The yearly Embassy Culture Days hosted in the Netherlands brought together worldwide cultural officers, and our intern Rajae shares her personal experience.

The award winning IDFA documentary 'Selling a Colonial War’, supported by the Matching Fund, shows in Dutch cinemas as of 11 January 2024.

European Cultural Foundation en DutchCulture roepen alle politieke partijen op om bij nieuwe kabinetsformatie de versterking van de cultuursector te agenderen.

Voices of Culture has published a report on the role the cultural and creative industries can play in the green transistion and the support they need.

DutchCulture joined EUNIC's Climate Culture(s) Creative Lab in Berlin and contributed to a report on climate & international cultural relations

A new approach to intimate scenes on film sets: looking back on our networking dinner Get Intimate With Us at the Berlinale Film Festival 2023.

Author Jaap Scholten has written a personal story on the role of art & culture in times of war, for the occasion of our visitors programme Ukraine in September.

We set up a cross-EU/Europe thematic team to strengthen European cultural relations and collaborations, and participate in EU/Europe-themed events.

On 16 September 2023 a fire raged through the Indonesian National Museum in Jakarta. Indonesian historian Christopher Reinhart contemplates its impact.

In two pieces we shed light on the reflection of European values from policy to practice. This is article #2.

In two pieces we shed light on the reflection of European values from policy to practice. This is article #1.

This report is the outcome of the OMC working group (Open Method of Coordination), established by the European Commission.

On 6 July 2023, the government of the Netherlands announced that they would return 478 objects from Dutch museum collections to Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

This paper explores the potential for the Dutch cultural sector to engage in European cooperation and shape future European cultural policy.

A follow-up report looking further into the knowledge gaps in the cultural sector that contribute towards inequalities for disabled artists and audiences.

During the World Summit on Arts & Culture, UNESCO published a report calling on States to protect artists and culture professionals in emergency contexts.

An exploration of the needs, challenges and practices of welcoming and hosting forcibly displaced artists and art workers.

Continuation of Dutch colonial structures in early postcolonial Indonesia (1945-1960). This first article covers the first years of Indonesia’s independence.

The great diplomatic turn (1960-1971). This second article covers a decade in which the relationship between Indonesia and the Netherlands changed dramatically.

The evolving role of a cultural centre (1970-present). This third and last article covers the development of the Erasmus Huis up until the present day.