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...
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.
Earlier this year, Cinekid was in danger of dropping out of the basic cultural infrastructure due to a 'no, unless' advice from the Culture Council. An updated application has now changed the Council's mind. If the minister adopts it, Cinekid can go full steam ahead for four years. An interview with Cinekid director Heleen Rouw.
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.
The hybrid German-English model combines the best of three worlds. But it also involves major changes. Artists will no longer all live in Amsterdam, but in one of eight or 10 urban cultural regions.
As this is D66 culture minister Van Engelshoven's presumably last budget year, the press release once again emphasises that a total of 95 million extra has now come into the culture budget during her tenure. It is too early to draw far-reaching conclusions.
How nice it would not be if the Culture Council really 'got its hands on' supporting freelancers and self-employed people! There is a possibility.
A fire letter from the United Performing Arts Festivals. One of more than a hundred lobbying organisations in the arts, but a very important one. After all, the festivals are the place where audiences were introduced to arts and entertainment in its full breadth. That doesn't happen anywhere else. And beautiful: they stand up for all performing arts, because, as loyal readers of this site know: they are quite the hare, and become even more the hare with every half-hearted rescue.
Under the banner 'Sender Boulevard', the organisers of Theatre Festival Boulevard signed up for six weeks of live encounters in 's-Hertogenbosch. More than 40 different projects delivered an extraordinary variety of performances, performances and installations. Based on the theme 'Nader de ander' (Closer to the other), Boulevard more than ever entered into dialogue with makers and audience, which led to an intense dialogue with results.
On top of the general support measures, the cabinet is allocating an additional 482 million euros for the cultural sector. The cultural and creative sector can also draw on the general support measures, so over 700 million is expected to be available for culture.
Dat ze in Groot Brittannië vorige maand met een steunpakket van anderhalf miljard voor de kunsten kwamen, leek even heel goed nieuws. Voor een land met bijna 67 miljoen inwoners is zo’n reddingspakket, dat ook nog eens voor driekwart uit leningen en voorschotten bestaat, verhoudingsgewijs veel kleiner dan wat er in Nederland aan steun voor de kunsten is. Hoe graag…
Immediately after the lockdown was declared in March 2020, Vincent Wijlhuizen, co-founder (along with Annette van Zwol and Ieme Soes) and director of the What you See Festival, set to work to come up with alternatives for the festival, which takes place in the autumn. 'We made several plans. We already had an ordinary plan, which went to all the funds...
On Monday 29 June, the Lower House will discuss the advice of the Council for Culture. An advice that, as the Volkskrant rightly noted on Friday 26 June, receives much more criticism than previous advice. In doing so, the newspaper reaffirms what we already wrote down immediately after its release on 4 June: there is a total lack of transparency, a...
In recent days, tentative proposals for a new system to fund the arts in the Netherlands have appeared in various places. Tricky pieces, and so far not attesting to very much incisiveness. In Het Parool, a number of prominent figures, including Tinkebel and advertising man Kessels, think that we should think less in pigeonholes, and that, besides quality, we should also...
Let's just start with the good news: De Staat is a regular fixture in the Netherlands from now on. And so we are talking about the band De Staat. Who make fantastic music videos these days. They have been promoted from a four-year grant with the Performing Arts Fund to a four-year grant according to the Cultural Basic Infrastructure (BIS). With 55 other newcomers. All weighed...
Just like in the world outside culture (call it capitalism), in the cultural sector itself you also see a huge payment gap between creators and 'the plush'. Only you can't talk about that taboo without being seen as a traitor.
It is high time for collective action, now that arts organisations have closed and activities are at a standstill. Plea for a support fund for culture, to which governments, funds and companies contribute in unison. We all notice it: live cultural offerings are at a standstill due to the coronavirus. Much has been written and talked about the importance and value of culture in recent weeks. That...
Op dit moment zitten ze nog allemaal te Zoomen of in een MS Teams meeting, de tientallen adviseurs en commissieleden die zijn aangesteld om de honderden subsidieaanvragen te beoordelen voor het nieuwe kunstenplan 2021-2024. Maar naar alle waarschijnlijkheid gaat het niet meer over de aanvragen, maar over hoe het nieuws te brengen dat de procedure wordt stilgelegd. De provincie Zeeland…
Eerder deze week deed minister Van Engelshoven een oproep aan het publiek om en masse donateur te gaan worden “van je favoriete (culturele) instelling”. Ook liet zij doorschemeren bereid te zijn om binnen het kabinet te onderzoeken in hoeverre juist nu schenkingen aan culturele instellingen extra aantrekkelijk kunnen worden gemaakt als aftrekpost voor de inkomstenbelasting. Ondertussen is er echter binnen…
Regisseur Noël Fischer, artistiek leider van HNTJong, de jeugdclub van Het Nationale Theater, vernam een week geleden vlak voor de eerste try-out dat ze met Trojan Wars het podium niet op mocht voor de try-out, noch voor première van zaterdag. Geen gewone opvoering maar een marathonvoorstelling met drie delen, met in de pauzes voer voor de geest (muziek) en de…
Toen ik laatst aan middelbare scholieren probeerde uit te leggen hoe weinig de orkestleden betaald kregen die bij het Eurovisie Songfestival de muzikale verrassingsact verzorgen, keken ze me verwilderd aan. Immers, het was meer dan je als 16-jarige verdient als vakkenvuller bij de gemiddelde grootgrutter. Dus wat was eigenlijk het probleem? Daarom nu maar even een andere rekensom, dankzij de…
Ik zit aan de eettafel bij mij ouders. We vieren de verjaardag van mijn moeder met de hele familie. Ik ben er, maar ik ben er niet helemaal. Ik ben namelijk momenteel zo ontzettend moe. Zoals ik grappend tegen mijn vrienden zeg: “Ik kan geen boe of bah meer zeggen en loop op mijn tandvlees”. Plots komt het gesprek op…
On 23 October, website Theaterkrant.nl wrote a piece on the future of the performing arts. A future that is black and gloomy when you, as a creator, count on growth, or even survival at all. In short: so much money is going away from the Performing Arts Fund, that from next year only between 50 and 60 applications can be honoured, in...
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