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