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Leadership in Culture

LinC is a learning programme for (potential) leaders in the cultural sector. LinC stands for reflection, renewal, knowledge sharing and inspiration. Together, we explore new connections between institutions, disciplines, culture and society and work towards a vital, decisive and financially healthy sector.

New learning programme for corporate museum professionals

by one of our members
14 March 202414 March 2024
2 min read
policy, HERITAGE, Leadership in Culture, PRESS

How do we ensure that the museum sector remains financially healthy and future-proof? In what ways can we transform museums into sustainable and attractive workplaces? And in what ways do we encourage inclusiveness and diversity? These pressing questions are at the heart of the new learning programme Leadership in Culture (LinC) x Museum Association. Challenges LinC x Museum Association was created at the initiative of the Museum Association...

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Leading starts with yourself. Learn more about that in this podcast on LinC-Artistics

by Wijbrand Schaap
16 December 202030 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Featured, Leadership in Culture, PODCAST, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

In this podcast, I talk to Marjolein Verhallen and Paul Adriaanse from Public Administration, Nanna Verhoef from Media and Iris van der Tuin from Philosophy, and artistic directors Lars Ebert and Jente Hoogeveen about what that is: leadership. And we talk about how you can learn it.

Why does the fair practice code really only apply to the arts?

by Marisa Temple
23 September 201930 March 2022
6 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Leadership in Culture, PERSONAL, SPECIALS, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

Our administrators and elected representatives will not openly admit it, but they do not really care about a healthy cultural sector, let alone the position of individual creators and artists. Indeed, making a Fair Practice Code compulsory without increasing the budget for culture is a slap in the face for everyone working in the arts sector. 'Then be...

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A fertile repertoire landscape.

by Louis Reijs
23 April 201830 March 2022
5 min read
ACTUAL, Leadership in Culture, MUSIC, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS, SPONSORED, THEATER

Performing arts policy greatly determines what can be seen and heard on Dutch stages. It underpins government funding of theatre and music. This policy pays a lot of attention to the quality of performances, but it hardly discusses the choice of pieces played, let alone what kind of repertoire landscape...

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'The current museum loan system leads to decisions based on prejudice rather than fact.'

by Gemma Boon
14 March 201830 March 2022
11 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, VISUAL, HERITAGE, Leadership in Culture, SPECIALS, SPONSORED

Museums often manage more art objects than they can display. What they cannot display in the museum galleries they keep safely in the depot. Collections with motley collections of objects from different periods are a growing problem for museums. Marketers stress the need for focus, a clear story and strong branding. Objects that no longer fit the new vision...

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Success as a choice is one of the most dangerous fallacies of our time. The social implications of this fallacy are immense.

by Willem Bongers-Dek
2 March 201830 March 2022
8 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Leadership in Culture, LITERARY, PERSONAL, SPECIALS, SPONSORED

Late last year, the organisers of an alumni evening for research master's students asked me to defend a thesis from my current position as a cultural leader. It had to be about my position as a literary scholar by telling them about my professional path since graduation. I could frame this article hopefully and hopeful and elaborate on the competences that the...

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Our curiosity about sand has uncovered more stories than we ever imagined.

by Lonny van Ryswyck | Atelier NL
6 February 201830 March 2022
7 min read
For members only, VISUAL, Leadership in Culture, PERSONAL, SPECIALS, SPONSORED

I want to travel with you. Taking you to the beach. Imagine sitting on the beach, as the sun's rays warm you, listening to the sound of the surf, with rising and falling waves. You sniff the salty scent. A bird flies by. The sun casts its rays on the clear blue water. A big wave slams down on the...

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Keith Haring, Untitled (velum), 1986. Installatie 2017. Foto: Gert Jan van Rooij. Collectie Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

I call on the cultural sector of the Netherlands: put 80% of your marketing budget into cultural education.

by Karin Sommerer
29 January 201829 March 2022
6 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, VISUAL, Leadership in Culture, PERSONAL, SPECIALS, SPONSORED

In my work, I entice people to come into contact with art. And especially art with a big K. The art that is often marketed as 'difficult' or, in an attempt to get rid of its negative image, as 'vulnerable'. Liberal politicians would perhaps say art that 'doesn't act normal'. It is the kind of...

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Why a universal basic income is necessary for the survival of the arts

by Wijbrand Schaap
18 January 201829 March 2022
9 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Leadership in Culture, SPECIALS, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

A hopeful experiment has begun in Finland. In the Netherlands, too, they are trying to get something off the ground, although the government is thwarting the plans for now. Why is unclear. Because even big-capitalists like Elon Musk (Tesla) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) are now saying it: a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the only way we can advance our society, and with it our civilisation...

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A museum with impact. How museums can raise historical awareness and offer people comfort, perspective and connection

by Femke Haijtema
28 December 201730 March 2022
12 min read
ACTUAL, HERITAGE, Leadership in Culture, PERSONAL, SPECIALS, SPONSORED

More than a million Dutch people feel very lonely, according to the Health Monitor 2012. Among them are an increasing number of young people - all social media notwithstanding. Perhaps we could stop this 'loneliness epidemic' if we realised that none of us is really alone. What we so often forget is that we are directly connected to thousands of others: the people...

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More diversity in the cultural workplace? 'They are not there' does not exist. The ball is now in employers' court: look outside your own box and show guts. #LinC

by Stephanie Hermes
20 December 201730 March 2022
8 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Leadership in Culture, SPECIALS, SPONSORED

When I write job postings in the cultural sector, I receive wonderful letters. Candidates are usually graduates in an arts-related subject from a college or university and have internships or work experience at cultural institutions of repute. They are usually female, white and have completed their studies with fine grades. Yet I struggle with a problem: I live and...

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