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Armando

IN PERSPECTIVE 17: BEFORE Amersfoort was by the sea (Is it better for a municipality to stop embarking on large-scale new construction or renovation projects of art institutions?).

by Erik Akkermans
30 August 2023
11 min read
VISUAL, HERITAGE, In Perspective, BECOME A MEMBER

Still Amersfoort by the Sea is not a reality. Sea level rise is taking a bit longer to materialise. In the meantime, then, the city is still just centrally located in the country, with the largest national hub for train traffic, an average population profile, a historic city centre, a unique training programme for carillonneurs, as well as the 'music factory' in the Veerensmederij and the art gallery KAdE...., which scores well in reviews.

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'Monument to BKR' shows how well an income scheme for artists can work

by Erik Akkermans
3 March 20213 March 2021
7 min read
VISUAL, HERITAGE, BECOME A MEMBER

With 'A monument to the BKR', Fransje Kuyvenhoven has indeed written a tribute in her "history of a high-profile artists' scheme (1949-1987 )". If only because the first hundred pages contain no text, but a chronological showcase of artworks from the BKR. By Karel Appel, Corneille, Constant, Lucebert, Jan Wolkers, Kees van Bohemen, Ger Lataster, Armando, among others. And because there are...

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Jesper Ganslandt filmed himself and his 4-year-old son in an intense escape story. 'It has made the bond between us stronger.'

by Leo Bankersen
24 January 201830 March 2022
8 min read
For members only, FILM

The 47th Rotterdam Film Festival opens with Jimmie, a flight story upside down. Director Jesper Ganslandt on filming with his infant son and the connections with his debut Falkenberg Farewell.

Amersfoort, O Amersfoort. My cultural vision of lack

by Onno Weggemans
1 November 201730 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, PERSONAL

In a lost hour, I read the Cultural Vision Amersfoort 2030. Not reading material to sit on the edge of your seat, but perfectly suitable for a train journey. I am not used to reading policy documents. It struck me that the tone of the Amersfoort Cultural Vision was confident, focused and determined. Firm language. No room for doubt. I asked myself...

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Culture outside the Randstad: Amersfoort's struggle

by Onno Weggemans
7 April 20177 August 2019
15 min read
ACTUAL, VISUAL, PERSONAL, PODIUM ART

Displaced paintings by Armando. Artists fleeing the city. A tinpot that brought financial disaster and summer festivals that attract tens of thousands of visitors every year. And you thought Amersfoort was boring? A footnote along the A1 motorway? Forget it. Let me tell you about this city struggling with its cultural identity. A story in eighteen impressions. Guilty landscape In his youth...

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Frans Budé: 'A poem has to have a story'

by A Quattro Mani
31 March 201630 May 2022
10 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, LITERARY, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

In his recent collection Achter het verdwijnpunt, death plays an important role. Poet Frans Budé lost no fewer than four poet friends in a short time and honoured them in verse. The 70-year-old poet himself still writes as avidly as in his younger years: in addition to an occasional collection on the Maas, to be published in May, he wrote poems for the upcoming exhibition...

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Albania special (2). Vincent van Gerven Oei: 'This country is a better breeding ground than the Netherlands'

by Ruben Brugman
19 August 201530 March 2022
6 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, VISUAL

If anyone can give a good picture of cultural development in Albania, it is Vincent van Gerven Oei. This Dutch philosopher and artist has lived in the country for five years and, as an insider and outsider, therefore has a strong opinion. I meet him at café Bukowski in a hip entertainment district of Tirana. When the embassy told me about Van Gerven Oei...

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Talent development new buzzword in dance world: 3 encouraging initiatives

by Ruben Brugman
14 November 201330 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, DANS

The fact that it is difficult to get a job after graduation is also well known in the dance world. Therefore, partly at the government's insistence, companies are putting in on talent development. They also hope to A better connection with schools. Jun dancers are now more likely to be on the front line of ballet: the theatre, and that is good news for audiences. Because the energy is fresh and the level has shot up considerably.

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For the most convenient overview of our art, visit Schiedam

by Niek Hendrix
16 October 201329 March 2022
7 min read
For members only, VISUAL

I see a lot, but an exhibition that gives access to that contemporary art for outsiders is rarely among them. You have the Rijksmuseum with a nice overview of culture through the ages, but from 1900 onwards, the space for it becomes very small. So you don't know what's going on now. For that, you can go to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, which shows the world's best. However, if you want a handy overview of what Dutch artists have created, it's best to go to Schiedam.

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Armando Navarro (1930-2013): Scapino Ballet for more than just children

by Ruben Brugman
4 September 20138 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL, DANS

Armando Navarro (Argentina, 1930 - Amsterdam 2013), former artistic director of Scapino Ballet, passed away last Sunday. Together with his wife Marian Sarstädt formed Navarro one of the Netherlands' best-known dance couples, alongside Han Ebbelaar and Alexandra Radius (Het Nationale Ballet) and Jiří Kylián and Sabine Kupferberg (Nederlands Dans Theater).

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Knevel calls Wagner Hitler's court composer. And no one says anything.

by Henri Drost
31 May 20128 July 2016
4 min read
MUSIC, OPERA

A classic mistake: Andries Knevel describes Richard Wagner as Hitler's court composer. And is not contradicted by anyone.

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Benefit Giving Act, cultural budgets, Brabant, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Eindhoven, Goes, Utrecht et al.

by one of our members
2 December 201130 March 2022
7 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Tax benefits to be gained this year (...) With effect from 2012, under the new Giving Act, there is an additional tax facility for donations (incidental or via periodic donations) to charitable institutions (non-profit organisations) designated as cultural institutions. Those cultural donations may be multiplied by a factor of 125 per cent for the gift deduction. This...

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