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The arts subsidy system is like a house that changes hands a little too often: new cultural policy Rutte cabinet is capital destruction

by Wijbrand Schaap
6 December 201029 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Motto of Zijlstra's culture letter: "The 19th-century painter Alma-Tadema said: 'As long as I paint, I am an artist; when it is finished, I am a businessman'." The art subsidy system is like a house, changing hands a little too often. In 2008, after long meetings, the previous owner fitted a new kitchen, replaced the bathroom, installed a new central heating boiler + underfloor heating and...

Oerol arrives. Competition for Holland Festival on scarce arts pages in Festivalland #hf10

by one of our members
15 June 201030 March 2022
6 min read
For members only, Holland Festival, SPECIALS

The Marathon Effect is well known: put spectators together in a theatre for half a day or more, preferably on uncomfortable seats, and hand them over to a couple of actors with a play. Success seems assured, and the ancient Greeks already knew that. So that there would be no discord surrounding the monster project I Demoni, the Dostoevsky adaptation of Peter...

As You Like It despite brilliant jokes and fantastic Bob Dylan impersonation still a long sit #hf10

by Wijbrand Schaap
3 June 201030 March 2022
4 min read
For members only, Holland Festival, SPECIALS

By Wijbrand Schaap, Photo Joan Marcus So we don't have that. In the Netherlands. So many good actors of name and fame to fill an entire Shakespeare comedy with top actors, right down to the smallest edelfiguration. Ok, we come a long way with our Pierre Bokma's, our Gijs Scholten van Aschats, a Lineke Rijxman, Mariek Heebink and Ariane Schluter, and flat Elsie de...