January 1987
January (Art Review) Letter from Los Angeles
1 January (Guardian) Los Angeles Art Boom
9 January (Friday Feature) Harry Callahan Retrospective, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Lesley Main, Main Fine Art Glasgow
January (for London exhibition catalogue) Ian McCulloch
10 January (Sat Weekender Feature) Chatrelherault Restoration, Hamilton
16 January The Unpainted Landscape, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr
Glasgow Print Studios, Elspeth Lamb, Clayton Campbell
17 January (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Sam Ainsley Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
(including Thomas Joshua Cooper, Fabro, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh and new post at Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh)
23 January (Friday Feature) Sam Ainsley Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
Fabro, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
(including Kate Whiteford wins John Moores prize.
25th January John Moores Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool (including opening or Tate North in 1988)
30 January (Fri Feature) Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, RSW, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
Wendy McMurdo, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh
Contemporary Photography from Germany, Stills Gallery Edinburgh
Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, Nicola Henley
Muirhead Bone, Crawford Art Centre St Andrews
Letter from SCotland
February 1987
3 February Norwegian Printmaking 1930-60, Main Fine Art Glasgow
6 February (Feature) Peter Howson, Documenta Kassel
Glasgow Print Studios, Barbara Rae
Contemporary Photography from Germany, Stills Gallery Edinburgh
10 February Ian Hamilton Finlay, Documenta Kassel
13 February (fri Feature) John Taylor Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Ian Hughes Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburgh & Glasgow
Phil Braham at Main F Art;
Glasgow School of Art Environmental Art Department Students
20 February (Feature) Japanese Prints, Collins Gallery Glasgow,
Comic Art, Transmission Gallery Glasgow
2nd Paisley Drawing Biennial
Baajie Pickard Solo, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
24 February (Feature obituary) Andy Warhol
February (Art Review Letter from Scotland)
New Director Richard Calvocoressi at Gallery of Modern Art Scotland; Michael Clarke at the Mound.
Ian Hamilton Finlay, for Documenta Kassel
George Wyllie, TSWA + Kate Whiteford. (includes Richard Demarco auctions, Scottish Society for the History of Photography, Glasgow School of Art students win British Council Scholarships and gallery briefings for Paisley Drawing Biennale, John Taylor, Compass Gallery Glasgow, Comic Art, Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Calum Colvin, Seagate Gallery Dundee)
27 February (Friday Feature) Helen Chadwick Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
Sonia Boyce Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
Pat Semple Solo, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
March 1987
6 March (Fri Feature) Calum Colvin Solo, Seagate Gallery Dundee
Igor Stepancic Solo, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
Metro Gallery Glasgow, Lorraine Cotterell, Christine Ironside
Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh, Dominic Snyder
Gordon Brennan Solo, Collective Gallery Edinburgh
Forrest McKay
Karel Appel, Chessel Collective Edinburgh
13 March (Feature) John Houston Solo, Talbot Rice Edinburgh
Students Exhibition, RSA Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh; GSA photography students
Karel Appel Solo, Moray House Edinburgh
Eastern Approaches, Prescote Gallery Edinburgh, James Coxon, Ann Hartree.
March (Art Review Letter from Scotland)
Gwen Hardie, A.R Penck, Mark Boyle, Kate Thomson, Kenny Maclellan, James Patterson, Jon Schueler, Gorbals Fair Arts Project, Glasgow Print Studios
20 March (Feature) A.R.Penck, Edinburgh College of Art
Gwen Hardie Solo , Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
March In praise of Richard Demarco, 21st Birthday of Demarco Gallery
27 March (Feature) Fred Crayke Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Five Years with the Face , Glasgow Arts Centre
Twenty for Today, Stills Gallery Edinburgh
Kenny Maclellan Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow
Robert Maclaurin
Norman Ackroy, Hughson Gallery Glasgow
Jim Pattison, Glasgow Print Studios
30 March Byzantium to El Greco, Royal Academy London
April 1987
3 April (Feature) Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Ian Howard, Roger Palmer
Metro Gallery Glasgow, Claire Harrigan, Gwyneth Leech
Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh, George Wylie, John Taylor, Judith Gilmour
4 April Stephen Campbell, Marlborough Gallery London
6 April Turner, Tate Gallery London
10 April (Feature) Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Gordon Muir, Malcolm Dickson
The Back Shift, Glasgow Print Studios
Fine Art Society Glasgow, Tom Mackenzie, Christopher Bramham
JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow, Evelyn Kirkham
23 April Fri Feature: Kate Whiteford, Calton Hill TSWA
30 April Bernard Faucon Solo, Stills Gallery Edinburgh
1 May (Fri Feature) MAYFEST 1987, Elizabeth Blackadder, John Houston, Glasgow Print Studios
Northern Renaissance Prints, Huntarian Museum Glasgow
Douglas Thomson Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Royal Scottish Academy 161st Annual Exhibition Edinburgh
Richard Demarco Auction
May 1987
3 May (Feature) Mayfest, WASPS King Street, Elise Allan, Alistar Mage, Alastair Strachan, David Linley, Lesley Raeside, Donald Urquhart
Cats and other Creatures, Main Fine Art Glasgow, Peter Howson, Stuart Duffin
British Painting, Cyril Gerber Fine Art Glasgow; Salvo Scottish Arts Lobby group.
3 May Letter from Scotland re Mayfest art Desire in Ruinsat Transmission; J Kirk at Third Eye; Performance; Metro gallery; Elspeth Lamy & Brian Kelly at Lillie Art Gallery.
7 May (Feature) Mayfest, Margita Titlova Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
Slovenian Art, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
Perspectives Glasgow a New Look, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Andy Goldsworthy, Alan Dimmick
Glasgow Arts Centre, Ron O’Donnell, Calum Colvin
Thomas Joshua Cooper, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Charles Colquhoun, Glasgow School of Art
12 May (Feature) Mayfest, Desire in Ruins, Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Hannah Vowles, Glen Banks, Ed Baxter, Simon Dickenson, Karen Eliot, Andy Hoprona, Stefan Szczekkum
Joanna Kirk Performance, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
Metro Gallery Glasgow, Patrick Dorrian, Joyce Mellish
Lillie Art Gallery Milngavie, Elspeth Lamb, Brian Kelly
22 May (Fri Feature) Conrad Atkinson Solo, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh
Kirstie McGhie, Artist in Industry Kirkintilloch
Irwin from Yugoslavia, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
369 Gallery Edinburgh, David Cook, Elaine Wilson
Women Live, City Art Centre Edinburgh
Royal Glasgow Institute, RGI JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow.
29 May Fri Feature: 99th Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition
Open Eye Gallery Glasgow, Reinhard Behrens, Frank Pottinger
Collective Gallery Edinburgh, Andrew Miller, Silvia von Halem
May (Feature) Art Schools in Crisis
June 1987
June (Feature for Art Line) Edinburgh Festival, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art,
5 June (fri Feature) Glasgow Group 30th Annual Exhibition, McLellan Galleries Glasgow
Norwegian Group, McLellan Galleries Glasgow
Visual Arts Studio Glasgow, Glasgow Arts Centre.
6 June (Feature)Art Schools in Crisis (second draft)
12 June (fri Feature) Balla, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Henri Goetz, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh
Caroline McNairn Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburgh
Kate Whiteford Solo, Graeme Murray Fine Art Edinburgh
June (Feature for Alba Magazine) Documenta 8 Kassel, Ian Hamilton Finlay
June The Vigorous Imagination for Art Line
19 June (Friday Feature) Chris Taylor Solo, Transmission Gallery Glasgow
Five Women Painters, Barclay Lennie Fine Art Glasgow
John Wylie Fine Art
Metro Gallery Glasgow; Blythswood Gallery
Loveliest Night of The Year, Glasgow Print
Glass, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr (including Crawford Adamson Edinburgh; and George Wyllie Straw Locomotive for TWSA)
26 June (Feature) Orkney, St Magnus Festival, Pier Arts Centre, Frances Pelly, Stanley Crustier, St Ives School
30 June (Feature Herald) Documenta 8 Kassel, Ian Hamilton Finlay
July 1987
14 July (Feature Interview) Bruce McLean
17 July (fri Feature) Alfons Bytautas, Glasgow Print Studios
Foulis Prints, Glasgow Style Gallery
Printmaking, Huntarian Gallery Glasgow
Richard Demarco’s Kleenex Sale, Edinburgh
17 July (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Orkney Festival. Artists in Industry; Soulisquoy Printmakers in Kirkwall.
18 July (Feature for World of Interiors) Tricia Guild
24 July (Feature_ Edinburgh FESTIVAL Art
William Carrick, Scottish National Portrait Gallery 369 Gallery
Continuing the Tradition, 369 Gallery new gallery.
31 July (fri Feature) Printmaking in Britain 1918-39 and Mackintosh Galleries, Huntarian Museum Glasgow
31 July (Arts Review Letter from Scotland) New generation artists at Compass gallery; Alfons Bytautas at GPS; Soviet painting, 369 Gallery.
july for october issue World of Interiors: Unpainted Landscape at Arnolfini Gallery Bristol.
July A Gala Celebration: Keith McIntyre.
July Arts Review Edinburgh FESTIVAL supplement: The Vigorous Imagination.
Edinburgh Festival Art, Vigorous Imagination Exhibition, Scottish National Gallery
August 1987
7 August (Feature) Edinburgh Festival Art
Saatchi Collection, RSA Royal Scottish Academy
Nicola Hicks & Alberto Morocco, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
Lesley Main, Malcolm Innes Fine Art Edinburgh
10 Aug Herald Feature, The Vigorous Imagination, Clare Henry as selector.
21 August (Feature) Edinburgh Festival Fringe Art,
Andy Goldsworthy, Prescote Gallery Edinburgh
Made from Girders, Talbot Rice Edinburgh
Jewels of the Ancients, Talbot Rice Edinburgh
Edinburgh College of Art, David Hosie, Matthew Ingles, Graeme McGee
Contempory Soviet Pt, 369 Gallery Edinburgh
28 August (Fri Feature) Ken Currie, Peoples Palace Glasgow
The Blasted Oak, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Whither Scotland’s Culture? Richard Demarco Conference
September 1987
September (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Edinburgh Festival Art with Zara
Ken Currie, Peoples Palace Glasgow
Vigorous Imagination, Scottish National Gallery, 32,000 in first 3 weeks;
Brenda Lenaghan, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
The Blasted Oak, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Whither Scotland’s Culture? Richard Demarco Conference
Mark Francis, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
4 September (Feature) Colin Johnston, Glasgow Print Studios
Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Brenda Lenaghan, Vincent Butler
11 September (Feature) The Early Years, Paisley Art Gallery. David Ellis, Helen Wilson, Christine McArthur
Castle Toward, Bellahouston Palace of Art Glasgow
John Bellany, Compass Gallery Glasgow, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr
18 September (Feature) Ties that Bind, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Beth Fisher, Lys Hansen
Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Georges Rousse, Moira Innes
22 September (Feature) Desmond Morris, Mayor Gallery London
25 September (Art Review Letter from Scotland) John Bellany, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Colin Johnstone, Glasgow Print Studios dangerous building declared unsafe.
The Early Years, Paisley Art Gallery, David Ellis, Helen Wilson, Christine McArthur
Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
25 September (Feature) Smith Biennial Stirling
Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
Master of Persuasion, Collins Gallery Glasgow, John Grierson
October (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Scottish Print Open, Glasgow Print Studios
Ties that Bind, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Beth Fisher, Lys Hansen
Smith Biennial Stirling
Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Georges Rousse
October 1987
October (Feature for World of Interiors) The Unpainted Landscape, Arnolfini Bristol
1 October (Feature) Scottish Print Open, GPS Glasgow Print Studios, on move to King St. Bill Packer as judge- “GPS must be given credit for bringing about this enviable state of extraordinary vigour and variety of work being done in Scotland in all disciplines of printmaking. It takes more that a handful of brave young lions to fill a jungle .. ”
Peter Howson; Alasdair Taylor, The 90s Gallery Otago St Glasgow
9 October (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Scottish Print Open, Glasgow Print Studios, Peter Howson Ties that Bind, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Beth Fisher, Lys Hansen
Smith Biennial Stirling
9 Oct (Herald Feature) 126th Royal Institute of Fine Art Glasgow, Glasgow McLellan Galleries, George Donald, Paul Cosgrove, the Athertons.
Metro Gallery Glasgow, Simon Laurie, Vicky Cassidy, Mark Greer
9 October (Art Review) Desmond Morris, Mayor Gallery London
16 October (Feature) Joseph Urie, Glasgow Arts Centre
Beth Fisher, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
19 October Hogarth and British Painting 1700-1760, Tate Gallery London
23 October Friday feature: Enzo Cucchi, Fruitmarket Gallery, Joseph Beuys. Richard Demarco
Phillip Reeves, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh
Robert Doisneau, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Forrest MaKay Gallery Edinburgh
Graeme Mundy Fine Art Glasgow, DY Cameron
Kingfisher Gallery Edinburgh, Robert Night
27 October (Feature) Ian Hamilton Finlay in Paris, Cartier Foundation
October Arts Review Letter from France: Ian Hamilton Finlay at Fondation Cartier, Paris; Octobre des Arts and Elac, in Lyon.
November 1987
19 November Beatrix Potter, Tate Gallery London
23 November Glasgow Girls, Boundary Gallery London, Rosie Beaton, Alison Harper, Mary Maclean, Lucy Ross
27 November (Feature) Manzu, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
David Mach, Nicola Jacobs London
Fay Godwin, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Glasgow Society of Women Artists, N S Macfarlane Gallery Glasgow
November (Art Review Letter from Scotland)
Manzu, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
David Mach, Nicola Jacobs London
Ken Currie, Hayward Gallery London
Glasgow Girls, Boundary Gallery London
Ken Currie, Keith Macintyre, Ingrid Raab London
New Generation, Mercury Gallery London
The Vigorous Line, Clare Henry, Tuberville Smith London
Fay Godwin, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Glasgow Society of Women Artists, N S Macfarlane Gallery Glasgow
December (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Princes Square Glasgow opening
Contemporary Romanian Art, McLellan Galleries Glasgow
Edinburgh International, Royal Scottish Academy
Richard Demarco Auction, at GSA.
Maureen Binnie, Fine Art Society Glasgow
Glasgow Arts Centre, Jayne Taylor, John Main, Tommy Lydon
Compass Gallery Xmas exh, Glasgow
Photographic Postcard 1900-1920, Hughson Gallery
Stirling Smith Gallery, Silvia Ziranek, Mike Westbrook, Kate Westbrook
Mark Boyle, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
December 1987
December (Art Review Letter from India) Henry Moore in India
4 December (Feature) Maureen Binnie, McIntosh Patrick, Fine Art Society Glasgow,
Observation Tree, Jayne Taylor, Tommy Lydon Glasgow Art Centre
Compass Gallery 20th Xmas show, Glasgow
Philip Reeves & Roger Miller, Hughson Gallery Glasgow
Tom Mackenzie, 90s Gallery Glasgow
10 December (Feature) Linda Taylor Solo, Graeme Murray Gallery Edinburgh
Alan Johnston, Thomas Struth, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
Mary Bourne, Ware on Earth Gallery Edinburgh
Angela Weyersberg, Rudolf Calonder, Yvonne Hawker, Mark Boyle, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
Contemporary Romanian Art, McLellan Galleries Glasgow
18 December (Feature) Jiri David, Stephan Huber, Third Eye Centre
European Art, Royal Museum of Scotland
Lesley Main Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow
WC Crawford, Forrest McKay Gallery Edinburgh
21 December Herald feature: Einburgh International, RSA Edinburgh; Sol Lewitt, Graeme Murray Gallery, Edinbro; Scottish Arts Council funding.
Dec Nathalie Hambro: profile, Worlds of Interiors, London.
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