Cronyism at Codarts: 175000 euros.
That things were not going well at Codarts, Rotterdam's Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, was already known. Board chairman Jikkie van der Giessen had to step down in 2011 after
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Legendary film critic Roger Ebert died
It will take some getting used to he clicking 'external review' on the Internet Movie Database no longer to come across Roger Ebert's name. This legendary critic
Roland Sohier: 'I push boundaries and sow unrest'
Not miffy herself, but her mischievous and defiant cousins are the focus of the exhibition At miffy's attic by artist Roland Sohier. In the dick bruna house, he created an exciting attic where
Rebuilding Rijksmuseum 'within financial constraints'
Time for some good news about art. The renovation of the Rijksmuseum may have taken years longer than expected, and also caused much more discussion than would have been necessary: the case is
Niko Koers renewed Amsterdam on Beethoven
Advertorial On 12 April 2013, urban renovator 'in retirement' Niko Koers and pianist Herman Rouw will present a unique combination of book and CD about Beethoven and what it tells us about
Thirty thousand euros for young top talents
The concentration is enormous, the mastery great. The boys and girls standing here dancing can do something. The apparent ease with which these 12-year-olds display their dance moves shows at the same time how difficult ballet is. After all, the movements have to be performed perfectly, and splashily. Moreover, of this group, only a few will make it to the world's top: The National Ballet. Students of the...
Minister finds important advice from Culture Council too pricey
The Council for Culture, recently reinforced with new members with a lot of management talent and business acumen, has to accept defeat. Indeed, culture minister Jet Bussermaker is disregarding a key pillar of the council's latest advice.
Wishful thinking in press and politics? "Culture subsidy saves Iceland's economy"
It is as persistent as the message that everything is better in Germany. Aggrieved lovers of culture who still (and rightly) detest the breaking up of the status quo by Rutte I's hate policies often shout it.
Culture Council with two new women on business tour.
Two new members of the Council for Culture once again show how thinking about art is changing: Jessica Mahn and Annick Schramme are women, which was necessary in this white male stronghold, but they are especially
16th Holland Animation Film Festival opens with Monty Python and abstract animation in 3D
That almost all major US family films and many action films are in 3D is by now self-evident. But contrary to predictions
Michel van der Aa achieves double
In one year the AKO and Libris prizes? The front pages of newspapers would be full of it, not to mention the dozens of pages in book supplements. Composer Michel van der Aa has to make do with small announcements, tucked away in newspapers, while receiving the Grawemeyer Award and the Mauricio Kagel Music Prize is a never-before-seen double.
Vredenburg Friday in 'Red Box' for one more season
When Muziekcentrum Vredenburg closed its doors in 2007 for an ambitious renovation, symphonic concerts were moved from the centre of Utrecht to the emergency location Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn on the A2 motorway. The broadcasting series 'Vredenburg Friday'
How to choose from the profusion offered by the Tefaf
Suppose you have a small capital in your pocket. And you go to the Tefaf for a day. That's a festive feeling: an art gift for yourself. But once inside, there's a good chance you'll be shocked. Because how to choose from 30,000 objects? In those 265 stands from renowned galleries from 20 countries: Argentina, United States, Canada, Italy, Japan? And which corner will you look in? Antiquities? Or modern, antiquarian, design? Will you go for a sculpture, a canvas, jewellery, chair or a book?
Help! England is also going to cry out for culture
The Cry for Culture with which the Dutch cultural world launched its opposition to the scrapping of art subsidies in 2010 was, in retrospect, a publicity disaster. Perhaps not yet as unfortunate as
The best woman in the best place: Ellen Walraven director Rotterdam Schouwburg
This was a possibility not many people initially thought of. After all, after her tropical years as director of the Amsterdam debating centre De Balie, Ellen Walraven was in need of some more substantive work and peace and quiet on her mind, So we suspected that she would stay on in
Mini festival of extremes at Nederlands Dans Theater's young guard
ADVERTORIAL They could hardly be further apart. Alexander Ekman and Sharon Eyal both make dance pieces, and are both children of the Nederlands Dans Theater, but that's pretty much where the similarities end. In the
Peter the Great: the curious tsar is back in Amsterdam
The Netherlands-Russia year is kicking off and what better way to start than with an exhibition dedicated to the most famous Russian of all time? In
Cinedans festival: de beelden bewegen. Dus.
Fransien van der Putt, dansdeskundige van Cultuurpers, en Helen Westerik, filmkenner, bezochten de opening van Filmfestival Cinedans en waren geamuseerd, maar niet altijd door het programma.
Underdog Argo winnaar bij de Oscars
Het grote verhaal van de Oscars 2013 is natuurlijk hoe de underdog Argo uiteindelijk de aanvankelijk gedoodverfde favoriet Lincoln voorbijstreefde. Toen zondagavond Ben Affleck het beeldje voor beste film in ontvangst nam deed hij dat niet als regisseur maar als producent. Hij was zelfs niet eens genomineerd voor de Oscar voor beste regie, en dat komt bij een film die…
'A lot of art is too much about pleasing'
It started with an email out of the blue. Artist Joncquil had Googled my website and was struck by the name. I myself had almost forgotten how I had ever come up with the name, Joy of Irony: a song by the legendary, highly underrated English noise/metal band Fudge Tunnel. Joncquil came to my site because of his expo at the time, Himmel und Joy. He had read some of my pieces and introduced himself. Maybe one day we could have coffee to talk a bit about art.
Thus it happened.
Dutch dance audience chooses Belgian dance
The Dutch Dance Audience Award 2012 was awarded on Saturday 9 February 2013 to the Belgian performance Et Après By Isabelle Beernaert. During the festive ceremony on the closing night of The Hague CaDance Festival, awards were also presented to
Choreographer Cecilia Moisio: scared to death of the 1950s
,,Je zou denken: de vrouw is geëmancipeerd. Maar men verlangt weer naar de clichés en vooroordelen over de vrouw uit de jaren vijftig. Als je je supervrouwelijk kleedt, word je nagefloten als een hond. Maar hoe moet
Crystal Pite: 'The most exciting choreographer on the planet'
Advertorial Mysterious shadows. Puppets controlled by dozens of invisible hands and music that emphasises the very silence. An evening with Crystal Pite is an adventurous journey into the unknown regions of our imagination. On 7 February 2013
Only in final scene does Guillaume Tell bathe in golden sunlight
After more than four hours, it happens: emotion. Free Switzerland is bathed in golden sunlight and the choir swells over the most beautiful orchestral sounds Rossini composed. Unworldly sounds, which have little to do with the best-known sounds from Guillaume Tell - The canter from the overture.
Utrecht deploys army at opening of festive year
200 military personnel and JunkieXL are expected to cause a spectacle on the A2 motorway near Utrecht on 13 April. The roof of the new tunnel trench will be the stage for a battle of medieval proportions, in which peace will be conquered by our army over something with a wall and 'war' on it.
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