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1 January – Seeing in the New Year: BBC Scotland's Hogmanay will be hosted by Amy Irons and Des Clarke and others, with most of the show pre-recorded. [1] STV's Bringing in the Bells will be hosted by Seán Batty, Laura Boyd, Jean Johansson, Grado and others.
February 1 – C. Richard Kramlich, 89, American venture capitalist and video art collector (born 1935) [24] February 2 – Helga de Alvear, 88, German-Spanish art collector and dealer (born 1936) [25] February 3. David Edward Byrd, 83, American graphic artist (born 1941) [26] Lim Tze Peng, 103, Singaporean painter (born 1921) [27] February 5
Visual Arts Scotland is a multi-disciplinary body that includes painters, textile artists, sculptors, ceramicists and photographers. It holds an annual exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy building. [1] It is a registered charity (No. SC006715)
1 January – Ferry fares in Scotland increase by 10%. [3]Police Scotland release images of 19 people they wish to speak to in connection with violence and disorder which broke out in Glasgow city centre ahead of the Scottish League Cup final between Celtic and Rangers at Hampden Park on 15 December.
Opened in 1996, the Gallery of Modern Art is housed in a neoclassical building in Royal Exchange Square in the heart of Glasgow city centre. Built in 1778 as the townhouse of William Cunninghame of Lainshaw, a wealthy Glasgow Tobacco Lord who made his fortune through the triangular slave trade, [2] the building has undergone a series of different uses.
Since 2004 Edinburgh Art Festival has grown to be Scotland's largest annual visual arts festival, and comprising over 45 exhibitions across more than 30 venues. The festival has also commissioned or co-commissioned major artworks around the city by artists including Martin Creed, Callum Innes, Richard Wright and Susan Philipsz.
Glasgow Festivals include festivals for art, film, comedy, folk music and jazz. Glasgow also hosts an annual queer arts festival in November.. Unlike the Edinburgh Festival (where the main festival and fringe festivals all occur around about the same time in August), Glasgow's festivals are spread evenly across the year, therefore ensuring a continuous annual programme of events.
This list of museums in Scotland contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. [1]