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Culture Council says it: the Giving Act has failed, and the rest basically too
Do you remember? The band-aid Halbe Zijlstra offered the cultural sector in the form of the Giving Act? Tax breaks would definitely lead to more sponsorship, so the impact of the austerity measures would not be nearly as dramatic as the sector itself cried out.
Emio Greco will 'maybe' lead CCN Ballet de Marseille.
[UPDATE 19-2-2014: meanwhile the appointment is final]
This week, French media surfaced messages on that Emio Greco is the only candidate left to become Frédéric Flamand's successor at the CCN Ballet National de Marseille. However, the culture minister has yet to confirm the appointment, ICKamsterdam reported.
The National Theatre prevented Stopera from becoming The National Theatre
It would have been so nice: The National Ballet together with The National Opera in The National Theatre, as you have in the capital of any self-respecting country. But so that didn't happen. The home of our National Opera and Ballet clubs is now called 'Nationale Opera en Ballet'. The National Theatre made sure of that, which, like the Nederlands Dans Theater, is not in our capital Amsterdam, but in its residence in The Hague.
Collection shuffling, Rutte II's new hobby
The Geldmuseum gaat over een maand dicht, maar de collectie (voor zover belangrijk) gaat naar De Nederlandsche Bank. Het Tropenmuseum is opgeheven, maar de collection wordt elders ondergebracht. De bibliotheek wordt echter maar voor de helft gered: alles van na 1950 is volgens minister Bussemaker niet interessant genoeg om te bewaren. Dit blijkt uit de antwoorden die de minister van Cultuur Bussemaker heeft gegeven op vragen van de SP.
BPP kaputt (5): what exactly is a dead body in the closet, or: is 4 million enough?
The dissolution of the Performing Arts Promotion Office continues to stir minds. So another piece, even though we are actually supposed to be walking around the Uitmarkt to expensive advertising leaflets to sell.
Enfin.
Russian flowers and Beatrix @HollandFestival

Gorgeous dresses, big sunglasses and high heels. It is clear that the performance by the famous Moscow theatre company Theatre of Nations also attracted a large Russian audience. Men in suits occasionally talking to their sleeves seem to testify to Russian billionaires present. But nothing could be further from the truth when suddenly Princess Beatrix and her entourage enter the auditorium.
'Cineastas' mixes theatre, film and everyday life

In 'Cineastas', the Argentine director shows Mariano Pensotti (1972) a multi-layered story about four Buenos Aires filmmakers, each struggling with their new films. It is partly a portrait of the city, through the eyes of four Argentine filmmakers, says
Wrong Time Wrong Place opens IDFA - documentary as dance with chance
In John Appel's new documentary Wrong Time Wrong Place features survivors of the shooting on the Norwegian island of Utoya and the preceding bombing, which killed 77 people.
If you don't have Twitter in Egypt. Community Arts 'Mahatat' works from the bottom up. #vvu
De overheid heeft de laatste decennia weinig moeite gedaan om in het Egyptische Damietta een culturele scene van de grond te krijgen. Er zijn geen werkruimtes. Geen galeries. Alleen een hele grote bibliotheek en een “cultuurpaleis”. Die zijn beide pas vijf jaar geleden geopend. Daarnaast zijn er een paar kleine onafhankelijke initiatieven. In de openbare ruimte.