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Margaret Atwood, the success author of The Handmaid's Tale, among others, is coming to Utrecht on the last day of book week, Sunday 19 March 2023, for an exclusive performance at ILFU in TivoliVredenburg's pop venue Ronda. There, she will present her new book Old Babes in the Wood in a conversation with Janine Abbring. Ticket sales start Friday 10 February, 10:00...
Dear members, dear colleagues, The Authors' Union is standing behind our endangered colleague Pim Lammers and signing a broad statement of support from the book trade. You can also join this individually. The sign-up address info@algemene-uitgevers.nl is open until Thursday 9 February, 10am. This is what it's about Full of horror, we followed the news surrounding our colleague Pim Lammers. Pim received death threats following a...
The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Groot Omroepkoor are of great value to the Dutch music landscape as a whole and the Netherlands Public Broadcasting Service (NPO) in particular. But their potential could be better exploited. To seize the opportunities for live music on public broadcasting and reach a more diverse audience, new cooperation agreements are needed. Also, there should be...
Dick Oostinga, member of the Restitutions Committee, will temporarily lead the Restitutions Committee on Nazi looted art as deputy chairman. Last week, chairman Jacob Kohnstamm and deputy chairman Els Swaab submitted their resignations. State Secretary Uslu (Culture and Media) appointed Oostinga as deputy chairman from 1 February. The position is vacant because chairman Jacob Kohnstamm and deputy chairman Els Swaab resigned last...
In the Schatkamer series, Asko|Schönberg takes you on a journey to the pearls of 20th-century music through live-played music, captivating guest speakers and visual and sound clips. The edition of Treasure Room on Thursday 16 February highlights the extraordinary world of György Kurtág (1926), the Hungarian composer known as the master of miniatures. His pieces consist of short,...
Together with the CPNB and the ILFU, the translation magazine Filter will introduce a brand new prize in 2023: the Filter Translation Prize for children's and youth books. With this, all parties underline the great importance of good translations and good children's book translators. The prize money is the same as for the existing Filter Translation Prize: 10,000 euros. The nominations will be announced in June 2023. The...
The Culture Council is positive about Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder's candidacy for a European Heritage Label (EEL). This is stated in an opinion sent today to state secretary Uslu (Culture and Media). She had asked the council for advice on the application within the theme of 'tolerance and justice'. It is up to the state secretary to decide on the basis of...
MBO schools with a MBO culture card receive a culture budget from the central government. With this, their students can, for instance, go to museums, visit theatrical performances or go to a concert. This was announced by Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf (Education) and State Secretary Gunay Uslu (Culture) during a tour of the Rijksmuseum with mbo students. A total of 5 million euros is available for the mbo culture budget. On each mbo culture card, 10.25...
Ms Nancy Jouwe is to be appointed as a member of the Culture Council. The Council of Ministers has agreed to this on the proposal of State Secretary Uslu of Culture and Media. The appointment will take effect on 15 February 2023 for a period of four years. Jouwe studied General Literature at Utrecht and York Universities and specialises in Women's Studies and Cultural History. She has...
Stop the declining sales of Dutch-language books, ensure more attention to literature. That is the only way to reverse the trend of the CPNB figures presented on Thursday, thinks the Authors' Union, the interest group for writers and translators with 1,750 members. By 2022, 10% less Dutch-language fiction has been sold. One in five books will now be published in a language other than...
Besides a permanent collection presentation at Amstel 51 and at Huis Willet-Holthuysen and changing exhibitions, the Amsterdam Museum offers a public programme. At various locations and for a diverse audience. The following events are scheduled for October 2022. Visit www.amsterdammuseum.nl for the latest information. ---------------- Female Gaze Tour 12 February 2023 The returning Female Gaze Tour...
With the new year, the new Filter Translation Prize jury has also started work. Thanks to the GAU (Group of General Publishers) and in cooperation with the ILFU (International Literature Festival Utrecht), the Filter Translation Prize 2023 will be awarded during the ILFU festival (22 Sept - 7 Oct 2023). A surprising number of interesting translations appeared in 2022. The nominations...
This 19th edition of the festival is the short three-day Practice & Potential edition of the Cinedans festival and focuses on the development of the dance film genre. For three days, Cinedans presents, the state of the art of Dutch dance film, the International Student Film Competition, special themed programmes and special documentaries. New Dutch Shorts A wide selection of...
With a circle of familiars - Bas Wiegers, Slagwerk Den Haag, Ensemble Klang and Katrien Baerts - Asko|Schönberg works on the music of the future. This is done from a rich basis formed by our 20th-century heritage. We connect the music of these composers with the new generation. In this case, the Dutch Wilbert Bulsink, the Estonian Helena Tulve...
Dresses made from Moroccan embroidery appliques and patchwork couture from upcycled designer fabrics. In recent years, Amsterdam-based fashion designers Karim Adduchi and Tess van Zalinge gained a lot of name recognition with their designs inspired by historical and regional handwork techniques. With sustainable collections like 'Natural' (Van Zalinge, 2022) and community projects like the 'Social [Distancing] Fabric' (Adduchi and The World Makers, 2021), both fashion designers offer...
The Amsterdam Museum - despite the impact of the corona pandemic and the move to a new temporary main location - had a successful year in 2022. The museum's exhibitions and public programmes attracted many visitors at various locations. The museum's pop-up exhibition at the National Monument on Dam Square was visited from mid-June to...
Utrecht, December 2022 - In 2023, Het NUT (Nieuw Utrechts Toneel) will explore 'the future of money' in all the theatre productions it makes and plays. It is a year of celebration: the NUT is celebrating the 10th edition of their well-known summer performance on location, this year that is Good gold money (concept and play: Greg Nottrot), to be seen at festival Oerol on Terschelling and...
Besides a permanent collection presentation at Amstel 51 and at Huis Willet-Holthuysen and changing exhibitions, the Amsterdam Museum offers a public programme. At various locations and for a diverse audience. The following events are scheduled for January 2023. Visit www.amsterdammuseum.nl for the latest information. ---------------- Queer Gaze Tour: A guided tour from an LGBTQ+ perspective 22 January 2023....
Is art and culture of and for everyone? Is it also there for young people? What do they find important about art, culture and media? To answer these questions, the Culture Council is setting up a Youth Platform. The council is looking for young people aged between 15 and 20 who want to share their views on art, culture and...
From 16 to 18 December, Cinedans WEB presents WEB Special: Inevitable Dances. Available online at Cinedans WEB, the programme consists of the documentary When Arabs Danced by director Jawad Rhalib and four dance shorts by makers from Iran, Lebanon and Egypt. The programme is offered free of charge at https://cinedans.nl/inevitable-dances/ A donation is appreciated and benefits filmmakers in need. With.
The Culture Council is expected to issue an advice to state secretary Uslu (OCW) in March 2023 on the application and assessment process for the Cultural Basic Infrastructure for the period 2025-2028 (BIS 25-28). This was requested by the state secretary. To arrive at the advice, the council has, among other things, appointed a temporary committee for the part of its advice request that...
On 21 December, Jetse Batelaan, director at Artemis, will give a lecture at the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. Using visual clips, he will show his development as a theatre maker and share the insights he has gained in the process: from his initial discomfort with drama and conflict to his conviction that it is important to let children and adolescents experience panic in the...
State Secretary Uslu (Culture and Media) wants to get rid of the sometimes difficult relationship the Netherlands seems to have with culture. In the Pieterskerk in Leiden, she delivered the 51st Huizinga Lecture. In it, she called for a reappraisal of the important role art and culture play in everyone's life: "Heritage, art and culture: they shape who we are. But that...
On Saturday 17 December 2022, The Ozard of Wiz will have its premiere at the Maaspodium in Rotterdam. This moving and quirky theatre production with an all-queer cast & crew presents vogue, pop music and melancholy in a seventies sauce. For this production, Maas theatre and dance enthusiastically joins forces with ROSE stories, with dance by Kiki House of Angels and...
The cabinet is making Ukraine a so-called focus country in the field of international cultural policy. State Secretary Uslu (Culture and Media) announced this during a consultation with European culture ministers in Brussels. This status will increase opportunities for cultural cooperation, investment and exchange. State Secretary Uslu: 'Especially now, it is important to cooperate on cultural matters as well. Everything from...
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