January 1985
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
February 1985
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
March 1985
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
April 1985
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 1985
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
June 1985
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
July 1985
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
August 1985
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
September 1985
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
October 1985
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.
November 1985
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
December 1985
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
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