Yet money for the National Academy of Visual Arts, money for an orchestra merger in the south of the Netherlands and 4.7 million for a knowledge institute for amateur art. The bare bones of the Dutch cultural sector has been cleared thanks to a second opinion of the Council for Culture become a little less extreme. In addition to the aforementioned positive assessment, there is also money for a knowledge institute for the creative sector (7 million), the Literary Museum and the National Theatre's youth theatre initiative, thus putting a line under Toneelgroep Max's plans to also focus on The Hague from Rotterdam.
The opinion released today gives a final opinion on almost 45 million in subsidies. This heals some wounds, but leaves some others open. Youth theatre was grossly overcharged: there, the new application of three institutions was rejected. For the journalists among you, it is further pleasing to know that the Press Museum may continue to exist.
The entire opinion can also be read below:
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