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"The VVD always stands up for the arts" - Guest column by Jeffrey Meulman on Rutte's bold statements

by one of our members
30 January 201129 March 2022
6 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Jeffrey Meulman, director of The Dutch Theatre Festival TF, reacted to Rutte's statements in Buitenhof, which can also be seen on this site. He then received a letter back from the VVD. We didn't want to withhold that letter, and his response to it, from you.

Reality and politics are getting further and further apart. Last week, I visited three theatre performances in Baarn, Utrecht and Amsterdam. On stage a performance without subsidy, one with a bit of d...

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Arts budget debated in second chamber: hardly any discussion on 200 million cut to performing arts

by one of our members
14 December 201030 March 2022
14 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

We were at a debate day in The Hague that was as inconspicuous as it was historic on 13 December 2010: it was about the budget of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the (first?) Rutte government, and that was the budget in which, at the request of the supporting party PVV, the amount to be cut in the arts budget was set at 200 million, with heritage and museums having to...

For at least €10,000 and lots of art love right to unsolicited advice to Holland Festival #hf10

by one of our members
4 June 201030 March 2022
3 min read
Holland Festival, SPECIALS

We at the press do it for free, but people with really big money can buy it: the right to unsolicited advice to the Holland Festival. Today, the festival announced the appointment of a Board of Governors. People with money who like to put it into top culture. A novelty for the Netherlands. We have the names: G.J. van den Bergh and...