4 January Weekender Art Guide) Under the Influence, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Archibald Knox, Huntarian Gallery Glasgow
6 January George Devlin, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
11 January Weekender Art Guide) Woven Image, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Calanais, Maclaurin Art Gallery Ayr, Sunil Gupta, Portfolio Gallery Edinburgh, Looking at Wonderland, Scotland Street School Glasgow.
12 January (for Galleries Magazine) Sir William Burrell’s will, Glasgow City Council
12 January (for International homes Magazines) Drew Plunkett flat
16 January Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colour Annual, + Clare Henry choice for 3 walls, Edinburgh
18 January Weekender Art Guide) Art Now, Gracefield Arts Centre Dumfries, Julie Roberts, Talbot Rice Edinburgh, Shroud, Collins Gallery Glasgow
18 January Book review, Wood by Andy Goldsworthy
January (for Chelsea Arts Club magazine) The First Time, Robert Alexander
22 January Boor review, Sporting Relations by Roger McGough
23 January George Braque, Royal Academy London
25 January Weekender Art Guide) Ower Yer Heids, Gray’s School of Art Aberdeen, Hockney, East Kilbride Art Centre, Running Time, Collective Gallery Edinburgh, In Close, Java Comics Glasgow
January (for AN Newsletter) Animal The Lost Ark; CCA Glasgow, Francis McKee.
30 January Animal The Lost Ark, CCA Glasgow, Francis McKee, charles esche.
1 February Weekender Art Guide) Beauty and The Banknote, Aberdeen, Stephen Mangan, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
8 feb hit list
13 February Burrell Collection Row Glasgow City Council
15 February Art Fair 97, Islington London; Transmission
15 January Weekender Art Guide) Needle’s Excellence, James Dun House Aberdeen, Alan Davie, Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh, Lovers Lane, Nancy Smillie Gallery Glasgow
16 February (for catalogue) Robert Saunders
16 February Book review, Inventing the Modern Artist, by Sarah Burns
19 ? February Julie Roberts profile
20 February Alan Davie profile
20 February Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Metropolitan Museum New York
24 February (for catalogue) Philip Hughes, Francis Kyle Gallery
22 February Weekender Art Guide) Music 199, City Art Centre Edinburgh, Glasgow Boys and Girls, Mundy Fine Art Glasgow, Joy Joy, Transmission Gallery Glasgow
25 Feb. Glasgow Museums: Burrell & cuts, Spalding etc.
27 February Exhs: Norway, Art & Architecture
1 march art hits
2 March Book review, Impressionist Women by Edward Lucie Smith
3 March Kelvingrove redevelopment, Julian Spalding
3 AN Newsletter: The Last Ark at CCA.
8 March Book review, Mackintosh Style by Elizabeth Wilhide
8 March Weekender Art Guide) Silver, Aberdeen Art Gallery, David Nash, Fruitmarket Edinburgh, Scape, Art Exposure Glasgow
11 March Arran Ross, Fergusson Award Winner Perth
13 March Scots in London, William Gear, Helen Flockhart, Steven Campbell, Alison Harper
15 Weekender: hits
20 March Monet, National Gallery London
22 March for Financial Times) Glasgow A City of Culture with Problems
23 March Weekender Art Guide) Helen Denerly, Rubislaw House Aberdeen, Glen Schouller, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Propositions, Glasgow School of Art
24 March Proposition, Glasgow School of Art; Hannah Collins, CCA Glasgow; Irwin, Tramway Glasgow
2 April (for Art Newspaper) Glasgow Museums row and funding
3 April Van Gogh, Magritte, Palazzo Grassi Venice
3 HITS.
4 April (for catalogue) Marj Bond, Thackary Gallery London
5 April Weekender Art Guide) Birds Beast and Fruits, Green Gallery Aberfoyle, Claes Oldenburg, Maclurin Gallery Ayr, Equation, Demarco Foundation Edinburgh
7 April Book review, Gauguin’s Skirt by Stephen F Eisenman
10 April George Grosz, Royal Academy London; Irwin, Tramway Glasgow, Bill McArthur, King Street Glasgow
12 April Book review, Gaudier-Brzeska by Evelyn Silber and David Fin;
12 April Weekender Art Guide) Primavera, Courtyard Gallery Crail, About Vision, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh, Steven Campbell, Hardie Gallery Glasgow
17 April Lord Provost’s Prize Glasgow: winner Lesley Banks
19 Weekender: hits
21 April Book review, Francis Bacon by Chrisophe Domino
April Picture of the week, SERIES; Lady Taking Tea, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow
24 April RSA annual, Edinburgh
26 April Weekender Art Guide) RSA annual, Edinburgh, Kirsty Wither, Gatehouse Gallery Glasgow, Nicolas Floch, Transmission Gallery Glasgow
1 May Rolling Devolution, Crawford Centre St Andrews
3 May Weekender Art Guide) Palette of colours, Strathearn Gallery Crieff, Mayfest, Gallowgate Studios, Margot Sandeman, The Loft Glasgow, Calum Colvin, St John’s Hospital Livingston
3 letter re complaints re my review of a book on Peter Howson
8 May A Patch of their Own, Compass Gallery Glasgow; East Campbell Street, G.
8 May (for catalogue) Contemporary Scottish Art, Albermarle Gallery London
10 May (Picture of the Week) Portrait of Durany, Degas, The Burrell Collection Glasgow
10 May Weekender Art Guide) Pam Carter, Galelry Heinzel Aberdeen, Mhairi McGregor, Green Gallery Aberfoyle, Roman Singer, CCA Glasgow
12 May (for catalogue) Sunil Gawde, Glasgow School of Art, + ARKS Gallery London
15 May MAYFEST, Ursula Keller, Jerome Gallery G; Venue Flower Basket, Rosie Beaton, Fiona Robertson, Jess Quinn; Margot Sandeman, the Loft, G; Wasps G.
17 May Weekender Art Guide) Tom McKendrick, McMaster Gallery Dundee, Dorothy Stirling, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
17 May Bruce McLean profile
17 May (Picture of the Week) Tay Bridge by James McIntosh Patrick, Dundee
17 May Book review, Hornel, The Life and Work, by Bill Smith
22 May Birth of Impressionism, Mclellan Galleries Glasgow
24 May Weekender Art Guide) Margaret MacDonald, Aledessan Gallery Campsie Glen, Sophie Macpherson, Glasgow Independent Studios
24 May Picture of the week) Holy Family by Raphael, Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh
25 May Summer Shows preview, Indian art, Glasgow School of Art, Europe in India, The Burrell Glasgow; CCA Glasgow, Tramway Glasgow, Claire Barclay, Tim Mara, GPS.
26 Hits
29 May David Hockney, Annely Juda London; Bowie London; Dawson Murray, Nancy Smillie Glasgow; Sandy Gardner, Scottish Galleries Edinburgh, From Bohemia to Brit Pop, Matt Collings
30 May for Interiors Home Magazine) Perthshire Minimalist cottage, Gerry Cruickshank
31 May Weekender Art Guide) Richard Demarco, ZYW Gallery Edinburgh, Manga Girls, Fringe Gallery Glasgow
31 May Picture of the week) Pope I, Study after Velazquez by Francis Bacon, Aberdeen Art Gallery
31 May Weekender Art Guide) Ayrshire and Beyond, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr, Sylvia Allen, Torrance Gallery Edinburgh
31 may Turner in the north, book review.
3 June Book Review, Picasso Early Years 1892-1906 by Marilyn McCully
5 June Mark Sadler, Elin Jakobsdottir, Fiction Gallery Glasgow, Yield, Perth Art Gallery
6 June Weekender Art Guide) Face of Denmark, National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh, Railings Art, Botanic Gardens Glasgow, Wiles and Crotty, Transmission Gallery Glasgow
7 June (picture of the week) Blue and White Teapot by Peploe, Kirkcaldy Art Gallery
10 June Mark Gilbert, winner of Salvesen award
12 June Bill Viola, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
14 June Book review, Contemporary Botanical Artists by Shirley Sherwood
14 June Weekender Art Guide) Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show, Trio, Gatehouse Gallery Glasgow
14 June (picture of the week) Mrs Graham by Gainsborough, Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh
18 June Christine Borland nominated for Tate Turner Prize
19 June Venice Biennale, Rachael Whiteread
19 June Glasgow School of Art Degree show
21 June (picture of the week) Blue Pool by Augustus John, Aberdeen Art Gallery
21 hits
25 June Tim Mara, Glasgow Print Studios
26 June Dave Mach, Public Sculpture, Darlington-Stockton railway
28 June (for AN Newsletter) Baltic Flour Mill Gateshead announced
28 June (picture of the of week) Danu by J D Fergusson, Fergusson Gallery Perth
28 June Weekender Art Guide) After Image, Danish Gallery Edinburgh, David Palmer, Hughson Gallery Glasgow
29 June Book review, Minimalism by David Batchelor
30 June Flora and Fauna, Duchess of Hamilton
5 July (picture of the week) Venus with Cupid by Cranach, The Burrell Glasgow
5 July Weekender Art Guide) Plan A, Wasps Studios Edinburgh, Signigicant Shadows, Street Level Glasgow
9 July Glasgow Lottery failure; Baltic Mills, Tyneside.
12 July Weekender Art Guide) What is a Suitcase, Seagate Gallery Dundee, Surrealism and After, Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh, Fly, Duke Street Glasgow
12 July (picture of the week) Breton Scene by Maurice Poirson, Stirling Smith Gallery
12/13 hits
16 July The Burrell Glasgow head of conservation quits in protest at mismanagement of Glasgow Museums, Robert Wilmot
17 July Fuse, Duke Street Glasgow, Patricia Fleming; European Couples, Transmission. G
17 July (picture of the week) Train Landscape by Ravilious, Aberdeen Art Gallery
18 July (for catalogue) Graham Hillier, Francis Kyle London
19 July Weekender Art Guide) Fishing and Farming, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Peter Cooper, Red House Croftamie, John Goto, Portfolio Gallery Edinburgh
21 July Book review, Realism by James Malpass
24 July Johnny Dumfries, Mount Stuart Art Collection, Bute
26 July (picture of the week) Deauville by Boudin, Paisley Art Gallery
26 July Weekender Art Guide) From the Sea, Peacock Gallery Aberdeen, William Johnstone, House for an Art Lover Glasgow
28 Mon. Bute & Johnny Dumfries
July Minimalism by David Batchelor, Tate.
2 August (picture of the week) The Rev Robert Walker by Raeburn, Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh
2 August Book review, Renoir Portraits by Colin Bailey
2 August Weekender Art Guide) Raeburn, Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh, Richter, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh, Dalziel and Scullion, Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh
7 August Edinburgh FESTIVAL, Jackie Donnachie profile,
7 aug Collective Gallery, Richter, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh; Dalziel Scullion, GMA.
9 August Weekender ED FESTIVAL, Raeburn; Face of Denmark, SNPG,; John Houston, William Bailie, Fine Art
9 August Weekender Art Guide) Sara Cunninham-Bell, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr, Elizabeth Hobbs, Gracefield Arts Centre Dumfries, Precious Cargo, Edinburgh Royal Museum, Henry Kondracki, Bellevue Gallery Edinburgh, Barbara Rae, Glasgow Print Studios
9 August Raeburn, Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh
9 August (picture of the week) Scottish Ballad by Robert Motherwell, Aberdeen Art Gallery
11 August John Houston, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh; Calum Colvin, Portfolio Gallery Edinburgh
15 August Book Review, George Houston Natures Limner by Euan Robson
16 August (picture of the week) Spring flowers by Mary Armour, Lillie Gallery Milngavie
16 August Weekender Art Guide) Take 5, Courtyard Gallery Crail, Picasso, Edinburgh Printmakers; Art at the Royal Bank, St Andrews Square Edinburgh; Red, Collective Galelry Edinburgh
August Danish Cultural Institute
21 August Tim Mara Obituary
21 August Richard Demarco, Peter Fluck, St Mary’s School Edinburgh
22 August William Baillie, Anne Bevan, Kingfisher Gallery Edinburgh
23 August (picture of the week) Rev Walker Skating, Scottish National Gallery
23 August CD Rom review, Charles Rennie Mackintosh by Wigwam Digital
23 August Artisan, Edinburgh Conference Centre.
23 August Poole harbour Bridge, Fine Art Commission Edinburgh
23 August Herald Weekender Art Guide) Summer Medley, Green Gallery Aberfoyle, Michael Lloyd, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, Colourists, Randolph Crescent Edinburgh
28 August Sargent Lady Agnew, Scottish National Gallery
28 August Scottish Galleries row, Tim Clifford, Julian Spalding
30 August Theories of the Decorative, Inverleith House Edinburgh
30 August (picture of the week) Virgin of the Annunciation, The Burrell Glasgow
30 August Weekender Art Guide) Sushiela Jamieson, Dawyck Botanic Garden Peebles, Pissarro in Venezuela, Edinburgh City Art Centre, Alan King, Art Exposure Glasgow; Street Level. G
30 August Sunil Gawde, Glasgow School of Art
August (picture of the week) Ben More from Iona, Peploe, Kirkcaldy Art Gallery
1 September (for catalogue) George Devlin, Billcliffe Fine Art Glasgow
1 September (picture of the week) Last of the Clan by Thomas Faed, Kelvingrove Art Gallery Glasgow
4 September Barbara Rae, Glasgow Print Studios
6 September Weekender Art Guide) George Wyllie, Gracefield Arts Centre Dumfries; Beatrice Whistler, Hunterian Gallery Glasgow
6 September picture of the week) Sheba by Eric Robertson, Stirling Smith Gallery.
8 September Princes Diana’s death, Kensington Palace etc
13 September (Herald Weekender Art Guide) Janice Gray, Green Gallery Aberfoyle, Michael Windle, Collective Gallery Edinburgh
15 September (for Sculpture Magazine) Sandy Stoddart
16 September Sensation, Royal Academy London, Saatchi Collection
18 SeptemberGerman art in Gropius Bau, Berlin and Palazzo Grassi, Venice
18 September Book review, A Feast for the Eyes by National Gallery
20 September Weekender Art Guide) Robery McAulay, Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen, Simon Starling, Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Shona Young, Jerome Gallery Glasgow
20 September (picture of the week) Boy on a Stool by Joan Eardley, Paisley Museum
25 September Janka Malkowska, Glasgow Print Studios; Barbican London
27 September (picture of the week) The Signal by John Phillip, Stirling Smith Gallery
27 September (Weekender Art Guide) Raeburn, RSA Edinburgh, Eve Arnold Scottish National Portrait Gallery, The Vigorous Imagination Ten Years On, The Scottish Gallery Edinburgh; Open Eye, Ed.
29 September (for Interiors Magazine) Joan Sommerville
2 October Stuart Frost, Galloway Forrest Park, George Wyllie, Gracefield Dumfries
4 October Weekender Art Guide) Still Life, Strathearn Gallery Crieff, Alison Watt, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinbrugh, Colin Thoms, Edinburgh Printmakers, Teiji Furuhashi, Tramway Glasgow
4 October picture of the week) Old Street by Lowry, Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery
11 art guide
16 Oct thurs feature; Gary Anderson, Ewan Mundy Fine Art Glasgow, Clare Henry’s choice, Glasgow Art Club, John Halliday, Gifford Village Hall
OFF for family funeral
29 October Book review, British Watercolours from Oppe Collection by Anne Lyles and Robin Hamlyn
30 October John Lavery, The Burrell Glasgow and court case
30 October (for Interiors Magazine) 75 Kelvin Court, Alison McLellan
6 November Tigers, The Burrell Glasgow, Peter Howson, Vicky Crowe, Hock Aun Teh, Nicola Hicks
8 November (for Sculpture Magazine) Prestwick Airport by Carole Grey, The Horn, Dalziel and Scullion
13 November Scottish Festival in Maastricht, Roland Forbes, George Devlin
16 November Book review, Whistler and Holland by Margaret Macdonald
20 November Book review, Kandinsky by Tom Messer
15 November Janka Malkowska Obituary
4 December Tate Turner prize, won by Cornelia Parker, Christine Borland nominated
5 Dec Christine Bolland, Tate
13 December (picture of the week) Virgin and Child by Bellini, The Burrell Glasgow
18 December New Contemporaries, CCA Glasgow
27 December (picture of the week) Madonna and Child by Verrocchio, Scottish National Gallery
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