'The task force is critical of the costs and the course of events surrounding the assignment to the Open Netherlands Foundation. Parliamentary questions have now been asked about this; we await the minister's answers to these.' So it is somewhere at the bottom of Kunsten'92's weekly update, but it is clear. That whole pilot with quick tests evokes rather mixed feelings. The interest group...
What we feared at the beginning of the coronasteun appears to have become reality. The generous support money for culture should also reach the small self-employed in the arts via the institutions, but that is now happening too little. Of course, there are fine examples, such as the large subsidised arts institutions in Groningen and festivals like Boulevard and Holland Festival that have self-employed...
Geachte demissionair premier Rutte, Beste Mark, In de hoedanigheid van ZZP’er werkzaam in de podiumkunsten schrijf ik je deze brief. Dit is mijn eerste brief ooit over de situatie van de cultuursector met als toppunt coronatijd. Eerst ter introductie: Wij hebben elkaar ontmoet toen ik speciaal voor jou bij het TV-programma Podium Witteman een sonate van Scarlatti speelde, en ook…
The United States of America has spent $18 billion (€15 billion) on coronasteun for the arts. That is more than any other country in the world and quite remarkable for a country not famous for arts funding. France is second, with an aid package worth $8.3 billion (€6.9 billion). hefty sums, where the 1.8...
After more than six years as director, Viktorien van Hulst is leaving Stichting Theaterfestival Boulevard 's-Hertogenbosch and Stichting Bosse Nova. She will start on 1 July as director-director at the Fonds Podiumkunsten, where she will succeed Henriëtte Post. The Performing Arts Fund supports all forms of professional performing arts on behalf of the central government and has an annual budget of 62 million euros available for this purpose. Peggy Olislaegers...
Everyone balks. Let's put that first. And a lot of people are badly affected. Hospitality, retail, schoolchildren and especially students: everything that is not necessary for survival balks. So does the arts. Not all art, of course, especially larger institutions are coming through the corona crisis reasonably well so far. Quiet and closed, but not bankrupt. We can't take that from...
The exhibition The Golden Coach opens at the Amsterdam Museum on Friday 18 June. After a restoration of more than five years, the Golden Coach is back on public display for the first time. The carriage will be on loan to the Amsterdam Museum until February 2022. With this, the carriage temporarily returns to the city that used it in...
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...
The most recent bulk of cultural rescue money was distributed to municipal councils without the obligation to actually spend that money on culture. Indeed, that so-called 'earmarking' was too cumbersome and time-consuming, according to now outgoing culture minister Ingrid van Engelshoven. (Malicious people suggest that this way Rutte and Wiebes were willing to cross the bridge, because the money would not...
For a week or two, the word uncollect has been in my head. An Amsterdam politician suggested selling Roy Lichtenstein's As I opened Fire. Estimated proceeds: 40 to 50 million. With that money, Amsterdam's art sector could be saved and, if there was some left over, work by new artists could also be bought. The politician himself holds...
The best works of art are failures, and it is up to the public to give them a meaning over which the artist has no control, argued comedian Micha Wertheim in an essay for De Correspondent. We thought that was a good topic for our fourth geek podcast. Marijn Lems (NRC,Theaterkrant) does sometimes clash with people who give him too much in his reviews,...
‘Er is geen andere sector in Nederland die zo gecontroleerd en gereguleerd wordt als de culturele sector.’ D66-kamerlid Salima Belhaj verzucht dit tegen het einde van het debat dat de verzamelde lobbyclubs voor de culturele sector op maandag 8 februari organiseerden. ‘Het kost ongelooflijk veel werk, tijd en vooral geld. En de basis is wantrouwen.’ De meest cultuurvriendlijke partij van…
On Friday 12 February 2021 from 12:00-17:00, the Amsterdam Museum, together with its various partners, is organising the Refresh Symposium on the Amsterdam art climate. A symposium in which makers such as Bas Kosters, Massih Hutak and Raquel van Haver together with representatives of cultural institutions such as NDSM-werf, AFK and Amerpodia will critically examine the art climate in the city. The symposium...
De Raad van Toezicht van het Holland Festival stelt Carolien Gehrels aan per 1 maart 2021 als zijn nieuwe voorzitter. Carolien Gehrels (1967) is een goede bekende van het Holland Festival als regelmatige bezoeker van voorstellingen en concerten en door haar rol als wethouder van Amsterdam verantwoordelijk voor kunst en cultuur van 2006 tot 2014.
What happens in 2022, when refunds are due or not, we will determine on 17 March. But we may just have to count on the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science changing its name already.
Met deze vijf tips komt er vast een prachtig programma uit, in deze bizarre zomer die we tegemoet gaan, waarin we hopelijk überhaupt weer de straat op mogen. Ik ga voor allebei duimen.
Especially in a bizarre year like this, I need hot films: classics, found footage or children's film, all are allowed. As long as it deals with big emotions or offers the perfect escapism. Like every year, there is plenty to enjoy on TV. Not like every year, there is no option to seek refuge elsewhere, but streaming offers the solution. Five tips to get through Christmas.
In Duitsland wonen 80 miljoen mensen, in Nederland 17 miljoen, dus kunnen we de Nederlandse steun met vijf vermenigvuldigen als we de Duitse claim willen testen. Komen we toch op een bedrag dat drie keer hoger ligt uit.
Four years ago at the Winternachten Festival in The Hague, we spoke about it with Egyptian writer Alaa al Aswani, who was disarmingly upbeat despite the fact that he can barely publish in his own country. On lack of freedom of expression and fiction in times of fake, this year's theme, Al Aswani could have a word. 'Freedom of expression is even worse now than under dictator Mubarak.'
Wanneer het gaat over ‘enkele aanpassingen’ moet je natuurlijk even oppassen. Dat weten ze bij de provincie, dus noemen ze details niet. En die details behelzen een korting van 1,3 miljoen op eerder toegezegde bedragen.
With the saving of Frascati and at least a Chamber that does understand the importance of the sector, the most depressing event of the year - the culture budget debate - still ended with a few bright spots.
Een strakke, spierwitte kunsttempel midden in het Congolese binnenland. Wat heeft dat te betekenen? Renzo Martens vertelt over zijn nieuwe documentaire White Cube, en het kunstproject dat plantagearbeiders in staat stelt hun land terug te kopen. Première op IDFA en in Lusanga, Congo.
Het ervaren van kunst is in 2019 officieel gezond verklaard door de World Health Organization. Concordia kunstuitleen maakt het ervaren van de positieve effecten van kunst voor iedereen toegankelijk.
So on 18 October 2020, something happened. VPRO's Mondo had suddenly become an upbeat broadcast. And this in these times, when lamentation and mourning over lockdowns and impending bankruptcies dominate everywhere. What was going on?
French-Austrian theatre maker Gisèle Vienne (1976) and Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952) have been appointed associate artists for the 2021 Holland Festival.
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