KEN CURRIE, 1987 People Palace

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

Scottish Art Archive 1985

1985   Clare Henry archive/Herald list 

  

3 January               Perspective piece:Tapestry Pepsi Cola Commission, Frank Stella, Dovecot Tapestry Studios Edinburgh, 180,000 

4 January                              Annie Leibovitz, Stills Gallery Edinburgh

Harvey’s Wine Collection, Kelvingrove Gallery Glasgow, Peter Blake, Graham Arnold, Howard Hodgkin, David Inshaw (including gallery briefings; Scottish Society of Artists, Collins Gallery Glasgow)

8 January                              Josef Herman Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow

11               Third Eye .TVSW + Kosovo prints from Yugolslavia at GPS ; Strathclyde Uni lounge Alma Wolfson & Ann Mendelow 

15                  Tues arts page Steven Campbell 

18 January            Friday    Frank Brangwyn Solo, Fine Art Society Glasgow; International Art Fair London Olympia

19                     Weekender, front page, British Art Show in RSA 

23 January                            Marc Chagall, Royal Academy RA London 

25 January                            Charles Rennie Mackintosh Dorset Sketches, Huntarian Museum Glasgow

Anthony Davies, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh (including gallery briefings; Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr, alan charlton at Grahame Murray; Fine Art Edinburgh, South London Art Gallery, Alan Charlton, Yoko Terauchi 

1 February                           Portraits on Paper, Lillie Art Gallery Milngavie

Main Fine Art Glasgow, John Clark, David McLaren. (including gallery briefings; Glasgow Arts Centre; Crawford Centre St Andrews

4 feb  barclay Lennie fine art 

5 February                            (Feature) Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Hayward Gallery London

6 February                            Pete Huby Solo, Glasgow Print Studio

8 February             Fri art column: The People Pictures, Traverse Gallery Edinburgh (including Scottish Art Council Art Bus and The Jean Watson)

12 February                          Paisley Scottish Drawing Competition

14 February          Ian Fleming Solo,  Barclay Lennie Fine Art Glasgow (including gallery briefing; Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh,  James Castle)

15 February                          Design Work 85, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow; GSA; James Castle at Open Eye

18 February                          James Hugonin Solo, Graeme Murray Gallery Edinburgh, Sarah Bray

19 February                          (Feature) Crawford Gallery, St Andrews Festival, Sir David Wilkie Bicentenary Exhibition

20 February                          Reinhard Behrens Solo, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop

21 February                          Utopia Architecture Exhibition, Third Eye Centre Glasgow

22 February                          John Taylor Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow

25 February                          John Mooney Solo, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh

 Henry Nanny ?Mulder Solo, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh

27 February                          New Print Studio Drawings, Glasgow Arts Centre, Brian McGeoch 

1 March                 Beyond the Repeatable Image Canadian Printmakers, Glasgow School of Art, JC Heywood, Otis Tamasuskas

5 March                                 Douglas Thomson Solo, Glasgow Print Studios 

7 March                                 Peter Howson Solo, Crawford Arts Centre St Andrews

8 March                                 Artists Abroad, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow, David Roberts, Daniel Alexander

12 March    Per Kirkeby, Fruitmarket. 

13 March                              Jacki Parry Solo, Lillie Art Gallery Milngavie

14 March                              Magee & Keppie, Saltire House Edinburgh, (369) Graeme Magee, James Keppie

15 March                              Rijeka Drawing Biennale, City Art Centre Edinburgh

19 March                              Joan Eardley Solo, Gerber Fine Art Glasgow

20 March                              Lucinda MacKay, Jonathan Gibbs, Scottish Gallery Edinbro. 

21 March                              Alfred Wallis Solo, Mercury  Gallery Edinburgh; Isabel Beresford Solo, JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow

Student Exhibition, Inn on the Green ??? Edinburgh                                  

22 March                              Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Northampton, Huntarian Museum Glasgow

25 March                              Shorelines, Fairmaids House Perth, Gary Anderson, Duncan Macleod

26 March                              Keith McIntyre Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow; Graeme Swanson Solo, Traverse Theatre Glasgow

29 March                              Marysia Donaldson, The Macaulay Gallery Stenton

1 April                                    Royal Scottish Academy RSA Students Exhibition, Edinburgh, Andrew Miller, Laura Duffy

2 April                    June Redfern Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow; Bruce McLean, John Moores winner &  at D'offay          

5 April                    Michael McVeigh Solo, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh (including Colin Baxter Solo, Peter Potter Gallery Haddington

8 April                    Sir Robin Philipson Solo, Browse & Derby London

9th         One Mans Choice, Gallery Modern Art,  

11 April                  Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Corners Gallery Glasgow, Shore Gallery Leith, JD Gallery Glasgow, Fairmaids House Perth, John Boyd, Sandie Gardner, Melissa Sarat, Paola Mclure, Ken Southall, John G Boyd

12 April                  Southampton Art Gallery Collection, Collins Gallery Glasgow

                                Andrea Mantegna, Scottish National Galleries

                (Feature) Scottish Arts Council Collection for sale

15 April                  Willi Gilli, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr; Mark Grady Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow

16 April  Book Table Project, Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh 

17 Glenn scouller, fine art society; fair maids house, perth; spring crafts, paisley . 

18th Tate in the North Plans Launch, Albert Docks Liverpool, James Stirling, Michael

19 april Munch at City Art Centre Ed. 

23        GSA sculpture competition  

24 April  (Feature) Bruce McLean, Anthony D’Offay Gallery London; FAS North East Trad ; Nain F A Antina Verboom

26 April  James Gibson Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow; Francis Convery Solo, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh

29 April                  Art of Africa, City Art Centre Edinburgh

30 April                  (Feature) Scottish Arts  Council department closures

MAY 

2 May    Thomas Joshua Cooper Solo, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh, Graeme Murray Fine Art Edinburgh 

3 May    Friendship Paintings, Goethe Institute Glasgow, George Wyllie, Jens Jensen (including William Baillie Solo, Gallery 10 London, Graham Duward, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh, Adrian Wiszniewski, Paton Gallery London

7 May    (Feature) Mayfest Art Glasgow 1985 Part One, 17 exhibitions. 

10 May  (Feature) Mayfest Art Glasgow 1985 Part Two. 

17 May                  Ian Hughes Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburgh (including biography and list of works)

17th                        Damian Henry review of ‘Chrysalis’ performance at Mayfest 1985

20 May                  Demarco on Wheels, train, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh, George Donald, Stephen Lawson, Edward Gage, Jonathan Brown (including Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, Barbara Balmer)

22 May                  The Pastoral Tradition in East Lothian, Bourne Fine Art Edinburgh

24 May                  John Walker Solo, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh

27 May                  4 women, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Marion McIntosh, Cynthis Wall, Brenda Lenaghan, Deborah Fladgate; Glasgow School of Art, Douglas Kemp, Geoff Brunell; Sculptors Drawings, Maclurian Art Gallery Ayr, William Crosbie, Ben Nicholson 

28  May            (Feature) Chicago Art Fair, Chicago USA.  

29 May                  Paisley Art Institute, Paisley Art Gallery 

3 June                    RA Summer Show, RA Royal Academy London 

4 June                    City Art Centre Edinburgh, Tom McKendrick, Patrick Dorrian (including George Wyllie, Peoples Palace Glasgow)

6 June                    Vera Simons Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow; John Houston Solo, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh

7 June    Roberto Gonzalez Fernandez Solo, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh

10 June                  Scottish Contemporary Art, Cambridge Clare Hall, Somon North, David Cook, Ken Curry, Edward Summerton, Martin Rayner

11 June  Visual Facts, Third Eye Centre Glasgow, London Canada House Gallery,  Barbara Astman, Anne Ramsden, Paul Wong, Vera Frenkel, Mike Tooby

13 June   Glasgow Group, McLellan Galleries Glasgow, Elspeth Lamb, Philip Reeves, 

14 June                  Ian Howard Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow; Robert Paul Solo, Corners Gallery Glasgow

                     18 June             (Feature) Glasgow School of Art, Students seek Farther Horizons .

18 June  Glasgow Girls, at Main Fine Art Glasgow, Sandra Ewing, Christine McArthur; at Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Clare Gordon, Elaine Dick, Ann Beaty

19 June                  George Donald Solo, Glasgow Print Studios

Physical Features, New Print Studio Glasgow, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow, Brian McGeogh 

21 June                  John Gardiner Crawford Solo, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh (including Russell Colombo, Talbot Rice Edinburgh)

24 June  West Coast Artists, Hanover Gallery Edinburgh; William Turnbull, Willie Rodger, William Birdie, Norman Edgar

25 June                  Moira Innes Solo, Collective Gallery Edinburgh (cut)

28 June                  Hamish Fulton Solo, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh (including Barbican London, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Photographers Gallery London, Pradip Malde, Don McAllester

2 July                     (Feature) S J Peploe, Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh

12 July   Directions, Paisley Art Gallery, Barbara Rae, Janet Marshall, Sheena McGregor (including gallery brochure)

15 July                   Mick Rooney Solo, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh; Double Elephant, Barbican Gallery London

23 July                   Landscape into Line, Huntarian Museum Glasgow

                                Summer Exhibition, Corners Gallery Glasgow. Helen Flockhart, Ronnie Nixon, Brian Cairns

26 July                   George Wyllie, Peoples Palace Glasgow

30 July                   FESTIVAL Tribute to Wilkie, National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh, Wilkie Collins 

                                Cornice Hat, Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Alistair Dickson, Tommy Lydon

1 August                 Contemporary Scottish Landscape, City Art Centre Edinburgh, Fraser MacEwan, Allan White

Samuel People, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, 369 

2 August                                Pandora’s Box, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh, Peggie Radford

5 August                 Alan Davie Solo, George Herriot School Edinburgh

Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Eric Huntley, Tony Jolly

6 Aug   Glasgow exhibition,  GPS, glasgow 

9 August                                Maclaurin Gallery Ayr, Ayr Sketch Club, Alison Cairns, Elaine Wilson

10 August                              (FESTIVAL Feature) Joseph Crawhall, Fine Art Society Edinburgh

 American Watercolours from the Carnegie Institute, City Arts Centre Edinburgh

14 August              New Image Glasgow, Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Steven Campbell, Ken Currie, Peter Howson, Mario Rossi, Stephen Barclay

17 August              Scaffolding in the Sky, Huntarian Art Gallery Glasgow, Muirihead Bone

                                EDINBRO FESTIVAL Henri Matisse Solo, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh

Edinburgh and Dublin, Edinburgh College of Art           

20 August              ED FESTIVAL Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh, Komar & Melamid

Andre Derain, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh

23 August              (Festival Feature) Cramond Sculpture Park Edinburgh, Fiona Dean, Fred Bushe, Keith Rand, James King

Edinburgh Book Festival, Stephen Collingbourne, moira innes, frances pelly, Spiegeltent; 

Jazz Queens Hall, Dominic Snyder 

Foksal Artists at Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh, Tomasz Tatakczyk, Beck Balken

                                new 369 Gallery Edinburgh, June Redfern, Christie Cameron

27 August (Feature) Summer Exhibition, Serpentine Gallery, Clare Henry, Art critic turns Judge,, London. 

29 SMC News item 

7 September                         (Feature) Yuan Zhong Yi Chinese Terracotta’s at Edinburgh City Art Centre 

9 September                         Bet Low Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow & Jake harvey's  Hugh McDiarmid Memorial,. 

10 September                       JD Fergusson, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow

11 September                       Pencils of Light, Collins Gallery Glasgow, John Hannavy

12 September                       Kate Downie Solo, Back Room Gallery Edinburgh; George Donald Solo, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh

13 September                       Stirling Smith Biennale at Third Eye. 

16 September               The Cloth, Compass Gallery Glasgow (for Visual Aid/Band Aid.)

17 September             Marcus Rees Roberts Solo, Glasgow Print Studios (including, Michael Jeffries, Collective Gallery Edinburgh)

18 September       Richard Hogan, 369 Gallery Edinburgh, Traquair House Peeblesshire, The Earl Haid, Caroline McNairn, Shelia Mullen

19 September       New Generation, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh, Martha Macdonald, Alice Carter, Siobhan McMalosh

20 September                Sylvia von Hartmann, Gladstone’s Land Gallery Edinburgh National Trust for Scotland

23 September                       Sculptors Drawings, Main Fine Art Glasgow, Bill Brotherstone, Jake Harvey

24 September                 Artists Offshore, Fine Art Society Glasgow, Keith Fraser, Dominic Smydes, Sue Jane Taylor

26 September                       Mable Royds Solo, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh

30 September                       Gary Anderson, Corners Gallery Glasgow; William Crozier, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh

1 October                              (Feature) Hungarian Arts in Glasgow, Third Eye Centre Glasgow, ? Chris Carrell

3 October                              Gwen John Solo, Fine Art Society Edinburgh 

4 October                              Ralph Rumney Solo, Transmission Gallery Glasgow

7 October                              Five Hungarian FESTIVAL Artists, Glasgow Arts Centre

8 October                  Hungarian FESTIVAL Hungarian Artists, Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Geza Samu, Imre Bukta, Sandor Pinczehelyi,  Erzsebet Schaar

9 October                                  Adrian Wiesnieski Solo, Nicola Jacobs Gallery London

10 October                            Bella Uitz, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow 

11 October                            Ilka Gedo, Compass Gallery Glasgow

14 October                            Five Hungarian Artists, Glasgow School of Art, El Kazovszkij

15 October                            Glasgow Boys, Fine Art Society Glasgow, EA Walton

17 October                            Royal Glasgow Institute RGI Annual Exhibition, McLellan Galleries

18 October             Glasgow Print Studios, Janos Szirtes, Ihona Keseru, Istram Haraszty (this article was held)

22 October            Scottish Society of Artists ,SSA at RSA Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, Reinhard Dehrens, Helga Chart, James Macdonald

23 October                            Graham Durward Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburg

 25 October           Janos Koss Solo, Collins Gallery Glasgow (including other Hungarian exhibitions at Glasgow Print Studios, People Palace Glasgow)

28               christopher leBrun. 

1 November                          Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, Donald Shannon, John Bellany, Cath Cardinal 

Janet Patterson Solo, Morley College Gallery Edinburgh

                                                Alberto Morocco Solo, Thackery Gallery London 

4 November                          Glasgow Budapest 1902, Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow

5 November                          Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Peter Bourne, Mike O’Donnell, Liz O’Donnell 

Elizabeth Adamson Solo, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh

6 November                          From McTaggart to Eardley, Huntarian Gallery Glasgow, Joan Eardley

7 November                          Modern Primitives, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh, Jerzy Marek

8 November                          Andrew Walker Solo, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh

                                                Unique and Original, Glasgow Print Studios

13 November                       (News Feature) Turner Prize won by Howard Hodgkin 

14 November                       Alexander Goudie, French Institute Edinburgh

George Devlin Solo, Corners Gallery Glasgow

15 November                       Peter Standen Solo, Traverse Gallery Edinburgh

 Friends Exhibition, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh

Hoch-Aun Teh Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburgh

18 November                       Homage to Barcelona, Hayward Gallery London 

19 November                       Phil Braham Solo, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, Tom Mckenzie

20 November                       Patrick Heron Solo, Caledonia Club Edinburgh (Westbrooks)

22 November                       Metro Gallery Glasgow, Liz Rodgers; John Taylor Solo, Babity Bowster Glasgow

23 November                       Group 81, Hanover Gallery Edinburgh

26 November                       Joseph Farquharson Solo, Fine Art Society Edinburgh

27 November       Five Scottish Artists, Leinster Fine Art London, Jake Harvey, Elizabeth Blackadder, John Bellany William Maclean, Barbara Rae

3 December                          James Fullerton Solo, JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow; Lesley Main Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow

4 December                          Glasgow Society of Women Artists; Lillie Gallery Milngavie

6 December                          City Art Centre Edinburgh, Derek Roberts, Annette Chevallier

9 dec                Smith Biennale at Third Eye 

10 December                        (Feature) June Redfern Solo, National Gallery Edinburgh

                                                Glasgow School of Art MA Degree Show

12 December                        Benson & Hedges Exhibition, Collins Gallery Glasgow, not used, late. 

13 December                        John McLean Solo, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh

16 dec       Alex Gibson portrait by John Houston at SNPG. Ed; Nurenberg artists, Hillhead gal. 

17 December                        Ten Glasgow Artists, Glasgow Arts Centre

18 December                        Matthew Inglis, Collective Gallery Edinburgh ; Ruth Franklin, City Art Centre Edinburgh

19  December       Calton Gallery Edinburgh, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Barclay Lennie Fine Art Glasgow. 3 Xmas shows. 

23 December                        Animals, Burrell Collection Glasgow

24 December         Members Show, Glasgow Print Studios (including Gwyneth Leech, Traverse Gallery Edinburgh) traverse, demarco. 

30 December        After images, City Arts Centre Edinburgh, David Duke Brian Gibb         

31 December                        Richard Tuttle Solo, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh, E A Taylor, at Bourne Fine Art

                Review of the Year 1985