As of 2013, the art scene in Amsterdam looks very different.

Now then. 6.5 million goes off subsidised institutions. In Amsterdam. Qua municipality. The state was already doing away with just over 40 million, leaving 36 institutions in dire straits. Now Amsterdam has decided to keep at least 13 named institutions. Have to think of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the IDFA, Holland Festival, Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw aan het IJ. 13.6 million will be 'thrown into the group' as 'free space'. So that will be the grab bag into which the dozens of Amsterdam institutions that are now doomed may plunge.

Enfin.

Read for yourself what things will be like in the near future. In terms of art. In Amsterdam.

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