My rough calculation of red dots in ArtDeCaf showed more than £48,000 of sales on the opening night. I guess this means that the artists are also happy with this new breed of gallery in Glasgow.

I doubt most of the artists care. The works not by Memishi in the show came from a private collector, so he or she and ArtDeCaf will be quids in, not the painters. The cynic in me suspects that Memishi’s portraits were a gimmick added to draw press attention to the show, and so boost sales of the more highly priced works by established artists. (On my visit, there were no red dots beside any Memishis.)

As for Memishi’s work - of course, any opinion is subjective, and I’m glad you enjoyed the portraits. I am, though, genuinely surprised that you enjoyed seeing them, and were able to really appreciate them, in such cramped surroundings and hung higgeldy-piggeldy on the wall.

Perhaps Mr Mortram [sic] needs glasses?

I do, and I wear them! But I have the ArtDeCaf price list in front of me on my desk, and Campbell’s first name is spelled incorrectly (as is the title of a Howson drawing, unless there’s a religious figure I’m unaware of named Jesus ‘Chirist’) and it was definitely misspelled on the label beside his painting on my visit. This is just inexcusably sloppy, whether the gallery is a traditional one or not.