Amy Tan – te gast bij het John Adams Institute in Amsterdam – introduceerde deze week zelf haar nieuwe boek bij het Nederlandse publiek: Vallei van verwondering. Ze hield in de Amstelkerk een zeer persoonlijke lezing over het moeilijke leven van haar moeder en grootmoeder in het antieke China van voor de grote roerganger Mao. Het decor: begin twintigste eeuw…
We already wrote about the name change of the Orchestra of the East into the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (NedSym). The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) was not amused and felt that the Enschede-based orchestra was infringing its trademark and trademark rights and demanded that the orchestra choose a different name. Summary proceedings followed and in April 2012 the court ruled that the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra could only not use the abbreviation NedSO, but did not have to change its name.
Today, the Dutch pavilion of the Venice Biennale was opened by culture minister Jet Bussemaker. And she did so with a speech that the culture sector will appreciate. No longer the harsh and chilly tone of Halbe Zijlstra's neo-conservative vacuousness, but a
No offensive prominent, well-known world citizen or tricky topic, but ordinary people play the leading role in the print that was awarded this year's Inkstspot Prize. The prize for the best political cartoon published in the national and regional press in the past year goes to
Brazilië heeft elk jaar 10% meer over voor kunst, sport en vermaak, plus dit jaar nog 600 miljoen extra. straatkunst in Brazilië Als we in Nederland ooit weer gaan groeien met de economie kunnen we kiezen tussen het Chinese en het Braziliaanse model. In China gaat de groei vooral naar puissant rijke ondernemers, en kopen de rijker geworden burgers massaal…
Can a filmmaker born and raised in West Germany strike just the right tone in a film set in the former East Germany? I hadn't really thought about that before, but the Berliner Zeitung raised that question in response to Christian Petzold's Barbara, about a Berlin paediatrician who, after requesting to go to the West,...
We berichtten vorige week al over de enorme Chinese kunstmarkt, die zo hard groeit dat er volgens ingewijden sprake is van een op springen staande luchtbel. Maar, voordat de markt instort omdat rijke investeerders een andere hobby bedenken, zou die nog sneller kunnen klappen omdat de kunst aan kwaliteit verliest. Dit dreigt vooral te gebeuren met de werken van de…
Ze maakten de betere Bordeaux-wijnen onbetaalbaar en in Zuidoost Azië worden dagelijks recordbedragen neergeteld voor westerse moderne en antieke kunst. Chinese verzamelaars en speculanten bepalen inmiddels wat telt en wat niet in de kunstwereld. Nieuwste ontwikkeling: ze ontdekken hun eigen kunstenaars. Inmiddels wordt voor een schilderij als ‘Adelaar staand op een dennenboom’ uit 1946 van de autodidact Qi Bashi meer…
Nice, that secretary of state for hard rock and Tom Clancy. Mr Halbe Zijlstra-san has once again lived up to his change manager name in China. But in a slightly different way. In the land of eternally sealed mouths, he opened the Dutch stand at the book fair there, with a speech that once again rammed Dutch values into the Chinese. Anyway...
Photo: Pierre Nydegger To conclude. The 2011 Holland Festival could well be historic. Not only was it the festival that attracted the most audiences for years, it was also the festival that took place while a minority government of populists, nationalists and materialists proclaimed the end of art subsidies. We therefore look back on a festival in which we were able to meet with...
In conclusion. The 2011 Holland Festival could well be historic. Not only was it the festival that attracted the most audiences for years, it was also the festival that took place while a minority government of populists, nationalists and materialists proclaimed the end of art subsidies. We therefore look back on a festival in which we had a great time with our new...
The teachers recite it, a whistle sounds. The audience mimics it, like wax in the hands of the five Chinese on stage. Anyone who walks into the performance C'est du Chinois walks into a Mandarin language lesson. An effective language lesson besides, you understand the two small families-they have only been in the country for four months but plan to...
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