With the new design program Heritage and Space, the Stimuleringsfonds voor Creatieve Industrie aims to connect past and present in a sustainable way. The program (2017-2018) gives an extra boost to cooperation between the design and heritage sectors and engages designers in current issues at the intersection of climate, energy, space and heritage.

With the 2016 Annual Report, the Mondriaan Fund concludes both the calendar year and the 2013-2016 cultural planning period. In the Annual Report, the Fund provides accountability by comparing set goals and results; by core objective and by specific contribution.

Last month Kunstenbond and Platform BK opened the 'Meldpunt atelierbeleid', a digital mailbox where artists in the Netherlands can share good and bad experiences about studio policy.

More than two hundred renowned artists, including Anish Kapoor, Kader Attia, Olafur Eliasson, Steve McQueen, Tracey Rose, Ugo Rondinone and Defne Ayas (artistic director Witte de With, center for contemporary art) have united in the collective Hands Off Our Revolution.

A list of the hundred most important living Dutch art collectors was also compiled in 2017. The collectors included in the list have a collection consisting on average of many hundreds of works and a value of at least 600,000 euros.

As of January 1, 2017, the artist fees guideline was introduced in the Netherlands, an initiative of BKNL (Beeldende Kunst Nederland). The guideline applies to exhibitions without a sales purpose and aims to professionalize the contract practice between art institutions and artists.

Every year, the Museum Association - the trade association of museums in the Netherlands - conducts a survey of over 400 Museum Association member museums to obtain an overview of key data and trends. Museum Figures 2015 was recently published.

For many, the visual arts world is an international one, where networks are forged and maintained worldwide. Artist-in-Redidencies are important for artists; to broaden perspectives, change perspectives and gain contacts.

Kunstenbond is the new independent union for artists and creatives and is affiliated with FNV. The union is aimed at anyone working in the arts or creative industries or pursuing creative vocational training. Currently (October 2016) the union consists of some 7,000 members who have transferred from FNV Kiem to the Kunstenbond.

On Aug. 28, 2016, the annual Paradiso Debate organized by Kunsten '92 took place in Amsterdam.

BKNL (Beeldende Kunst Nederland) took the initiative to compile all available data on the visual arts sector in the Netherlands.

This spring, DutchCulture presented the 2015 annual review of Buitengaats, the database in which DutchCulture collects data on international activities of artists and cultural organizations in the Netherlands.

Symposium on commissioning in Flanders.

The Brabants kenniscentrum kunst en cultuur (bkkc) and the renewed Biesbosch MuseumEiland organized a meeting at the museum on Friday, Nov. 13, to discuss the role art can take within spatial developments. The Biesbosch has changed considerably in recent years. The Noordwaard has been de-poldered and space has been made for the...

Report on the annual Paradise Debate.

On Thursday, August 27, 2015, the Mondriaan Fund, in collaboration with DordtYart, organized a public meeting on commissioning where, among other things, the results of an evaluation into the Mondriaan Fund's Contribution to Commissioning were presented. In addition, on the basis of a number of concrete commissioning situations (including DordtYart and the Pauluskerk in Rotterdam), current...

The Hague TodaysArt Festival is all about the presentation and development of adventurous and contemporary visual arts, performing arts and music in the context of the public environment. Since 2005, TodaysArt says it has been "providing international pioneers and up-and-coming talent the opportunity to explore the boundaries of the new and sometimes controversial."....

On cultural education and cultural participation.

Dialogue, collaboration and research.

Higher fee for art lending.

Cultural sector drafts labor market plan.

Summary of the August 31, 2014 Paradiso debate.