Wednesday 31 December 1986

Scottish Art Archive 1986

January-December 1986


Articles Written for Glasgow Herald unless otherwise stated.

1 Jan          Arts Review Band Aid, Visual Aid print 
3 January                             Women of 1986, Rosemary Watt, June Redfern
4 Jan          Radio Times, 6 Seaside Towns, BBC
6 January             Scottish Crafts, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow, Barbara Davidson, Anne Clare Graham, Bridget Drakeford
8 January                             The  20th Century German Woodcut, Collins, Gallery Glasgow
9 January             Letter from Charles Booth-Clibborn regarding ‘Critical Lines’ exhibition at Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh, he later founded Paragon Press
17 January                           Anne Redpath Solo, Mercury Gallery London
20 January                           Peter Wilson Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Glasgow Print Studios
21January                            Critical Lines, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh, Charles Booth-Clibborn, Dick Floyd
23 January           Castle Toward Art Exhibition, Bellahouston Palace of Art Glasgow, Neil Fleming, Alison McKendrich, David Lee, Carol Peacock
22 January                           Museum Education Services, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow
28 January           War of  Images, Glasgow School of Art, Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Peter Dunn, Lorraine Leeson, Mark Cardwell, Ian Killen, Peter Seddon
28 January                           Brian McCann Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburgh
28 January           (Feature) New Portrait of Ian Botham by John Bellany, National Portrait Gallery London
31 January                           John Duncan Solo, City Arts Centre Edinburgh
February      Hungarian Arts in Glasgow, last Oct  in STUDIO
3 February                          The Riddell Collection of Photographs, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Woodworks, City Arts Centre Edinburgh, Tim Stead, Doug Cocker
5 February                          Peter Nardini Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Relief Printing, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh
11 February                        Michael Judge Solo, Glasgow Print Studios
Silver Studio Art Nouveau, Huntarian Gallery Glasgow
12 February                        Ian McCulloch Solo, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
13 February          Decoration of the Suburban Villa , Collins Gallery Glasgow, Templeton and Stoddarts Carpet
14 February                        Dominic Snyder Solo, Metro Gallery Glasgow
17 February                        Mascaras de Mexico, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh
19 February                        Design Review, Scottish Design Council Glasgow
21 February                        Geoffrey MacEwan Solo, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh, 369 Gallery Edinburgh
22 February                        David Hockney Solo, Tate London (for Today Newspaper London)
27 February                        John Bellany Solo, National Portrait Gallery London
28 February                        Helen Lee Solo, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh (including French institute Glasgow)
February         AR Riddell Collection photos; Gillian Raffles Mercury Gallery, IBM Edinbro; silver studio
MARCH
March    Canadian visit at invitation of Canada Council Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, NY.
4 March          Scottie Wilson book and exhibitions, TODAY newspaper 1st issue.
4 March          Scottie Wilson, Third Eye Glasgow
11 March        Steven Campbell & Adrian Wiszniewski, Arena film BBC, in TODAY
26 March        Ten Scottish Painters, RA London
26 March        Hockney, Tate Gallery, London  in TODAY newspaper.
 26 March                            Ten Scottish Painters, Royal Academy London, David Donaldson, Jack Knox
1 April                                   Main Fine Art Glasgow, Phil Braham, Ian Hughes
2 April                                   Ursula Jakob Solo, Glasgow Print Studios
3 April                                   Henryk Gotlib, Cyril Gerber Fine Art Glasgow
4 April                                   Adolf Loos Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
8 April                                   Keith McIntyre Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburgh
9 April                                   Carnival of Animals, Glasgow School of Art
Victoria Crowe Solo, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh
10 April                                                View from Above, Collins Gallery Glasgow
11 April          AR  Letter from Canada.
14 April                                                Neil MacPherson Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
15 April           Colonel Blimp & Friends, Glasgow Arts Centre
15 April           Queens Pictures, Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace, in TODAY newspaper
16 April            James Robertso, Washington Gallery, Glasgow.
17 April                                                Glenn Scouller, Fine Art Society  Glasgow
20 April                                                Munch and the Workers , City Art Centre Edinburgh
22 April           David Mach quits Vienna exhibition.
22 april           Arts Review; Vienna, Gerber at GSA; Kate Thomson. 
23 April           Manet at the Courtauld, Gallery, Woburn Sq, London in TODAY newspaper.
23 April                                                Cyril Gerber A Personal Choice, Glasgow School of Art (to mark his 70th Birthday) + Clare Henry's STV film on Cyril for May 11th. A DVD copy of this at GSA/GWL.
23 April                                                Popularity Services Agency PSA Sculpture Competition, Glasgow School of Art
24 April                               The East Coast Tradition, Fine Art Society Edinburgh, Scottie Wilson, George Donald, John Bellany, John Houston
 Antina Verboom Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow
28 April                                                Lys Hansen Solo, 369 Glasgow Edinburgh
29 April                                                Royal Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
2 May             British Art 86, Kunsdlerhaus, Vienna.
May                British Art 86, Kunsdlerhaus, Vienna. in ARTLINE Vol 3, No 2.
6 May                                    (Feature) Mayfest, George Wyllie, Glasgow Art Centre, Barras at Cyril Gerber, Bet Low; Doug Cocker Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow 


6 May Chinese Painting, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge in TODAY newspaper
8 May       William Maclean, National Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh
11 May        BBC Studio Alistair Moffat, Cyril Gerber. 
13 May (Feature) MAYFEST, Self Portraits, Main Fine Art Glasgow, Peter Howson, Hock-Ann Teh, Phil Braham, Danny Ferguson
Jimmy Cosgrove, Corners Gallery Glasgow
Metro Gallery Glasgow,
Roland Forbes,  Babitty Bowster
14 May                     Frank Stella Tapestries, National Gallery of Modern Art
15 May                     (Feature) Mayfest, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Huntarian Art Gallery Glasgow
19 May                      Spring 86, Fine Art Society Glasgow, Henry Eyemouth, Barbara Rae
20 May                                 Eadie Gulland, David Gulland,  Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
20 May          Frank Stella, Tapestried at GMA, Edinburgh in TODAY paper
21 May           Scottish Contemporary Art, Clare Hall Cambridge, Keith McIntyre, Eddie Summerton, Joyce Cairns
27 May           Spring Fling Sculpture Show, Princes St Gardens Edinburgh, David Mach, Andrew Miller, Doug Cocker
29 May                                 Paisley Art Institute, Paisley Art Gallery, James Orr, Margaret Robertson
29 May                                 Edinburgh Exhibitions, Mhairi Sutherland Solo, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
Torrance Gallery Edinburgh, Baajie Pickard Douglas Davies
Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh,  Louise Annand, Gordon Wyllie
30 May      Scottish Contemporary Art, International Art Fair Olympia London, Glasgow Print Studios, Compass Gallery Glasgow, John Taylor, Elizabeth Blackadder, Ian McCulloch
2 JUNE        Summer exhibition, RA London in TODAY newspaper.
3 June                                   Henri  Matisse, (book illus) Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow
4 June                                   Summer Exhibition, RA Royal Academy London
5 June                                   Liberty, Terror and Virtue, Smith Gallery Stirling
9 June                                   Eye of the Storm, Smith Gallery Stirling, George Wyllie, Peter Howson
10 June           (Feature interview) Rosemary Watt as new director at the Burrell Collection Glasgow
11 June                                 Impressionist Drawings, Burrell Collection Glasgow
17 June                                 Glasgow School of Art Degree Show
18 June         AR A day in the life of a critic.
19 June                                 Gareth Fisher Solo, Fruitmarket Edinburgh
20 June           Letter from Canada, Toronto. AR
23 June                                 Tamarind Lithographs, Glasgow Print Studios
24 June                                 Aleksander Zyw Solo, Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh 
26June                                  Inverclyde Biennial, McLean Art Gallery Greenock, Andrew Brown, George Wyllie
28 june           AR, Ian Huges, G & G, GSA Degree Shows, Edith Simon, Boundary Gallery London
1 July                                     Gilbert and George, Fruitmarket Edinburgh
2 July                                     Brian Ballard Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow
William Baillie Solo, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh

4 July             AR NG Edinburgh, Bruce McLean plates at Scottish Gallery, Tamarind at GPS
7 July                                     New Generation, Compass Gallery Glasgow, Ian Scott, Linda Downie
7 July     Central Region Artists, Smith Art Gallery Stirling, Anne Gordon, Anne Anderson, Anne Mackintosh
7 July                                     Roberto Gonzalez Fernandez Solo, Glasgow Print Studios
14 July  A Monkey Town Besieged by Dogs, Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Hogaarth Rowlandson 
15 July                                  (Feature Interview) Andy Warhol, Anthony d'Offay Gallery London
22 July                                  (Feature) Commonwealth Art, Edinburgh College of Art 
23 July  Mirror and the Lamp, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh, Gerhard Richter, Helen Chadwick
25 July                                  Scottish Art London, National Gallery London, June Redfern, Neil Macpherson
                                                Boundary Gallery London,  Ian Hughes, Gwen Hardie, Jack Knox
29 July                                  Jack Knox, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
29 July                                  L’Amour Fou Surrealism, Hayward Gallery London
July                                        Johnny McGuinness Solo, Dick Institute Kilmarnoch
August                  EDINBURGH FESTIVAL   Artists at Work
1 August    AR  40th Edinburgh Festival, Bellany at GMA.
1 August    AR   Scottish Art Today: Artists at Work 1986 
1 August                                              Impressionism, National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh
4 August                                              (Feature) Eduardo Paolozzi
5 August              Printed Light, Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh, Robert Adamson, D O Hill
8 August              Paving the Way, Edinburgh Festival, Paul Crawforth, Andy Benton, Colin Watt, Paul Roxton
8 August                                              James Tassie Solo, Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh
9 August              (Feature) Scottish Art Today Artists Art Work Edinburgh 12 artists citywide, Festival Guide, Sean Connery + STV.
11 August            The Golden Age Painting Scotland 1707-1843, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh, Henry Raeburn, Alexander Nasmyth
14 August                            John Bellany Solo, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh
18 August                            (Feature) Festival Art on the Fringe, Bruce McLean Plates Solo, Scottish Gallery
Vera Simons, Ariel Crown, National Gallery of Scotland
John Bellany Solo, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh
Ian McCulloch Solo, Richard Demarco Gallery Blackfriars Street
31 August                            (Feature Obituary) Henry Moore
3 September      Three in One, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Tessa Jackson, Sheena Macfarlance, Jane Gallacher, Meg Mitchell
 5 September                     Jan Nimmo Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow
 Art of Etching,   Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Marion McIntosh, DY Cameron, James Strang

10 September        Jack Miller at GPS
September                         (Feature interview) Bridget Riley, MacLaurin Gallery Ayr
11 September                   Art off the Wall, Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Matt Inglis, Lesley Raeside
12September                    Iain Patterson Solo,  Graeme Murray Fine Art Edinburgh
15 September                   (News Feature) David Donaldson paints Mrs Thatcher
16 September                   Three Artists, Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Alison Wilding, Jeffrey Dennis, Alan Green
18 September                   Bill Woodrow Solo, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
23 September   Mackintosh Watercolours, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, Charles Rennie Mackintosh
25 September                   James McDonald Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow
                                                Derek Green Solo, Corners Gallery Glasgow
25September    Young Artists in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Metro Gallery Glasgow, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh,  369 Gallery Edinburgh, Julia Campbell, Claire Harrigan, Lorraine Cotterell, David Bird, David Watt, Robert Maclaurin, Dorothy Black
29 September                   Pete Bevan Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
30 September                   English Etchers 1880-1940, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow
October                                               (Series) That’s My Weakness Now, Bruce McLean 
(Series) That’s My Weakness Now, Steven Campbell
3 October                            Sandy Murphy Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow
Eye of the Storm, Glasgow Art Centre, Pete Seddon, Keith Ross
5 October                            Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art 125th Year, McLellan Galleries
10 October          (Feature) Identity & Desire, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Roberta Graham, Alexis Hunter, Helen Chadwick (featuring Scottish Arts Council Traineeships)
Three Dutch painters, Richard Demarco Gallery, Fred Stiven, John Kirkwood, Stephen Lawson in Holland.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scotland St School
Danish Arts & Crafts, Glasgow School of Art
A Look Back to the Future, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow; % for Art.
17 October                                          William Scott, National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh
Nine Photographers, Glasgow Print Studios,  Thomas Joshua Cooper, Oscar Marzoloi
Calum Colvin Solo, Stills Gallery Edinburgh
24 October                          The Scottish Beastiary, Artspace Aberdeen, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh
James McDonald Solo, Glasgow Print Studios
(including gallery briefings;  Glasgow Style, Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Ronald Rae, Compass Gallery Glasgow,  Colin Lawson, Collective Gallery Edinburgh, James Hawkins, Torrance Gallery Edinburgh Phil Duthie, 369 Gallery Edinburgh
31 October          Friday feature:  Tom McKendrick's Clydebank, Lillie Art Gallery Milngavie
Sholto Johnstone Douglas, Cyril Gerbr Gallery Glasgow
(including gallery briefings; John Bellany, the Gallery Moffat; Royal Glasgow Institute 125th, Mclellan Galleries Glasgow
31 October          (Guardian briefings) Rodin, Hayward Gallery London, The Boyle Family, Hayward Gallery London, Tom McKendrick's Clydebank, Lillie Art Gallery Milngavie, Sholto Johnstone Douglas, Cyril Gerber Gallery Glasgow
4 November                       (Guardian) The Boyle Family, Hayward Gallery London
4 November                       (Herald) The Boyle Family, Hayward Gallery London
5 November                       Rodin, Hayward Gallery London
7 November                       (Guardian) Nicholas Pope Solo, Waddington Gallery London
The Golden Age of Scottish Painting, Tate Gallery London
Paul  Signac Solo, Marlborough Gallery London
Contemporary Art Society Market
Bernard Dunstan Solo, Agnews Gallery London
David Austen Solo, Anthony Reynolds London (including out of town; Liz Rideal, Jacki Parry, Yorkshire Sculpture Park)
7 November                       (Friday Feature) Joyce Cairns Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburgh
Edward Summton Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Elspeth Lamb Solo, Glasgow Print Studios
(Including gallery briefings; Tartan Castle, Assembly Rooms Edinburgh, Picasso Sketchbooks, Royal Academy London)
14 November                    (Guardian) Serpentine Gallery London, Martin Naylor, Roger Palmer
Elizabeth II, National Portrait Gallery
 Treasures at Fyvie, Agnews Gallery London
Stephen McKenna Soo, Totah Gallery London (including out of town)
14 November                    (Feature) Willie Rodger Solo, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Aberdeen Peacock Printmakers, Talbot Rice Edinburgh
Edward Summton Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Liz Rideal Solo, Assembly Rooms Edinburgh
Picasso Sketchbooks, Royal Academy London
21November                     (Feature) Celtic Vision, Glasgow Arts Centre;
From Two Words, Fruitmarket Edinburgh, Whitechapel Gallery London
November                          (Art Review Letter from Scotland) George Wyllie, Scottish Society of Artists
28 November    Feature: Scottish Society of Artist, National Gallery Edinburgh (gallery briefings; Three Artists, Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Helen Flockhart, Anne Elliot, Alison Stirling, Metro gallery Glasgow, The Barry Rooms, National Gallery of Scotland. News: Scottish Art Today won ABSA  Award: Ass for Business Sponsorship, for best single project. London, prented by Prince Michael of Kent.
5 December                       (Feature) Smith Art  Gallery Stirling, Cunningham Graham
Scottish Society of Watercolourists, Royal Scottish Academy (including Mark Jones, Malcolm Appleby)
12 December                     (Guardian) The Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair
Dec                AR   Ken Currie; John Houston of Alex Gibson;
16 December                     Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair and International Contemporary Art Fair London
19 December                     In praise of Youth, Visual Art Studio, Castle Toward, Karen Strang
Dis-Place-Ment, Transmission Gallery Glasgow
Artist in Industry Scheme
Glasgow Print Studios Christmas Exhibitions
Lesley Main Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow
The Barry Rooms, National Gallery London
December                           Clare Henry Art Oscars 1986