January 1980
18th – A year of Art: 1979
25th – Kate Whiteford, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
February 1980
15th – Anthony Caro, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
22nd – Graven Images
March 1980
14th – What a Waste: review of “Britain and Siberia: 400 years of Links,” St Enoch Exhibition Centre, Glasgow
21st – 3 Shows: Ronald Rae, Compass Gallery, Glasgow: Rustic Image, the Fine Art Society: The French Collection, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
April 1980
4th – Erwin Piscator and Ian McKeever, the Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
18th – Modern British Abstracts, St Enoch Exhibition Centre, Glasgow
May 1980
2nd – West of West: Ancient Monuments in Ireland, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow: Ian Hamilton Finlay: Nature Over Again After Poussin, Collins Exhibition Hall, Glasgow
9th – Sir William Russell Flint, watercolours, the Fine Art Society, Glasgow, and Talbert McLean, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
23rd – Screen Printing: an Exhibition of Screen Prints and How they are Made, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
June 1980
6th – Whistler, the Hunterian, Glasgow
13th – June Rush
23rd – The Loveliest Night of the Year, People’s Palace, Glasgow
27th – The Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow: opening
July 1980
18th – Artist and Teacher, the Fine Art Society, Glasgow
27th – Hunterian Art Gallery opening, piece in West End News
10th – Watermarks, Eliz Ogilvie & Robert Callender. Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
17th – Glasgow School of Art students, St. Enoch Centre, Glasgow
31st – Albert Dubout, Pompidou Centre, Paris
August 1980
2nd – Monet acquired by National Gallery, Edinburgh from Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
7th – 3 artists, Henderson Gallery, Edinburgh
8th – Rogier Van der Weyden, Beaume, France, West End News.
13th – Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Royal Academy of Arts, London etc 15th – Masks, Paisley
16th – Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
16th – Eye to Eye, Edinburgh Festival, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
18th – Dovecote Studios, Edinburgh
23rd – Philip Reeves, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh
23rd – Festival Fringe Gallery round up, includes Glasgow Print Studio/Charles Rennie MacIntosh & Fine Art Society, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh
30th – New New Mexico, Fruitmarket, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh (400)
30th – Jack Bush, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh (400)
September 1980
2nd – Patterns, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow (300)
6th – Daguerreotypes, Festival art (400)
6th – Joseph Beuys, Festival art (700)
9th – Neil Lamont, Hillhead Underground, Glasgow (300) 13th – Monet, Giverny, Weekender (800)
15th – Thwaites & Merchant, Compass Gallery, Glasgow (300) 16th – Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews (500)
17th – Norman Ackroyd, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, (350) 18th – Ivan Polley, Edinburgh (300)
18th – Whistlers at Glasgow University saved
22nd – Glasgow League, Hillhead Underground, Glasgow (200)
22nd – J.D. Kelly Gallery, Glasgow (300)
24th – Lillie Art Gallery, Glasgow (300)
25th – Art of the Mende, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow (400) 25th – New City Art Gallery, Edinburgh (350)
27th – Glasgow Institute, Weekender (600)
October 1980
1st – John Mooney, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (350)
3rd – Bob Stewart, Edinburgh, Weekender (700)
4th – Whistler paintings saved, Hunterian, Glasgow, Weekender (120)
7th – Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Glasgow (300)
7th – Donald Bain, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow (350)
9th – Sisley painting, Hunterian, Glasgow
8th – André Kertész Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh (300)
10th – Philip Reeves, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow (300)
10th – Danish exhibition, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (250)
10th – Louise Annand, Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh (300) (14 Oct) 11th
15th Anne Grebby, Compass Gallery, Glasgow (350)
15th – Duggie Fields, 57 Gallery, Edinburgh (350)
16th – Walker Evans, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow (300)
17th – Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. (300)
18th – Robert Stewart, Glasgow School of Art profile, Glasgow
21st – Smith & Schilsky, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (280)
22nd – Sean Hudson, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
22nd – Festival Photos, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh (275)
23rd – Barbara Davidson, the Henderson Gallery, Edinburgh (300)
27th – Phillip Meninsky, Lillie Art Gallery, Glasgow (300)
28th – Finnish Glass, St Enoch, Glasgow (300)
29th – 3 artists, Greenock Art Gallery, Greenock (300)
30th – Hillhead Underground Gallery, Glasgow (300)
31st – Wendy Wood, Edinburgh (300) (5 Nov)
J.D. Kelly Gallery, Glasgow (300) Iona pictures, Fine Art Society, London (300)
November 1980
3rd – Chinese artists, Kelvin Gallery, Glasgow (300)
4th – 4 artists, Lintithgow (300)
6th – Philips, Wilkie, Edinburgh (300)
8th – Australian Prints, Fruitmarket, Edinburgh (300)
10th – 3 artists, the Henderson Gallery, Edinburgh (250)
11th – Lothian Prints, City Art Centre, Edinburgh (300)
12th John Bellany & John Taylor, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow (300)
16th Hillhead Underground, Glasgow
17th Joel Fisher, New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh (350)
17th Papermaking Conference & Contemporary Paper, Edinburgh (350)
18th Patrick Dorrian & Tom McKendrick, Collins Gallery, Glasgow
19th Photographs, Compass Gallery, Glasgow (200)
21th Mackintosh contribution to Focus, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow,
24th Bill Wright, Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling (200)
25th Scottish Amicable, Glasgow
25th David Creegan sculpture, Theatre Royal (200) (25 Nov)
25th Barlinnie Exhibition, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow (350)
27th Sir W Gillies, McRobert Centre, Stirling (300)
28th Scottish Society of Women Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
December 1980
2 Brian Hall, Edinburgh Commonwealth Institute, Edinburgh (200) (2 Dec)
2nd – 8 artist, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow (350)
4th – John McInnes & Bill Wright, Lillie Art Gallery, Glasgow (200)
5th – Christmas Show, Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh (300) ? 8 Dec
8th- Christmas Show, Compass Gallery, Glasgow (300)
9th – Embroidery Exhibition, St. Enoch’s, Glasgow (300)
10th – Jimmy Cosgrove, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow (300)
15th – Glasgow School of Art postgraduate show, Glasgow (300)
16th – Glasgow Group at the Kelly Gallery, Glasgow (250)
17th – Nanny Mulder mezzotints, Edinburgh (300)
18th Student Show, New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh (250)
20th – Fine Arts Society Sitting Exhibition, London
21st – Faed new acquisition, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
22nd – Richmond-Traill, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow (350)
23rd – SAC Christmas Show, FruitMarket Gallery, Edinburgh (280)
27th – A Year of Art 1980, Weekender (500)
30th – Swedish Design, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow (250)
30th -Scottish Colourists, GMA in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh (300)
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