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Archives Wim Kan and Louis Davids not in dumpster

by Wijbrand Schaap
25 September 201230 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

The Theatre Museum's entire collection has been saved. The archives of luminaries such as Wim Kan and Louis Davids, as well as 50,000 theatre reviews, 30,000 theatre posters, 146,000 photographs of 22,000 performances, 26,000 portrait photographs of 2,450 theatre-makers and an extensive audio and video collection will be housed at the University of Amsterdam.The move is possible now that the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), with the ever-money-hungry State Secretary for Culture Halbe Zijlstra, is no longer seizing the reserves of the Theater Instituut Nederland (TIN).

‘Parelen’ in de Leidse Lakenhal is een grenzeloze ervaring

by Maarten Baanders
21 September 20128 July 2016
4 min read
ACTUAL

‘Parelen’ is een tentoonstelling met de onbegrensdheid, fantasie en droomachtige vergezichten die bij een sprookje horen. Associaties met de parel rollen alle kanten op. Wie in ‘Parelen’ ronddwaalt vergeet even alles wat met de nuchtere dagelijkse werkelijkheid te maken heeft. Overal blijken de parels op te kunnen duiken. De kunstwerken die bij deze tentoonstelling horen, zijn verspreid tussen de vast…

Theatre Museum collection to be lost for good

by Wijbrand Schaap
27 June 201229 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

[July update: the 2nd chamber passed a motion instructing the cabinet to save the collection from destruction. Where this is to be paid for, however, is still unclear]

It is now becoming clear where the laissez faire-laissez mourir (let it be done, let it die) policy of Halbe Zijlstra, Martin Bosma and Mark Rutte will lead. Of the dozens of institutions that will close, downsize or die off in the coming months due to vacancy of quality staff, the demise of Theatre Institute of the Netherlands (TIN) is starting to take on very tragic proportions.

Gedonder of een kleine storm in de Goudse Glazen? U mag het zeggen

by one of our members
9 January 201229 March 2022
10 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

We kregen een tijdje geleden een brief op poten van Wim de Groot. Nu krijgen we wel vaker brieven op poten, maar hier leek wel wat aan de hand. Probleem natuurlijk want uitzoeken kost tijd en geld en dat was er even niet. (let u op de donateursactie die we binnenkort gaan starten) Maar toch. Wat scheelt eraan? Wim de…

Austerity year review 2011. Or how the PVV cry 'Arts subsidies we abolish' was widely heard

by one of our members
28 December 20118 July 2016
6 min read
ACTUAL

While 2010 was still the year of PVV positions on culture that were suddenly shared by other parties ("we are abolishing art subsidies"), the year 2011 fell under their implementation. What was striking was the ease with which regional and local administrators also wielded this same machete, as PVV spokesperson Bosma did not fail to testify. For instance, in the municipality of Almelo, 30 % went àff from...

Krabbendijke loses library, North Holland 'saves' youth theatre, while Brabant 30% cuts further on arts

by one of our members
15 December 201130 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

The cut-away Metropole Orchestra is getting some air from the minister. She is willing to use the necessary friction costs to support the transition over the next four years from the Media Budget, provided it stays there. That is, the orchestra may use its own severance payments to be independently 'on the market' from 2017. As much as it shows...

Secretary of State excels in inanity as cultural cuts rumble on

by one of our members
9 December 201129 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

On radio, the State Secretary for Culture and Education once again reiterated his position that when making cuts, it is good not to know one's field of activity . As an example, he did not know who the painter of "The Scream" is (Edvard Munch) and brought up a definition of culture as a "grab bag": "The beauty of culture is, that...

Enterprising young theatre makers, Meermanno meets revenue standard, Eindhoven accepts collection, Amsterdam supports cultural education, et al.

by one of our members
5 December 20118 July 2016
5 min read
ACTUAL

Entrepreneurship is in young theatre-makers' blood (...) A new theatre circuit seems to have emerged in recent years. More and more young groups, such as Stichting Nieuwe Helden, PSTheater and Circus Treurdier, work relatively independently of subsidies and almost always outside the theatre building. They seek out their audiences anywhere, whether on the street, by a canal or in a...

Museums, Boxmeer theatre, IKON, ANP, regional broadcasters, impoverished library

by one of our members
29 November 20118 July 2016
7 min read
ACTUAL

MuseumgoudA not expelled MuseumgoudA may still remain a member of the Dutch Museum Association (NMV). A majority of the members were still of the opinion in September that the museum should be expelled because it had auctioned Marlene Dumas' The Schoolboys at the end of June without consulting other museums. That is against the NMV's rules. It did, however, decide to change the rules for the...

Friday the 25th. Bergen puts extra money into art, while new disasters emerge for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

by one of our members
25 November 20118 July 2016
5 min read
ACTUAL

Amsterdam - Mayor finds cuts to Rijksakademie "beyond comprehension" During the official opening of RijksakademieOPEN 2011, Mayor of Amsterdam Eberhard van der Laan expressed his concerns about the government's severe cuts to the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. "Cutbacks are necessary. Capitulating is not necessary. There are limits." The mayor stressed that a healthy art climate is important for...

Daily news: Sale in Rotterdam, protests in Amsterdam and an arts centre closes in the south

by one of our members
23 November 201130 March 2022
6 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Culture sector signs agreement on youth pass Eight umbrella organisations in the culture sector signed a covenant on Wednesday advocating the continued existence, albeit in modified form, of the Culture Card. It should remain free, but will henceforth only give discounts on cultural outings. The 15-euro credit will disappear because the state will no longer provide subsidies. Instead, students in the...

Libraries hope for more digitisation as well as more readers of collection, after TNO study

by Madeleine Red
27 October 20118 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL

The joint public libraries in the Netherlands have asked TNO to study the size and costs of digital collections between 2012 and 2016. State Secretary for Culture Halbe Zijlstra is consulting with provinces and municipalities on amending library legislation. That law will also determine how much purchasing digital collection (e-books and music) costs. To...

Red Bull: the ideal power boost for languishing museums?

by one of our members
7 October 201130 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

"If 1 person can prove that by collaborating with Red Bull, a sixteenth-century painting thins out or falls off the wall, I will stop working on it immediately." Edwin Jacobs, director of Centraal Museum Utrecht, opened his doors to the soft drink manufacturer. Under the title 'Art of Can', the museum is exhibiting artworks made from Red Bull cans. "Red Bull gives you wings,...

'Elitist' Wijlre Castle collection preserved for Limburg under fierce protest from PVV

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

After 'saving' the Limburg Symphony Orchestra and securing a budget for the opera, the PVV had to once again explore the limits of its own opportunism. Indeed, the already disintegrated group was vehemently opposed to securing the unique private art collection of Wijlre Castle on the grounds that this collection of world-renowned artworks would not be understood by ordinary...

Zelfs Lucebert maakt geen indruk meer

by Leo Bankersen
7 July 201129 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, FILM

YXIE is afgeschoten. Het is misschien geen groot landelijk nieuws, maar het is wel weer een van die vele schrijnende voorbeelden die laten zien hoe guur de wind is die door het culturele landschap waait. YXIE, het woord komt uit de koker van dichter-schilder Lucebert, een van de kunstenaars van de COBRA-beweging. Het moest ook de naam worden van een…

Theatre Institute Netherlands to continue as museum, perhaps in Arnhem

by Wijbrand Schaap
28 June 20118 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL

Slim, natuurlijk, maar ook hachelijk. Al zal er – hangend boven de afgrond – weinig anders opzitten, maar het TIN (Theaterinstituut Nederland) wordt dus een Podiumkunstenmuseum. Per 2013, omdat dan de geldkraan van het ministerie van OC&W dicht gaat. Daarmee zet het instituut een reddingsplan in werking waarmee in ieder gval de collectie kan worden gered. Of daarmee ook de…

Kunstbegroting behandeld in tweede kamer: nauwelijks discussie over 200 miljoen korting op podiumkunst

by one of our members
14 December 201030 March 2022
14 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

We waren op 13 december 2010 bij een even onopvallende als historische Haagse debatdag: het ging over de begroting van het Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen van het (eerste?) kabinet-Rutte en dat was de begroting waarin op verzoek van gedoogpartij PVV het te bezuinigen bedrag op het kunstbudget op 200 miljoen werd gesteld, waarbij erfgoed en musea dienden te…

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