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Month: September 2013

The ‘killer myth’: the fallacy of progress in the arts

Posted on September 15, 2013September 15, 2015 by John

In the last century, very often the concept of ‘progress’ was projected upon the arts as a measurement of quality: ‘good art’ was ‘progressive art’: if an artist did not commit some ‘groundbreaking’ artistic deed, his work was considered worthless. While progress in science is a fundamental notion, in the arts it is meaningless, because…

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Het FPK is niet voor haar taak geschikt

Posted on September 4, 2013October 13, 2013 by John

Op vrijdag 30 augustus 2013 publiceerde Dagblad Trouw een summiere aankondiging van mijn artikel dat de dag daarna verscheen in haar bijlage ‘Letter & Geest’: Kunstsubsidie is corrupt. De aankondiging was voor het Fonds Podiumkunsten (FPK) onmiddellijk aanleiding voor het volgende commentaar, dus nog vóór het artikel verschenen was: ———————————————— Van de site van het…

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