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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.
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.
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
The society was founded in 1924 as the Scottish Society of Women Artists. 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 February – Police confirm that a second woman's body has been discovered close to where two sisters disappeared in Aberdeen. [49]3 February – First Minister John Swinney says there will be no ban on cats in Scotland after the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission suggested restricting them in some areas because of a potential "significant risk to wildlife populations".
The Edinburgh International Festival began in 1947, and significant visual art exhibitions were included in the early years. [4] Exhibitions included the French artists Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard in 1948; [5] a retrospective of the three Scottish Colourists, Samuel Peploe, Francis Cadell and Leslie Hunter in 1949; and Rembrandt in 1950.
The Edinburgh International Festival is an annual arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, spread over the final three weeks in August. Notable figures from the international world of music (especially classical music) and the performing arts are invited to join the festival. Visual art exhibitions, talks and workshops are also hosted.
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