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Here you can find speeches held on the occasion of events organised by the Prince Claus Fund, such as the Awards Ceremony, the Fund’s anniversaries and gallery openings.
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6.9.2011 Word of Welcome by Lilian Gonçalves – Ho Kang You
Word of Welcome by Lilian Gonçalves – Ho Kang You, chair of the Prince Claus Fund board, on the occasion of the Prince Claus Fund's 15 year anniversary that was celebrated with the presentation of the publication of 'Cultural Emergency Response in Conflict and Disaster’ on 6 September 2011 at the Peace Palace in The Hague. At this event the Fund pays respect to all the...
17.12.2010 Speech HRH Prince Friso at the 2010 Awards Ceremony
More than a year ago, they selected the topic of ‘Frontiers of Reality’ as the theme for today’s event. And just one month ago, on November 17th, scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland reported that they managed to produce and trap anti-matter for the first time. What’s the connection? Well, for people who are interested in topics such as...
16.12.2009 Speech by HRH Prince Constantijn at the 2009 Awards ceremony
Culture and nature. When we first discussed this theme I was slightly sceptical. Must the PCF jump onto the climate bandwagon; are we repeating the Nurture vs Nature debate? I want to share with you some of the underlying considerations of the choice of this year’s theme.
3.12.2008 Speech by HRH Prince Friso at the 2008 Awards ceremony
As we stand at the eve of the Darwin Year, almost 200 years to the date of the birth of this scientist, we may congratulate ourselves with the fact that man is probably the only creature in the animal kingdom that has to some extent outsmarted the evolutionary process.
14.2.2008 On Beauty and Other Unfinished Things
A lecture held by Els van der Plas at “Are There Foreigners in Art?”, a conference organised by Du Store Verden and the Museum for Modern Art, Design and Architecture in Oslo on 14 and 15 February 2008. The main statement of organisation of the conference is that the focus on aesthetics that should be at the heart of any arts policy has been largely submerged by concerns - however...
