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Working for free has become commonplace in the arts. 4 bare facts by festival director Meulman

by Wijbrand Schaap
14 July 201429 March 2022
3 min read
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'The practice of payment by book voucher does not belong to a professional sector with substantial economic importance.' Jeffrey Meulman, director of the Dutch theatre festival, has learned to live with it. Against his will. As host of the annual Gala of Dutch Theatre, he has managed to organise that party again. Without money.

New Culture Council president? 'Van Klink creates a crisis himself so he can then solve it'

by one of our members
7 September 201129 March 2022
5 min read
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Pim van Klink is his name. He has been popping up everywhere lately. Especially when the malign subsidy orientation of the cultural sector needs to be pointed out, every medium calls Van Klink first. Last week, he once again threw his hobbyhorse into the henhouse in the NRC and was invited to join Buitenhof. And according to our trench-coat-clad...