What Scots Think Of Art

The Scots are a nation of stay-at-homes compared to the rest of the UK when it comes to art galleries, theatres and arts events, new research suggests. The figures were unveiled yesterday at a conference, Glasgow 20:20 Vision, which focused on how to increase audiences for the arts. In Scotland, only 21 per cent of people said they had visited a museum or art gallery in the last 12 months. In England and Wales, the figure was 37 per cent. The reason given by most Scots for not going to a gallery or museum was they were "not interested". For the full story - click the title Irish Art