So many walls, so many voices

• commissioning and public space

Haar werk had oorspronkelijk op een andere gevel gestaan onder de Rotterdamse Hofbogen. Maar toen muralist Hedy Tjin klaar was, liet de nieuwe eigenaar van het koophuis ertegenover haar onvrede horen. ‘Te etnisch,’ noemde de bewoonster het – daar wilde ze niet op uitkijken. Tjin besloot haar muurschildering te verwijderen. Read More

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Participatory art: who does this work actually belong to?

• RIGHTS

In rechtReeKs neemt de Kunstenbond, de vakbond voor kunstenaars en iedereen die werkt in de culturele en creatieve sector, een juridisch onderwerp onder de loep dat essentieel is voor de beroepspraktijk van de kunstenaar. Advocaat Jet Hootsmans geeft inzicht en praktische tips. Deze keer wat je moet weten over het… Read More

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Trijn Rembrands

• commissioning and public space

Trijn Rembrands is de heldin van het Beleg van Alkmaar uit 1573. Om de stad te verdedigen, vocht ze als zestienjarig meisje moedig mee tegen de Spanjaarden. Sinds 1861 wordt rond 8 oktober dit Alkmaars Ontzet herdacht en gevierd. In 2023, een jubileumjaar, sprak schrijver Simone van der Vlugt de… Read More

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Art and demandingness: on the ideal of the healthy artist

• podcast

In de inmiddels dertig gesprekken die de BK-podcast Het kan ook anders rijk is, komen vele thema’s langs. Een van de terugkerende thema’s is het functioneren van kunstenaars in een veeleisende kunstwereld. Dat is voor gezonde kunstenaars al geen sinecure, maar hoe doe je dat als je niet voldoet aan… Read More

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The memory of Parijsch

• commissioning and public space

For twenty years they were stored in crates in the ‘attic’ of the artwork The Memory of Parijsch: 13,000 printed copies of a special edition of the Culemborgse Courant compiled and written by Sjaak Langenberg and André Dekker (Observatorium). The content of the newspaper was kept secret for twenty years and contains the first historiography of the Culemborg new housing estate Parijsch, with reflections on society and political decision-making in 2005, future expectations and portraits of the neighborhood's first residents. Esther Didden talked to both artists about the art project, from twenty years ago and today. Read More

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Removing an artwork: what about the artist's rights?

• commissioning and public space
• RIGHTS

In rechtReeKs, the Kunstenbond, the union for artists and everyone who works in the cultural and creative sector, takes a close look at a legal topic that is essential to the artist's professional practice. Lawyer Jet Hootsmans provides insight and practical tips. This time: may an artwork be removed just like that? Read More

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Startup with Sam Maske

• launch

Sam Maske looks back with satisfaction on his first steps in the life of a visual artist and all that goes with it. He asks: what art class would you have liked to have had when you were a child in elementary (or junior) school? Read More

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JumpstArt: a platform to develop and grow

• art education
• national institutions

Artists who have just graduated are entering open territory. Their heads full of ideas, their hands full of plans, but their practice is still seeking direction within an art world that is complex and layered. The JumpstArt Foundation guides them through those first steps. The platform provides visibility so that work is seen, discussed and sometimes... Read More

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Income tax return manual for artists

• financing

To make the annual tax return easier, DutchCulture has, as in other years, issued a manual for income tax returns for artists and creatives. Special rules sometimes apply to artists, such as the artist arrangement. Also, artists sometimes have special work situations, such as the combination of paid employment and self-employment. In... Read More

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Continued Fair Practice Code

• financing

A grant application submitted by Kunsten ’92 and Platform ACCT to the Ministry of OCW to further develop fair practice in the cultural and creative sector has been awarded. This will allow the organizations to proceed with follow-up steps to further raise awareness in the sector of the importance and impact of... Read More

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