgow
12 Apr Malte Sartorius, Glasgow Print Studios (Feature) A Scottish Designer for Memphis Milan, Gerald Taylor, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
13 Apr Jane Soeder & Macintyres, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Jane Soeder, Muriel Macintyre, Gordon Macintyre
14 Apr William Hunter’s Pictures, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow
15 Apr Will MacLean, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
15 Apr Front page report on New Scottish Prints opening in New York.
16 Apr Weekend pieces on New Scottish Prints, whole page.
18 Apr John Kirkwood, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop
19 Faberge at the Cooper Hewitt, New York
20 Apr Art and Obstetrics, Gravid Uterus, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow.
21 Apr Guthrie’s Statesmen of The Green War, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Sir James Guthrie
22 Apr Modern Turkish Painting, City Art Centre Edinburgh, Hailil Pasha
25 Harry More Gordon at Scottish Gallery Ed
26 Stanley Spencer at CDS Gallery New York
27 William Baillie at Gallery 10 & Victoria Crowe at Thackery Gallery London.
28 Anne Redpath, Mercury Gallery London.
29 Apr Colquhoun & McBryde, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh, Robert Colquhoun, Robert McBryde
2 May Memphis, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh; Michelle de Lucchi, Nathalie du Pasquiler
3 May A continuing Salute from New York , pg 9 .
4 May Albert Irvin, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
5 may Colquhoun & McBryde, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh, Robert Colquhoun, Robert McBryde
6 May 10th B-day Fine Art Society ...
11 may Scottish Contemporary art, Clare Hall, Cambridge ..
13 May The Essential Cubism, Tate Gallery London, ; Bet Low, Compass Gallery Glasgow
16 May Hamilton Fine Art Opening, Hamilton Fine Art Glasgow, David Martin, John Cunningham
Scottish Contemporary Art, Clare Hall Cambridge, Sir Robert Philipson, Elizabeth Blackadder, Pat Douthwaite, Barbara Rae, William Maclean
16 May Textile Images, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Glasgow School of Art Embroidery Group
17 May Allegra Ockler , Glasgow School of Art
18 May William McCance, The Netherbow, Edinburgh, William Crozier, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
19 May Women Live, Abacus Gallery and The Netherbow Edinburgh; Debbie Ball, Maggie Le May, Beverly A Court, Sylvia Woodcock-Clarke, Lamb & Doyle, Corners Gallery Glasgow, Elizabeth Lamb, Christine Doyle
20 May Glasgow Civic Art Association,& Paisley Art Institute
24 May (Feature) Bruce McLean
25 Ma (Feature) Royal Scottish Academy RSA Edinburgh
26 May Alexander Mann , Fine Art Society Glasgow
27 May Three Exhibitions; Graham Durward, 369 Gallery Edinburgh; Alan Johnston Solo at Graham Murray Gallery Edinburgh; Women Live, Belford Church Edinburgh
28 May National Art Collection Fund 80th Birthday
31 May (Feature) Hunterian Museum of the Year 1983 ‘Overflowing Fountain’
1 jun Guthrie Statesman in SNPG. (ist edition.)
1 Jun Cliff Bowen, Compass Gallery Glasgow
1 Jun Gordon Bryce, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
3 Jun Millais Sketchbooks, Fine Art Society Edinburgh, John Everet Millais
7 Jun Glasgow Group, McLellan Galleries Glasgow, Beth Fishers, Pat Semple, John Kraska, Willie Rodger
7 feature on National Art Collections Fund, NACF.
8 Murray Zimales at Glasgow Print Studio; David Remfry at Mercury gall; Maureen Binnie at RSA Ed.
9 Jun John Bellany, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
10 Jun Noise & Smoky Breath, Mitchell Library Glasgow, Joan Eardley, JD Fergusson, Charles Murray, Alastair Gray
13 Jun Etching Exhibition, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow, Jacki Parry, RGI’s Exhibition, JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow, Earnest Hood, Bet Low
14 Jun (Feature) Glasgow School of Art Degree Show
15 Jun The Hague School, Royal Academy London
16 Jun Four North East Artists, Ian Howard, Len Dunbar, Fred Bushe, Frank Poltriger, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
17 Jun Lys Hansen, Baaji Pickard, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
20 Jun Ben Cabrera, Glasgow Print Studios
21 Jun Denise Marika, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh, at Mellerstains
22 Jun Leonard Rosoman, Fine Art Society Edinburgh
23 Jun James Cramb, Graeme Murray Gallery; Richard Demarco, Torrance Gallery Edinburgh; Adam Zyw, 369 Gallery Edinburgh
24 Jun Edward Cage, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh; Susan Jameson, Edinburgh Printmakers; Richard Walker, Glasgow Art Centre
27 Jun Liam Thompsom, Irma Damianczuk, Open Eye Gallery Edinbro; Kim Redpath, JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow; Betty Koster, Scottish Gallery Ed
30 Jun Pyrex and Bakelite, Collins Gallery Glasgow
29 Jun Summer Show, Serpentine London, Brian McCann, Alison Winckle, Dick Jewell, Helen Chadwick
1 Jul Edward Kauffer, New 57 Gallery Edinburgh
4 Jul The Wilkie Tradition, Bourne Fine Art Edinburgh, DY Cameron, Ewan Mundy Gallery Edinburgh
6 Jul Scottish Sculpture Open Two, Aberdeenshire Kildrummy Castle, William Packer, Andy Stenhouse, James Connell, Noel Mullock, Fred Bushe
7 Jul New Generation, Compass Gallery Glasgow, Jackie Orr, Brian Fojcik, Patsy Morrison, Keith McIntyre
8 Jul Willie Roger, Artspace Gallery Aberdeen
12 Jul (Feature) Zika Ascher interview, Redfern Gallery London
12 Glasgow School of Art Summer Exhibitions, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, William Cooper, Peter Moir, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele
13 Jack Knox, Fruitmarket Ed.
14 Jul Daniel Lang, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh; Fiona McInnes, Traverse Gallery Edinburgh
15 Jul London Roundup, Anselm Kiefer, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, Nigel Greenwood, Christopher Leburn, Jack Goldstein, Philip King, London
18 Jul David Oxtoby, Aberdeen Art Gallery, James Cross, Artspace Gallery Aberdeen
19 Jul (Ed FESTIVAL Feature) Masterclass, National Gallery Edinburgh
19 James Lavery, Kelvingrove.
20 Jul Andy Warhol, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow; Illustrative Images, Collins Gallery Glasgow
21 Jul Simon Frazer, 369 Gallery Glasgow, Angus MacQueen, The Netherbow Edinburgh
22 Jul Five European Artists, City Art Centre Edinburgh
25 Jul Summer Exhibition, Queens Court Gallery Ayr, ; Alison Dunlop, Edinburgh Gallery
26 Jul Scottish Football, Third Eye Centre Glasgow; Art of Cricket, Fine Art Society London
27 Jul Celtic Quintet and London Suite, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh, John Bellany, Albert Irvin
28 Jul Images for sale, Boilerhouse V&A London
29 Jul Members Summer Show, Glasgow Print Studio, Roger Farnham, Robert Paul, John Mackenchie
1 Aug Mini Masterclass, Fine Art Society Edinburgh
2 Aug The Thistles of Scotland Exhibition, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow
3 Torrie collection, talbot Rice Ed.
4 Aug Bruce McLean & Kate Whiteford, ICA London
5 Aug ED FESTIVAL Cubism to Pop, National Gallery of Mod Art Edinburgh, Roy Lichtenstein, Helen Frankenthaler
7 Aug Victorian Prints and Drawings, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow
8 Aug (Feature) Submarine, David MACH, Haywood Gallery London; Keith Grant, Traverse Gallery Edinburgh
Summer Selection, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh, Lyn Sheddon, Frank Convery, Joan Eardley, June Redpath, Stanley Spencer
10 Aug Japanese Prints 1760-1860, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow
11 Aug Glasgow Style Designers, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
12 Aug David Hockney Photographs, Knoedler Gallery London
13 Aug (Feature) Edinburgh Festival Art 1983
14 Aug The Edinburgh Group, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow
16 1900 Mackintosh Room, Fine At Society .
17 Aug Tom Joshua Cooper, Graeme Murray Gallery Edinburgh
18 Aug Sir Robin Philipson, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
19 Aug Art of the Andes, City Art Centre Edinburgh, Arthur M Sachler collection.
22 Aug Mouton Rothschild Paintings for Labels, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh,
22 aug (Feature) Sandro Chia, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
24 Aug Scottish Contemporary Art at Edinburgh Festival, 369 Gallery & ESU Gallery, Ian Gilmour, Elizabeth Blackadder, William Littlejohn, James Morrison, Earl Haig, Joyce Cairnes, Graham Durwood
25 Aug Hundertwasser, City Art Centre Edinburgh, Friedensreich Hundertwasser
26 Aug The Varese Engagement, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
27 Aug Emile Berduas, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh
27th Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review, 750 words, Abacus Gallery, , Backroom Gallery, Freemasons Hall, Moray House, Studio One, Calton Studios, Stills Gallery, Judith Allan, Sarah Firmin, Ken Southwell, Mary Toms, Robert Mapplethorpe
31 Aug Mackintosh and Gaudí Furniture, Glasgow School of Art, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow
1 Sep Mackintosh 1933 Memorial Exhibition, Fine Art Society Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
5 Sep Built in Scotland, The Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Doug Cocker, Fred Bushe. Frank Pottinger, Stephen Collinbone
6 Sep Hector Guimard, The Glasgow School of Art, (Feature)
6 sept Festival Fringe Art, Mercury Gallery, The Traverse Gallery, New 57 Gallery, City Arts Centre, Bourne Fine Art, Freemason’s Hall, Torrance Gallery, Open Eye Gallery, Wiener Werkstatte, John Byrne, John Houston, Arthur Briscoe, Derek Collard, Jack Firth, Aliisa Hyslop, George Wylllie
7 Sep Jessie King and EA Taylor, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow
8 Sep Architects of the Art and Crafts Movement, Collins Gallery Glasgow
9 Sep Anthony Davies, Compass Gallery Glasgow
12 Sep Art Competition Exhibition, Smith Art Gallery Stirling, Peter Hill, David Mullen, Theresa Gourlay
13 Sep An Art Lovers House, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
14 Sep Connections, Queens Crescent Glasgow, David Tallach, Douglas Thomson, Eilise Allan, Ken Palmer, Peter Rae
15 Sep Peinture Fraiche, 369 Gallery Edinburgh, Fiona Carlise, June Redfern, Andrew Williams
16 Sep Charles Rennie Mackintosh Ten Years On, Queens Cross Church Glasgow
17 Sep (Feature) Scottish Art Goes to Japan, Paisley Art Gallery, Sir DY Cameron, Sam Bough,
19 Sep The McGavins & Peter Brown, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Jean Grey, Torrance Gallery Edinburgh
20 Sep TEAM Tapestry, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art
21 Sep Ian Fleming Prints, Glasgow Print Studio
22 Sep Frieda Scott, JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow, Martin Piper, Tartar Gallery Edinburgh
23 Sep Mardi Barrie, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
26 Sep Mary Newcomb, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh
27 Sep (Tues art Feature) SSA Scottish Society of Artists 89th Annual Exhibition and RSA rent issue
28 Sep Matilda Argyle, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh; Bill Baillie, English S Union ESU Edinburgh
29 Sep Josef Herman, Netherbow Gallery Edinburgh
30 Sep Prints from the Frans Masereel Centre Belgium, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh
3 Oct Castle Toward, Bellahouston Palace of Art G, Lynne Girdwood, Linda Thompson, Elizabeth McNeil, Frank Laurie, Scott McDonald, Jacki Lennox, Katrina Brown
4 Oct Cadell’s Centenary, Fine Art Society Glasgow, Francis Cadell.
4 Oct Eduardo Paolozzi, Rob Taylor Foundry, Larbert .
6 Oct George Washington Wilson, Collins Gallery Glasgow
7 Oct Brian McCan, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh; Charles McCaig, Glasgow Art Centre. held.
10 Oct James McBey, Fine Art Society Glasgow
11 Oct (Feature) David Donaldson, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow
12 Oct Royal Glasgow Institute, RGI McLellan Galleries Glasgow
14 Oct Project Ability, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
15 Oct Portal Painters, Glasgow School of Art, Fergus Hall, James McNaught, Rosemary Faucett
17 Oct Don McAllester, Stills Gallery Glasgow; Indian Photos, Commonwealth Institute Edinburgh
18 Oct Gerhard Merz, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
19 Oct James Paterson, Lillie Gallery Milngavie
21 Oct (Feature) The Burrell Collection Opening Glasgow; Ronnie Forbes, Compass Gallery Glasgo;, Merilyn Smith, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh; David Shepherd , Hamilton Fine Art Edinburgh
24 Oct David Donaldson, Fine Art Society Glasgow
25 Oct Stuart Duffin & James McDonald, Glasgow Print Studios
26 Oct Brian Gibb, 369 Gallery Edinburgh, David Miles & Edi Thompson; Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh,
Group Exhibition, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, JD Ferguson, Elizabeth Blackadder, Joan Eardley, Sir Robin Philipson
27 Oct Homage to Miró, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinbro.
28 Oct Robert Adam Drawings, National Gallery Edinburgh
31 Oct Working Women, Glasgow School of Art, Alison Stirling, Beth Fisher, Helen Flochhart
1 Nov ES Lumsden, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh
2 Nov Peter Bevan Solo Corners Gallery Glasgow, Alex Campbell, Mercury Gallery Glasgow
3 Nov Ernest George Trowbridge, New 57 Gallery Edinburgh
4 Nov Russell & Pepler Furniture and Textiles, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow, Dick Russell, Marian Pepler
7 Nov Edward Hornel, Ewan Mundy fine Art Glasgow
8 Nov Cleveland Drawing Biennale, Collins Gallery Glasgow; Reinhard Behrens, Assia Linkovsky, Elizabeth Ekstand,
8th (Feature) Scottish Glasgow Art for CBI supplement
9 Nov Tom MacDonald, Compass Gallery Glasgow
10 Nov Merilyn Smith, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
11 Nov (For News Desk Scottish Photo Society Archive Established; Robert Saunders & Alex Stoddart, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
14 Nov Alistair Park & Fred Stiven, City Art Centre Edinburgh, Glasgow School of Art
15 Nov (Feature) Papermaking in Scotland, Jacki Parry, Laurence Barker, Glasgow School of Art; The Artist at War, Kelvingrove, Glasgow
16 Nov Michelle Bauche, Shore Gallery Leith; Valerie Hunter, Traverse Gallery Edinburgh
17 Nov Paul Rotherow, Stills Gallery Edinburgh
18 Nov Twelve Contemporary Artists, Main Fine Art Glasgow, Maureen Binnie, David Fallon, Philip Reeves
21 Nov Chris Pratt, Glasgow Print Studio Glasgow
22 Nov Glasgow Society of Women Artists, NS Macfarlane Showrooms Glasgow
23 Nov Cadenhead & Muszynski, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, William Cadenhead, Lezek Muszynski
24 Nov Glasgow Group, Art Frames Glasgow, Tom Shanks, William Birnie, Bet Low, James Spence, (Feature) The Genius of Venice 1500-1600, Royal Academy London
24 Genius of Venice exh at Royal Academy London.
25 Hanlyn Davis prints at GSA
28 Nov James McIntosh Patrick, Fine Art Society Edinburgh, Thomas Faed , Fine Art Society Edinburgh
29 Nov Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow, (Feature) 369 Gallery and
29 Scottish Artists success in New York, Andrew Brown & 369 Gallery.
30 Nov Jack Knox, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
1 Dec John Duncan, Bourne Fine Arts Edinburgh
2 Dec Mulheimer Freiheit, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
5 Dec (Feature) Scots in London, Young Blood Exhibition, Barbican, Glasgow School of Art, Barbara Rae, Built in Scotland Exhibition, Camden Arts Centre, Anthony Hartwell, Jake Harvey, Three Scots Exhibition, Leinster Gallery London
6 Dec The Mclaurin Trust Collection, Mclaurin Gallery Ayr, John Bellany, Jacki Parry, John Taylor, Mike Bailey
6 dec (Feature) Transmission Opening Glasgow
7 Dec Scottish Society of Watercolour Artists, SSWA Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, Sheila Proctor, Marion McIntosh, Lowick House Prints, City Arts Centre Edinburgh (including 369 Gallery Edinburgh)
8 Dec New French Painting, Riverside Studios and Gimple Fils London, Jean Luc Poivret
9 Dec Mixed Exhibitions in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Dundee sculptors at New 57 Gallery Edinburgh, JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow, Corners Gallery Glasgow, Dave Toner, James Fullerton, Judith Findlay, Gareth Fisher
13 Dec Rossi & Sandeman, City Art Centre Edinburgh, Margot Sandeman, Mario Rossi, Anna Adams, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
14 Dec Tolly Cobbold, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh,
14 dec MA Design, Glasgow School of Art
15 Dec John Piper, Tate Gallery London
16 Dec Artworks, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Richard Long, Sol Lewitt, Roger Acking, Graeme Murray Gallery Edinburgh
19 Dec Members Christmas Show, Glasgow Print Studios
20 Dec (Feature) National Gallery New extension and Shotts Cummins Factory
20 Christmas Shows Glasgow & Edinburgh, Compass Gallery Glasgow, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Joan Eardley, James Castle, Ann Patrick, Frank Pottinger
21 Dec Images of the Lake District, Collins Gallery Edinburgh, Julia Hill, Frank Nelson
22 Dec Alexander Goudie, Fine Art Society Glasgow
23 Dec Jim Mooney & Roy Oxlade, Air Gallery London
28 Dec (Feature) Miró obituary
29 Dec Graham Sutherland, Paisley Art Gallery, Acquisitions 1982-83, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Lynn Chadwick, Bruce McLean
30 Dec Jewellery redefined, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow
31 Dec (OSCARS Feature) Art Review of the Year 1983