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Investing in international cultural cooperation pays off
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 reach 10.6 billion euros, a multiple of what is invested in it. The Dutch arts and...
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Research future-proof labor market in cultural and creative sector
Platform ACCT commissioned a baseline measurement of income security, employability and information provision of workers and work providers in the cultural and creative sector: "This baseline measurement is a starting point for policy development and innovation and offers factual underpinning of what many in the sector already sensed: workers show a lot of commitment and resilience, but structurally encounter bottlenecks in income position,...
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Culture Monitor
The new edition of the Culture Monitor, in which the Boekman Foundation analyzes key developments in culture, such as the recovery in audience reach, financial pressures and changes in funding streams, was published recently. The new edition contains updated figures for 2023 (and where possible 2024) and has been expanded with a new theme page on culture and financial flows. Among other things, it calculated...
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Europe: The State of Culture
The publication The State of Culture from Culture Action Europe (the European network of organizations, cultural networks, artists, activists, academics and policy makers) explores how the role and value of culture is reflected in national and European cultural policies.
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Culture charges municipalities and provinces 2023
At the request of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) conducted a study that examined in more detail the cultural expenses from the 2023 financial statements of municipalities and provinces.
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Visual arts and artists in 2023
The Culture Monitor's Annual Report 2023 was published recently. We reported on this earlier in this year's BK Information #4. In the current issue we take a closer look at the Visual Arts domain page, which is part of the Annual Report. That page discusses developments surrounding and differences in the (labor) market position of visual artists and the...
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Culture Monitor update: audiences are coming back, but concerns remain
The Culture Monitor Annual Report provides an overview of the most important topics and developments in the cultural sector. Each Annual Report consists of one or more articles looking at the sector, from an overarching perspective. In addition, you will find in the Annual Report the most recent versions of all domain and theme pages.
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Most artists born in Laren
No Dutch municipality has produced as many artists as Laren. Of every 10,000 people born in this North Holland municipality, 73 became artists. This is according to research by home study platform Laudius, which examined the artist database of the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD).
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Position of women visual artists
On March 28, the Boekman Foundation presented the research report "Female Visual Artists in the Netherlands: Labor Market Position, Career Progression, Representation. New figures show a detailed picture of labor market position, career progression and representation of female visual artists. The research was commissioned by the Niemeijer Fund.
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Social issues and earning power
In mid-June, 'In the spotlight. Groeipotenties voor de culturele sector door bijdragen aan maatschappelijke opgaven', a study conducted by Berenschot on behalf of the Permanent Committee OCW of the Lower House. The committee wanted to explore how the cultural and creative sector can increase its earning power with the goal of realizing a stable and...
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OCW accountability survey
In May 2023, the Court of Audit published its investigation into the 2022 Annual Report and operations of the Ministry of OCW.
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Culture Monitor - Annual Report 2022
The Boekman Foundation recently published the Culture Monitor - Annual Report 2022 with an overview of the most important developments in the cultural sector. The monitor has a biennial update cycle, focusing one year on the theme pages and the next on the domain pages. This edition focused on the theme pages. The domain pages were updated during the...
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Sustainability in the art world
A recent survey by NRC (NRC, Feb. 1, 2023) shows that, compared to other sectors, the Dutch art sector is slow to become more sustainable and poorly informed about climate adaptation options. Museums and funds appear to be developing little to no policy to implement the agreements of the 2015 Paris Climate Summit. Moreover,...
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Economic value image sector
The Image Rights Federation, founded in 2022, presented the results of a study on the economic value of the image sector in mid-February.
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Again fewer visitors in Dutch museums
Dutch museums attracted 12.3 million visitors in 2021, more than two million fewer than a year earlier. This is a decline of 14 percent and compared to 2019, a 64 percent drop. The decline was strongest among foreign visitors.
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Corona, culture and municipalities
Research firm Berenschot compiled a digital information guide in collaboration with the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG), among others: Corona, culture and municipalities part 2.
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Insight into income of Dutch art professionals
What were the effects of the (evening) lockdown that went into effect on November 28, 2021? To get an idea of that, the Creative Coalition sent out a survey. The Boekman Foundation analyzed the results.
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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.
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The Dutch art market
The Netherlands Gallery Associations (NGA) conducted research on the Dutch art market. In 2021, the organization conducted a survey of galleries, art fairs and art sellers to gain a better understanding of the structure and latest developments of the primary visual art market in the Netherlands, that is, the market of new works not yet purchased...
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Transgressive behavior in the cultural sector
The third volume in the Boekman Foundation's Explorations series, which appeared in October 2021, dealt with transgressive behavior in the cultural sector. The Explorations series always highlights a topical theme from the Boekman Foundation's Knowledge Base.
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Residencies and makership
Under the title "Place, Place and Space," Boekman Extra #28, an examination of the functions of residencies in makership by editor, programmer and literary agent Kim van Kaam, was published in November 2021.
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Culture Monitor 2021
Within the cultural sector, as a result of the corona crisis, heavy losses are being incurred, particularly affecting the self-employed in the sector. In addition, both audience reach and the frequency of cultural visits have decreased. These are some of the conclusions of the Cultural Monitor 2021 that was published at the end of last year.
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Evaluation of the realization of the Amsterdam Kunstenplan
Some conclusions and recommendations from the report 'Evaluation Arts Plan 21-24. Creation and integrality'.
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CBS: Artists Monitor
The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), published on October 6, 2021 the Monitor Artists and Other Workers with a Creative Profession 2021. The monitor compares individuals employed as artists with other employed creative professionals, those employed at the highest occupational level and with the employed labor force as a whole. The most...
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Effects of the corona crisis in the cultural sector
The Boekman Foundation examined the consequences in 2020 of the corona crisis for organizations in the cultural and creative sector: both the damage to the organizations and self-employed people within the sector and the effects of the support measures are portrayed in the publication. In late May 2021, "Unequally affected, unequally supported. Effects of the corona crisis in...
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Impact Covid-19 on artist-in-residencies
Covid-19: Impact survey on the arts residencies field_ survey 2 of 3
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Culture in Gelderland
The Province of Gelderland is committed to finding a future-proof solution to the problems caused by the coronavirus and wants to reach a common vision on a future cultural infrastructure with the municipalities of Gelderland.
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Impact Survey on the Arts Residencies Field, Part 1
Analytical report released from a study of the impact of Covid-19 on international artist-in-residencies.
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Facts and figures on culture, sport and recreation
In the spring, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released figures and facts about the culture, sports and recreation sector. This includes businesses and institutions in arts, culture, games of chance, nature conservation, sports and recreation, and libraries and museums.
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Sustainability in the cultural sector
The Boekman Foundation and Bureau 8080 produced a publication about sustainability within the cultural sector.
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Algorithm-Fear in Contemporary Art
What are the underlying assumptions and beliefs in fear of algorithms?
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The state of culture in North Brabant
Value of Culture 2020 was published in mid-June. The monitor uses facts and figures to describe current trends and developments in Brabant's cultural sector and is the follow-up to Value of Culture 2018.
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