Will you come and toast the new museum year and join the Dubai debate?
Our location is the Museum Jan Cunen in Oss, winner of the Museum Prize 2023. Want to visit the exhibitions beforehand? You can do so prior to the debate or drinks. Then don't forget to bring your ICOM card.
Dubai debate
Dubai is the host city for the ICOM General Conference 2025. How does ICOM Netherlands view this? We'd like to explore it with you and our panel of speakers. Because: should we travel over 5,000 kilometres to share knowledge and experiences with museum professionals worldwide? But also: what are the reasons for participating in this important global event?
Programme
14.00 - 14.30 Walk-in
14.30 - 16.00 Join the Dubai debate. We will engage in a discussion with our panel of experts led by moderator Milou Adjanga.
16.00 - 18.00 New Year drinks: THE time to hear from museum colleagues from across the country about their plans for this year.
Speakers
Dr. Nat Muller
Dr Nat Muller is an independent curator, writer and researcher. She is an expert on contemporary Middle Eastern art (and science fiction). Besides curating exhibitions and film programmes for museums, art institutions, festivals, art fairs and commercial galleries across Europe and the Middle East, she regularly publishes in leading media.
Neil van der Linden
Neil van der Linden is a curator of music, theatre and visual arts projects. He has worked as a consultant for Paradiso Amsterdam, the Holland Festival, the Babylon Festival in Iraq, the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Beiteddine Festival (Lebanon), the Festival of Sacred Music in Fes (Morocco) and the Fajr theatre and music festivals (Iran). He is co-founder of the online Gulf Art Guide, writes regularly for the music magazine Songlines and on music and opera for the Dutch Theater newspaper and Dutch music blogs.
Christian Henderson
Christian Henderson is associate professor of Middle East studies at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies. He specialises in the politics and economy of the Gulf states and worked for many years as a consultant on the Gulf states for companies and NGOs. Christian will give an outline of the political, economic and cultural situation in the Gulf states in general and Dubai in particular.
Milou Adjanga
Moderator Milou Adjanga, through her sincere way of making contact and her creativity, ensures that the story and the speakers present are done full justice.
Register
No later than 22 January via the 'register' button at the top left of this page.