The Corona Crisis & its impact on culture

What is the impact of Corona crisis on the cultural ecosystem? Between challenges and opportunities ?

From the series Maggic Cube, 2019 © Adjie Dieye, courtesy of the artist.

 

Closed museums, postponement and/or cancellation of exhibitions, restricted mobility/traveling... 
What is the impact of Corona crisis on the cultural ecosystem? Between challenges and opportunities?

According to UNESCO*, the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on  on culture professionals and on the sector as a whole appears even more severe than previously assumed.
128 countries have closed their cultural institutions, which represents 60.000 museums worldwide. This crisis will certainly have a long term effect on Art, society, as well as an important financial loss.  On the brighter side, creative solutions and new opportunities were explored to operate despite heavy constraints.

On 15 of April 2021, Nynke de Haan, Managing Director at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, and Anne-Emmanuelle Grossi, Director of the Institut Français des Pays-Bas, will discuss the topic:  "The Corona Crisis & its impact on culture". 
 

Foam is an internationally operating organisation in the field of photography, based in Amsterdam. Foam informs and inspires the widest possible audience by presenting all facets of contemporary photography, in surprising ways and with the utmost attention to quality: from contemporary to historical work and from fine art to applied photography. World famous photographers are exhibited alongside young, emerging artists.

Institut français des Pays-Bas is the French agency for cultural cooperation in The Netherlands. Institut français des Pays-Bas supports and promotes cultural cooperation between France and the Netherlands in the fields of creation, research, education, language and ideas through programs and events helping Dutch and French students and professionals connect and grow together.