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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...

Europe wants to invest in culture. If it is allowed by the Netherlands.

by Wijbrand Schaap
13 December 201130 May 2022
1 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

It was Europe Day in cultural Amsterdam on Monday 12 December. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science officially opened the application procedure for cities wishing to become Europe's cultural capital in 2018. And the European commission presented and plan of 1.8 billion for culture. We reported via Twitter. And collected the results on 'storify'. View the story "Europe wants to invest in culture....

"The city's leading free spirits have discovered and embraced classical music, but on their own terms"

by one of our members
13 December 20118 July 2016
6 min read
SPECIALS

An alternative scene for classical events outside the ice palaces of classical music is growing. Last month you could 'classical clubbing' at the Yellow Lounge at the Westergasfabriek venue. The club was sold out, indeed with a large

News from the national culture front

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

Positive news to start with: in The Hague, the municipality is doubling photographer/filmmaker Anton Corbijn's contribution to his youth culture fund Haagse Bluf by €75,000. Corbijn explicitly instructed the fund not to interfere in the subsidised cultural sector. So compensation for the cuts need not be expected. In Arnhem, the alderman is satisfied with the...

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...

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...

A'dam: big loss of art subsidies, fact-free politics at art colleges, sacred museum collections, N-H halts small cultural education, culture in abandoned railway station

by one of our members
30 November 20118 July 2016
3 min read
ACTUAL

'Amsterdam loses 127 million arts subsidy' (...) The 127.1 million euros is a sum of cuts from the state (70 million), the increase in VAT to 19% (45.6 million) and the announced municipal cuts to the 2013-2016 Arts Plan of 8 million annually. In addition, the so-called ID jobs (subsidised jobs) are being phased out more quickly. This will give Amsterdam's arts and cultural institutions another...

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...

Culture day: not a penny for Oriëntalis, no brake on Amsterdam cutbacks and Vlissinger library unsaleable

by one of our members
24 November 201130 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

PVV-provinciebestuurder Faber eerder dit jaar over het voormalig Bijbels Museum, nu Orientalis: "Ik heb geen 20 miljoen euro nodig om met een moslim te praten. Ook niet om met een jood of christen te praten overigens. De PVV heeft al een hekel aan subsidies, maar als het iets met de islam te maken heeft geven we niets." Staatssecretaris geeft museumpark…

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...

Fransche School in jeopardy, blind library closed, nibbling on VAT measure via CJP and Volkenkunde/Tropen Institute merger possible

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

Arnhem - Scepticism over success of cultural heart Rijnboog Arnhem city council has many doubts about the financial feasibility of the Rijnboog arts cluster. (...) [Alderman] assumes 16 million subsidy from the province and another 4 million in contributions from sponsors for the new arts centre containing the Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, the Schouwburg and Focus Filmtheater....

Halbe Zijltra loves his job more than the ministry dares to show

by Wijbrand Schaap
22 November 20118 July 2016
3 min read
ACTUAL

That Martin Bosma, culture spokesman for the PVV, wants to withdraw the subsidy to Toneelgroep Amsterdam because that company plays works by 'enemy of the people' Tom Lanoye, was not even the most bizarre incident of the culture budget debate on 21 November 2011. More bizarre, too, than the PVV's demand for the establishment of a Colonial Museum celebrating the glory of 'Our Indies',...

Cuts also take philanthropists too far, and music lessons become unaffordable, Kerkrade retains its theatre

by one of our members
21 November 201129 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

'Philanthropists cannot absorb cuts' (...) "Funds are less and less willing to just write a cheque. Owners want to be involved, contribute their expertise and measure impacts. They ask about the applicant's objective, how they intend to achieve it and whether it is measurable. (...) "On average, a fund disburses 4 per cent of its assets annually. So.

Tropenmuseum perhaps saved, fate of bakery museum uncertain Local politicians already cut 100m from art

by one of our members
19 November 20118 July 2016
3 min read
ACTUAL

Cultural sector already gets hit in 2012: 100 million (...) Already in 2012 at least 100 million will be cut on culture and heritage. Not by Halbe Zijlstra, state secretary for culture, but by municipalities and provinces. (...) The city of [Eindhoven] will cut half a million euros from next year on the culture sector. That's a pittance compared to The Hague, where the arts are in...

IDFA 2011 kicks off with Danish documentary stunt work: The Ambassador

by Leo Bankersen
16 November 201130 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, FILM

The crisis rages on and the Arab world is in flux, but in the documentary world, the time for big stories is over. At least that was the conclusion drawn by festival director Ally Derks at a press conference ahead of the 24th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (16-27 November). Unlike a decade ago, documentary filmmakers now focus...

Bare-bones news: Give Act turned from monstrosity into monster, Brabant short 30% on performing arts, North Beveland no longer buys art.

by one of our members
16 November 201129 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

House amends gift deduction in cultural sector (...) A majority of the House wants to limit Cabinet plans for tax deductions in the cultural sector. At the same time, it should become more fiscally attractive to make donations to sports and music associations. VVD, CDA and PVV submitted amendment proposals to this effect to the Giving Act of state secretary Frans Weekers (Finance) on Tuesday. (...) The PVV felt that far too...

Arts Council 020 reacts to alderman for culture's austerity plan: 'don't make cuts!'

by Wijbrand Schaap
16 November 201130 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Je kunt je kont tegen de krib gooien, als kunstsector, maar je kunt ook iets anders doen, terwijl je met je grote konijnenogen in de koplampen van een aanstormend kaalslagmonster staart. En wat is dat andere dan, vroeg de Amsterdamse kunstraad zich af? Doodknuffelen, was het antwoord. Toen de Amsterdamse wethouder van Cultuur vorige week haar plan ontvouwde voor de…

Discount news: cut in government websites and action for Metropole orchestra

by one of our members
15 November 201130 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Donner Zet Mes In Websites Rijksoverheid De ministeries beheren gezamenlijk bijna 400 websites, waarvan het merendeel niet aan officiële eisen van toegankelijkheid voldoet. Minister Donner wil eerst een sanering. (..) De gemeenten, waarvan slechts 2 procent volledig aan de webrichtlijnen voldoet, hebben tot eind 2012 om aan het laagste niveau te voldoen en nog twee jaar daarna om volledig te…

Region review: chain letters in Rotterdam, only 1 year right to renewal in Zierikzee, and Eindhoven not happy with Chamber Choir

by one of our members
10 November 201130 March 2022
5 min read
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Groningen municipality cuts back on Gezinsbode The municipality is going to cut back 150,000 euros on publishing city notices in the Groninger Gezinsbode. The City Council wants to publish decisions and permits electronically from now on, for example on the municipality's website. (...) The number of pages in the Gezinsbode will be halved. (...) source: OogTV 10 Nov 11 Most councillors expect subsidies to be cut...

Distress call for theatre school Roosendaal at last minute, arts venue Veenendaal scrapped Discount news from all regions

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

(...) The Youth Theatre School Roosendaal received a project subsidy of 36,779 euros from the municipality in 2010 and 2011. The school also fulfils a regional function. Forty per cent of its 330 pupils come from the surrounding villages. The proposal is to end the subsidy from 1 January. It was only this week that this apparently dawned on Hofplein's management. Which immediately started a...

Vanaf 2013 ziet het kunstleven in Amsterdam er heel erg anders uit.

by one of our members
9 November 20118 July 2016
1 min read
ACTUAL

Nu dan. 6,5 miljoen gaat er van de gesubsidieerde instellingen af. In Amsterdam. Qua gemeente. Het Rijk deed al iets meer dan 40 miljoen weg, wat 36 instellingen in hoge nood bracht. Nu heeft Amsterdam besloten om in ieder geval 13 instellingen op naam te behouden. Moeten we denken aan Toneelgroep Amsterdam, het IDFA, Holland Festival, Concertgebouw en het Muziekgebouw…

Trouw: Ernst Veen fears big deficits New Church, Holland Symfonia in kicking seat

by one of our members
6 November 201129 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Ernst Veen Het commentaar van Trouw gaat in op de problemen die nu ook in de top van de kunstsector voelbaar beginnen te worden: Cultureel ondernemerschap kan mooie dingen opleveren. Ernst Veen, die in de hoofdstad De Nieuwe Kerk en de Hermitage Amsterdam als nieuwe tentoonstellingsruimten tot grote bloei bracht, is er een succesvol voorbeeld van. Gisteren beklaagde hij zich in…

"22 fascinating, deeply engaging pages on human failure, for which we can only be very grateful.

by Madeleine Red
29 October 201130 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

De Harry Mulisch Leestafel in het Café Américain, een jaar na het overlijden van de schrijver onthuld. ‘’Kijk mam! Dat boek heb jij ook!’’ De kleindochter van Harry Mulisch wijst naar een boek op de naar haar opa vernoemde leestafel in het Café Américain in Amsterdam. Het hele oeuvre van Mulisch ligt uitgestald op de tafel waaraan hij zo graag…

Sports sponsor pays top price, culture sponsor sits front row for a pittance and expects no less

by Henri Drost
25 October 201130 March 2022
5 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, MUSIC, OPERA

The smallest opera company in the Netherlands beats the biggest. Not in visitor numbers, not in subsidy received, but in bringing in sponsorship money. On closer inspection, however, it becomes painfully clear once again that there is no giving culture in the Netherlands and sponsorship is limited to a pittance. A rattling giving law will not change that.

Een maand geleden vertelde intendant Guus Mostart ons dat ondanks juichende recensies en uitverkochte zalen de Nationa...

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