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Ok. It is not Victory Boogie Woogie, the Mondrian painting that, in a distant and then cultural past, embarrassed ministry and municipality of Hilversum, because of the planned sale of the canvas to pay for the renovation of the town hall. Still. 'Schoolboys' by Marlene Dumas is also a canvas by a cherished painter, and you don't sell that either
Pim van Klink is his name. He has been popping up everywhere lately. Especially when the malign subsidy orientation of the cultural sector needs to be pointed out, every medium calls Van Klink first. Last week, he once again threw his hobbyhorse into the henhouse in the NRC and was invited to join Buitenhof. And according to our trench-coat-clad...
Arts organisations are subsidy-addicted and so we are withdrawing subsidies. The VVD's approach is clear. On the exact how, they appear to need to think longer about that, now that there is so much opposition from the country. Cold Turkey, the treatment proposed by tolerance partner (nice word in this context) PVV, could well result in deaths. To...
The Dutch Theatre Festival opened with combative speeches by its director, jury president and patron. Joop van den Ende called for a big lobbyist. We wonder who is strong enough for that.
Nice, that secretary of state for hard rock and Tom Clancy. Mr Halbe Zijlstra-san has once again lived up to his change manager name in China. But in a slightly different way. In the land of eternally sealed mouths, he opened the Dutch stand at the book fair there, with a speech that once again rammed Dutch values into the Chinese. Anyway...
Ever known that 'The Wedding of Kloris and Roosje' was first performed in 1707, and that it is the forerunner of today's New Year's Eve conference? Thanks to the theatre encyclopaedia, which will be available online from 1 September, these and many more facts can be found. The Theaterinstituut Nederland (TIN) is the initiator and provides much of the content of...
Every disadvantage has its advantage: Whoever steals a sculpture from a public garden frees up space for a new work of art. Residents of Utrecht's Willem de Zwijgerplantsoen looked at an empty pedestal for a year because 'their' sculpture 'Homo Ludens' had been stolen by bronze thieves. As no one expected the sculpture to be returned yet, the municipality organised a competition for a replacement sculpture....
We have another letter from the secretary of state for culture. Halbe Zijlstra has sent it to parliament, to make it official that from 2013 a very bleak wind is going to blow in arts land. That makes cuts of 200 million final, still excluding the probably 150 million in so-called friction costs that the ministry also has to get from somewhere (u...
"I can fire anyone here. Except the actors." Sam Walters, artistic director of London production house the Orange Tree Theatre does not mince words. "Everyone in the office could leave. The directors too. But without actors no performance." The actor is unequivocally central to this theatre. As a director, you only prove yourself here when you get top performances out of your...
That's going to be fodder for chambers exegetes, although the question is whether it will make any difference. But Halbe Zijlstra says he did not say that the VAT measure "was not the most accomplished measure in the coalition agreement. Although that is what that interview with him in NRC Handelsblad of 8 July 2011. At the time, everyone thought that was a funny
Het ANP bracht het en alle kranten typten het over: ‘Amsterdam krijgt een Stadstoneelschrijver’. Groot nieuws natuurlijk. Immers: het toneel staat nogal onder druk als dure linkse hobby, dus zou het mooi zijn als de Amsterdamse gemeenteraad samen met de theaterwereld had besloten tot de instelling van een stadstoneelschrijver, naast de stadsdichter en de dichter des vaderlands, Een eretitel, zou…
Vorige week bereikten ze de Amerikaanse toplijsten. Leuk voor een Britse popgroep die uit de anonimiteit wil komen via een gerichte facebookactie. Opmerkelijk wel is dat de popgroep niet de ‘gewone’ top aan het bereiken is. Met het nummer ‘Trust’ staat Bitter Ruin namelijk in de operalijst. Maar het is minder verbazingwekkend dan het lijkt. Bij Amazon valt de band…
National Theatre Week is new and very small. And, strange for a small festival, advertises large on its site with the logo for the Home Shopping Guarantee. This raised questions. Because clicking on the logo for the guarantee produces a very different result. Criminal is not, by the way, if you use the logo of Thuiswinkel-waarborg without...
Het is zo simpel dat je denkt: waarom bedachten we dat niet eerder? Immers, dure binnenstadsrestaurants parkeren je auto al voor je en hangen je jas op. Waarom dan net ook een oppas geregeld voor het thuisblijvend grut? Het Amsterdamse Theater Bellevue heeft vooralsnog de primeur. Bij het bestellen van een kartje (in de voorverkoop uiteraard) kun je het theater…
Opponents of government support for arts and culture quite often cite the United States of America as an example of how things can be done differently. There, according to these people, no tax money goes to art and culture, and art is there despite this. Others point out that government support for art does exist in America, and that much of the top art in the US is partly...
For another 15 years, the Delft Chamber Music Festival, so named to reflect its international character, has encompassed 15 years. Violinist Isabelle van Keulen handled the chamber music festival's programming for the first ten years, Lisa Ferschtmann - also a violinist - took over from her five years ago. But even this already successful festival fears the upcoming budget cuts. A pity, because what...
Rain, rain, rain. That looks bad for the festivals. Right? "Weather has less of an impact on a festival than people think," says Noorderzon's Mark Hospers. And they should know. Last year they had a lot of rain, and at the same time sold a record number of tickets. How is it that bad weather seems to bother the festivals little?....
“Het is hier interessant”, zegt een mevrouw met een tweejarige dochter,”en goed voor haar ontwikkeling. En ze hebben hier lekkere appeltjes met kaneel.” De Kinderparade is ijsjes, de draaimolen en zelf poffertjes bakken. Maar ook met je ouders mee naar voorstellingen toe. Ze de tent in krijgen en even de onrust van het terrein doen vergeten, dat is de taak…
“De Parade is als een snackbar. Ik kom hier om sfeer te proeven, wijntjes te drinken en daarnaast nog wat aan het denken gezet te worden door de voorstellingen. Maar dat moet dan niet te lang duren.” Op zoek naar de essentie van de Paradevoorstelling klopt Cultureel Persbureau aan bij bezoekers, The Sadists en John Buijsman. “Het is al gewoon gezellig…
With a small break for much-needed sleep, we were active for over 27 hours with a liveblog on the March of Civilisation. Hard work, and at first we suffered from some start-up problems. After all: setting up such a liveblog requires some structure in the approach. We had introduced a few so-called #hashtags, such as #marsderbeschaving, which on twitter allow people to share their...
Natuurlijk zijn er ’trollen’. Tegenstanders van ‘linkse hobby’s’ en aanhangers van de stelling dat goede kunst vanzelf wel overleeft. Onze liveblog over de Mars der Beschaving, die we mede lieten vullen door twitter-hashtags te volgen, werd er een beetje zuur van. We hebben dat een beetje opgeschoond, de hardste schreeuwers eruit gehaald (ook pro, overigens) en een paar markante politieke…
Photo: Pierre Nydegger To conclude. The 2011 Holland Festival could well be historic. Not only was it the festival that attracted the most audiences for years, it was also the festival that took place while a minority government of populists, nationalists and materialists proclaimed the end of art subsidies. We therefore look back on a festival in which we were able to meet with...
Sponsorship repels audiences. That could be a conclusion of the research carried out at Oerol by Inholland's Media, Culture and Citizenship and Media and Entertainment lectorates. With the central question "How can Oerol survive without government funding?", they are exploring the audience's reaction to commercial expressions. "The question is how to apply marketing strategies without...
In conclusion. The 2011 Holland Festival could well be historic. Not only was it the festival that attracted the most audiences for years, it was also the festival that took place while a minority government of populists, nationalists and materialists proclaimed the end of art subsidies. We therefore look back on a festival in which we had a great time with our new...
The Utrecht Games (DUS), with its successful production August Oklahoma, immediately wins three nominations for the theatre awards to be handed out in September: Ria Eimers for best female lead, and Peter Bolhuis and Tjitsjke Reidinga compete for the prizes for best supporting actress. Percentage-wise, however, much more successful than DUS is De Kus, a production by Hummelinck Stuurman, because there the...
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