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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.
7 January – A fresh yellow weather alert for snow and ice is issued for large parts of Scotland, starting from midday and lasting for 24 hours. [9] 8 January – Police Scotland launch an investigation into the illegal release of two lynx in the Highlands, and warn the public not to approach them. [10]
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 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 CCA operates an open-source programming policy where organisations and individuals are given space in the building to direct their own events. In 2019-20, the CCA had 256 programme partners across 1,304 events and 28 festivals. [27] The CCA curates six contemporary art exhibitions per year in its gallery space.
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.
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.
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]