The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands will participate in a new study on the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, together with its Australian partners.
July 2019 marks 400 years since VOC commander Frederik Houtman reached Western Australia and became the first European to set foot on the Houtman Abrolhos.
In south-western India, the legend of a sunken city and the physical remnants of a proto-globalised world spark the imagination. What is the Dutch connection?
According to cultural attaché Bas Ernst of the Dutch embassy, this interdisciplinary programme has been of great value for Dutch artists as well as for Palermo.