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Chairman of Amsterdam Arts Council steps down early.

by Wijbrand Schaap
28 August 201530 March 2022
2 min read
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Gerard de Kleijn, chairman of the Amsterdam Arts Council since 2010, will not complete his second term, which was due to end in 2018. Today, he announced his departure from 1 January 2016. That is two years earlier than intended. It has to do with the Amsterdam city council's choice for a new system of cultural subsidies, in which the role...

No new merger orchestras, no merger Reisopera and Opera Zuid

by Henri Drost
8 June 201530 March 2022
4 min read
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Bussemaker invests 18 million in the arts and a symphony orchestra for pop and jazz added. It seems too good to be true. And so it is. Because in return for that one extra orchestra, two other orchestras will be cut. At least, that's how the minister's letter can easily be read. That's how I read it too, at least. Currently...

Lower chamber talked about art. We followed the debate for you

by Wijbrand Schaap
11 November 201330 March 2022
14 min read
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We kept a liveblog. Nice and old-fashioned, from the days when every month there was uproar somewhere about the government's handling of art. Now there is peace in the tent, as the PVV sardonically points out, because 'The Left' is now the bearer of policies devised by the PVV. The PVV predicts a black future for 'The Left' once the PVV comes to power.

Below are our updates, which paint a picture of a room that still doesn't really know where it is in d eculture ...

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For the first time, a secretary of state openly lies and gets away with it. Or does he?

by Wijbrand Schaap
21 May 201114 February 2018
7 min read
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How bad is it really? A few lied lines in a Ministry of Education, Culture and Science booklet? Pretty bad. Because it's an outright lie, and a government that lies is not to be had. Because: how can you trust them anymore?