{"id":98382,"date":"2025-08-30T14:19:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T12:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T12:31:54","slug":"waarom-blijft-het-paradisodebat-in-amsterdam-hangen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/2025\/08\/waarom-blijft-het-paradisodebat-in-amsterdam-hangen\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does the Paradiso debate linger in Amsterdam?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For almost 30 years, the Paradiso Debate in Amsterdam has been the moment when creators, administrators, politicians and funds meet to discuss the state of affairs in the Dutch cultural sector. Traditionally, it coincided with the festive start of the cultural season in the capital. But since the Uitmarkt gave way to the new national Opening of the Cultural Season<\/em> - which descends on a different city every year - a strange divide has emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year's Opening will be celebrated grandly in Apeldoorn<\/strong>. The city will be packed with performances, exhibitions and encounters for three days. But the Paradiso debate? That stubbornly remains in Amsterdam. Not on the weekend of the Opening, not in the host city, but a day later in Paradiso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But why anyway? Wouldn't it be much more powerful if policymakers and politicians also immersed themselves in the energy of the city hosting the Opening? If they did not always debate with each other in just Amsterdam, but instead supported the spread?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical custom is not an argument<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The only real argument in favour of Amsterdam is tradition: after all, it is called the Paradiso debate<\/em>. But tradition alone is a weak excuse to narrow the gaze. The cultural sector often says it wants to be national, that culture belongs to everyone, that we need to get out of the Randstad bubble. If so, this also includes that the most important sector-wide dialogue does not remain stuck in an Amsterdam clubhouse, but travels with the dynamics of the Opening. Surely it cannot be that \"we always do this way\" becomes decisive for the cultural sector?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A missed opportunity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By not holding the debate in Apeldoorn, the sector is missing an opportunity to show it is relevant to the whole of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proposal: a national culture debate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why no national debate on culture<\/strong> which takes place annually in the City of Opening? This will remove the divide and show the sector that the dialogue of content and the celebratory opening together form one story: a national cultural season rooted in the whole of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Kunsten '92 and the Academy of Arts as organising parties, it can be expected that they operate nationwide. For Paradiso and the ACI it may take some getting used to, but in every city where \"The Opening\" is organised, an institution can be found that can and wants to act as a facilitating party. And the ACI can easily be broadened to represent the (larger) BIS institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am very curious to see whether the industry dares to let go of traditions or whether it continues to navel-gazing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The paradiso debate should be replaced by a national cultural debate in the city where \"The Opening\" takes place. By not doing so, it is missing the opportunity to show that it is innovative. The motto \"we always do it this way so it stays this way\" is apparently leading.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":463,"featured_media":98381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15614,6095,3,11688],"tags":[20,16438,4261,3964,16436],"class_list":["post-98382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beleid","category-featured","category-opinie","category-word-lid","tag-amsterdam","tag-apeldoorn","tag-kunsten-92","tag-paradisodebat","tag-regio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/formidable\/7\/Paradisodebat-1435px-1@2x-100.png","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":98400,"url":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/2025\/09\/paradisodebat-ontaardt-na-krachtige-statements-ook-dit-jaar-in-politiek-millimeterspel\/","url_meta":{"origin":98382,"position":0},"title":"Paradiso debate degenerates into political millimetre game again this year after strong statements\u00a0","author":"Wijbrand Schaap","date":"1 September 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Op maandag 1 september opende belangenkoepel kunsten 92 het culturele seizoen met het traditionele Paradisodebat. Niet dus als zondagse afsluiting-met-borrel van de Uitmarkt, want die was verhuisd naar het uiterst centraal gelegen Apeldoorn. Daarom dus, want welke Amsterdammer gaat nu naar Apeldoorn voor een debat dat zelden meer oplevert dan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "ACTUEEL"","block_context":{"text":"ACTUEEL","link":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/genre\/nieuws\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-01-at-18.27.53.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-01-at-18.27.53.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-01-at-18.27.53.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-01-at-18.27.53.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-01-at-18.27.53.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-01-at-18.27.53.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8262,"url":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/2012\/08\/halbe-zijlstra-niets-met-lokaal-kunstbeleid-te-schaften\/","url_meta":{"origin":98382,"position":1},"title":"Halbe Zijlstra: 'nothing to do with local arts policy'","author":"een van onze leden","date":"27 August 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Halbe Zijlstra is trots op zijn beleid, en wil dat graag ten overstaan van de gehele cultuursector komen vertellen. Dus verscheen hij zondag 26 augustus tijdens het jaarlijkse 'Paradisodebat' op het toneel om nog een keer te laten weten hoe goed het was gegaan met de bezuiniging van 200 miljoen\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "ACTUEEL"","block_context":{"text":"ACTUEEL","link":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/genre\/nieuws\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5219,"url":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/2011\/08\/wethouder-rotterdam-schokt-cultuursector-door-totaal-gebrek-aan-kennis\/","url_meta":{"origin":98382,"position":2},"title":"Rotterdam alderman shocks cultural sector over total lack of knowledge","author":"Wijbrand Schaap","date":"29 August 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"'En waarom moeten al die kunstinstellingen open op maandag, dinsdag, woensdag en zelfs donderdag? Ik snap dat niet. Ik heb het veel te druk met werken op die dagen.' Zomaar een vraag tijdens het Paradisodebat, het jaarlijkse afsluitertje van de Uitmarkt in Amsterdam. En normaalgesproken kun je dit soort vragen\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "ACTUEEL"","block_context":{"text":"ACTUEEL","link":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/genre\/nieuws\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/antoinette-laan.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/antoinette-laan.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/antoinette-laan.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/antoinette-laan.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57834,"url":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/2018\/08\/paradisodebat-2018-optimistische-kunstsector-wil-minder-aanbod-en-beter-loon\/","url_meta":{"origin":98382,"position":3},"title":"Paradiso debate 2018: Optimistic arts sector wants less supply and better pay","author":"Wijbrand Schaap","date":"27 August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Minder aanbod van gesubsidieerde kunst is goed voor het land. Antoinette Laan, cultuurwoordvoerster van regeringspartij VVD, vindt dat al zeker 8 jaar. Zij stelde reeds in 2011, toen nog als wethouder in Rotterdam, dat ze niet begreep waarom kunstinstellingen op doordeweekse dagen open waren. Immers: iedereen was dan aan het\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "ACTUEEL"","block_context":{"text":"ACTUEEL","link":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/genre\/nieuws\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180826_173223606.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180826_173223606.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180826_173223606.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180826_173223606.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180826_173223606.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180826_173223606.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24759,"url":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/2015\/08\/paradisodebat-2015-toon-is-verbeterd-nu-inhoud-nog\/","url_meta":{"origin":98382,"position":4},"title":"#Paradisode debate 2015: the tone has improved, now the content","author":"Wijbrand Schaap","date":"31 August 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Robbert Dijkgraaf, de exacte wetenschapper met het flux-de-bouche van een groot redenaar, gaf op zondag 30 augustus de aftrap voor het traditionele Paradisodebat in een uiterst koel Paradiso. De Amsterdamse poptempel zat vol met genodigden en pers en de verwachtingen waren hooggespannen: zou het debat dit keer echt een gesprek\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "ACTUEEL"","block_context":{"text":"ACTUEEL","link":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/genre\/nieuws\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150830_175205.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150830_175205.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150830_175205.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150830_175205.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150830_175205.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150830_175205.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38684,"url":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/2016\/08\/vvder-zegt-sorry-tegen-kunstwereld-paradisodebat\/","url_meta":{"origin":98382,"position":5},"title":"VVD leader says sorry to art world during #paradise debate","author":"Wijbrand Schaap","date":"29 August 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2018We zijn destijds, onder invloed van de populisten, wellicht te ver gegaan in onze aanval op de kunstsubsidies.\u2019 Dat verklaarde Jeroen Hatenboer, VVD\u2019er en cultuurwethouder van de gemeente Enschede, tijdens het jaarlijkse Paradisodebat aan het einde van de Uitmarkt 2016. In het kader van de sorrycampagne van het huidige kabinet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "ACTUEEL"","block_context":{"text":"ACTUEEL","link":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/genre\/nieuws\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"vvd'er Jeroen Hatenboer tijdens paradisodebat","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/vvder.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/vvder.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/vvder.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/vvder.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3yKke-pAO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98384,"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98382\/revisions\/98384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.cultuurpers.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}