Episode 16 It can also be different

This time with Morena Bamberger

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The usefulness of rest

essay

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Healthy

Editorial #8

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Wi Sranan. Surinamese art in motion

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Icarus - How High is the Sky

Marinus Boezem in Leerdam

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Starting up

with Renske Tiemersma

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Articles

    Matchfunding at voordekunst 

    • financing

    Recently, the municipality of Utrecht started contributing to crowdfunding through voordekunst. Utrecht creators and institutions can now also receive an extra contribution from the municipality when they organize crowdfunding through voordekunst. The municipalities of Rotterdam, Almere, Amersfoort, Dordrecht, The Hague, Groningen and Amsterdam have been crowdfunding partners of voordekunst for some time. The... Read More

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    Sustainable cultural sector program

    • policy & politics

    The Sustainable Culture Sector Program was launched to accelerate the sustainability of the cultural and creative sector and for the cultural and creative sector to participate in making other domains more sustainable. Kunsten '92 is coordinating the program. Organizations and workers from across the sector are involved in... Read More

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    Practical videos for freelancers 

    • professional practice
    • financing

    Almost all visual artists are self-employed. Busy with their work, and in most cases busy trying to maintain a life as a visual artist. Arranging a pension plan or disability insurance is then not at the top of the to-do list. Yet there comes a time when this becomes more important. Platform... Read More

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    Investing in international cultural cooperation pays off 

    • international
    • research

    New research by DutchCulture, commissioned by the City of Amsterdam, shows that international cultural cooperation is not only artistically and socially valuable, but also makes a substantial economic contribution to the Netherlands. The annual added value can amount to 10.6 billion euros, a multiple of what is put in... Read More

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    How to act when you get stuck in your work?

    • How?

    Every artist knows the moment when creativity seems to stop. The canvas or paper remains empty, the material works against you, or your own ideas suddenly seem meaningless. Getting stuck is part of being an artist - it is the in-between moment when old forms no longer... Read More

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    Icarus - How High is the Sky

    • commissioning and public space

    In Papendrecht is Artwork Vondelpark by Carel Visser. Mari Andriessen made Man before the firing squad for Haarlem and Jan Wolkers made the glass artwork Women in Resistance for Oegstgeest. These are examples of sculptors who made a work for their place of birth. Recently, a work of art by Marinus Boezem has been on display in... Read More

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    Startup with Renske Tiemersma

    • launch

    Dear readers, Last year I wrote a letter giving you a little insight into my life. At that time I had been a graduate for six months, and now about a year and a half. A lot has changed. Funny enough, one of the biggest changes comes back in a way that I... Read More

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    Culture Council: Deploy catch-up cultural budget for more private money culture 

    • policy & politics

    "If the government wants to encourage more private contributions to the cultural sector, it must itself set an example and financially reinforce the importance of culture. Over the past 20 years, public spending on arts and culture has declined relative to economic growth and inflation. In... Read More

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    Essay: The usefulness of rest

    • podcast

    On Oct. 1, 2025, BK Information launched its new podcast. Under the title (and subtitle) Het kan ook anders. About tipping points in artists' practice, philosopher and art expert Esther Didden talks to a visual artist every week for a year about changes and transitions in their work. It's about tipping points - internal... Read More

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    SPiTS

    • commissioning and public space

    Sigrid Caon realized an extraordinary work of art in the spire of a Tilburg church tower. Esther Didden spoke with the artist. Read More

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  • Editorial

    Healthy

    A few weeks ago, Trouw reported on a study by King's College London on the physical effects of looking at art. Fifty subjects viewed paintings by Gauguin, Manet and Van Gogh for twenty minutes. Half of the group saw the originals; the rest were shown replicas. Interestingly, in the group that [...]

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    Columns

    Ten weeks in Chengdu, everything fell into place

    Since 2016, Guda Koster & Frans van Tartwijk have been working together on performances with sculptural figures, which usually take place in public spaces. The figures are made of different types of textiles, have no face and usually do not react to the people they encounter on the street. Astonished passersby may wonder what the true [...]

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    Podcast

    Things can be different | 16. Morena Bamberger

    "I am very happy that I am now an artist, that I can create my work and share my values with the world." This week Esther Didden is in Well at the home and workplace of Morena Bamberger. She grew up in a trailer park within the Sinti community from which she comes. As a [...]

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    In the picture

    • Wi Sranan. Surinaamse kunst in beweging 

      Wi Sranan. Surinamese art in motion 

    • And So, Change Comes in Waves Kunst- en wetenschapsroute, Leuven (B) 

      And So, Change Comes in Waves Art and Science Route, Leuven (B) 

    • Refresh Amsterdam #3: Imagine the future

      Refresh Amsterdam #3: Imagine the future

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