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.
On 16 September 2023 a fire raged through the Indonesian National Museum in Jakarta. Indonesian historian Christopher Reinhart contemplates its impact.
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.
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.
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.
The great diplomatic turn (1960-1971). This second article covers a decade in which the relationship between Indonesia and the Netherlands changed dramatically.
Continuation of Dutch colonial structures in early postcolonial Indonesia (1945-1960). This first article covers the first years of Indonesia’s independence.