• Samenwerken met Vlaanderen

    Cooperation with Flanders

    In the arts, working internationally is a vital part of professional practice. Cooperation with Flanders is obvious, it is close by and there is no language problem.

  • European work plan Culture 2023-2026

    The Council of the European Union approved the European Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026 at the end of November. The plan established new priorities for European cultural policy. Among other things, it was decided to strengthen the external dimension of culture and add a specific action for Ukraine to the plan.

  • Museum visit by prescription

    In Brussels, it has recently become possible to take a cultural excursion on doctor's orders and at the city's expense.

  • Een internationaal perspectief op kunstpodia

    An international perspective on arts venues

    Jorgen Karskens and Yannick Bouillis published the report of a study they conducted at the request of the Mondriaan Fund. The Fund asked them to investigate what we can learn from art venues in the countries surrounding us. How do they deal with the structural financing of visual art, with issues such as distribution or audience reach?

  • Internationaal cultuurbeleid 2017 – 2020

    International cultural policy 2017 - 2020

    On March 24, 2022, Minister Hoekstra (BZ) and State Secretary Uslu (Culture and Media) presented the House of Representatives with the evaluation of the International Culture Policy (ICB) 2017-2020. This policy is implemented by the Dutch diplomatic missions abroad and the national cultural funds, among others. 

  • Nieuwe subsidieregeling voor kunstenaars en kunstprofessionals

    New grant scheme for artists and arts professionals

    The Culture Moves Europe grant scheme for artists and arts professionals is a new permanent scheme of Creative Europe. 

  • Unesco bezorgd over afname investeringen in cultuur

    UNESCO concerned about decline in investment in culture

    UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is concerned about the decreased investment in culture, also because it seems to have kept pace with the decline in freedom of information and press.

  • Internationaal Cultuurbeleid

    International Cultural Policy

    In November, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science published the International Culture Policy 2020 report, which provides an overview of projects and results of Dutch cultural activities in the world.

  • On Affecting Change

    On Affecting Change

    About the online symposium "On Affecting Change Through Artist-in-Residencies," organized by Kunsthuis Syb and Hotel Maria Kapel together with AIR Platform NL (part of DutchCulture) in December 2020 and January 2021.

  • Culturele sector is sleutel tot herstel Europese economie

    Cultural sector is key to recovery of European economy

    There have been recent studies on the European cultural and creative sector. What is needed for the recovery of the sector and how important is its recovery after the corona crisis?

  • Duurzaam internationaal reizen in de kunstsector

    Sustainable international travel in the art sector

    Which cities can be reached by train from Brussels-Midi within half a day? Kunstenpunt wants to offer an alternative to many destinations in Europe.

  • 2019 Power 100

    2019 Power 100

    ArtReview's Power 100 is an annual ranking of the most influential 100 artists, collectors, gallery owners, curators and museum directors. The list is compiled annually by 30 anonymous international judges after a two-month discussion period that reflects the past 12 months.

  • Voortgang internationaal cultuurbeleid

    Progress on international cultural policy

    On the implementation of international cultural policy (ICB), the House of Representatives received the annual report from the Ministries of OCW and BZ in November.

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