Forum on European Culture 2025

We are delighted to announce that we will host the 5th edition of Forum on European Culture in Amsterdam. The Forum will take place from 25 until 29 June at De Balie.

Who’s afraid of art? Now that tyrants are on the roll and more and more people in the West seem to be falling for the autocratic alternative, the Forum on European Culture brings together international artists, writers, and thinkers to celebrate the subversive power of art and literature such as Anne Applebaum, Nino Haratischwili, Marietje Schaake, Laurent Richard (Forbidden stories), Open group, Arnon Grunberg, Adam Phillips, Ece Temelkuran and Iswanto Hartono.

Please visit De Balie website for the programma and speakers of the 2025 edition of Forum.

In previous editions, artists and thinkers shared their ideas in various programmes, such as film director Alfonso Cuarón, architect Rem Koolhaas, philosopher Chantal Mouffe, musician Wende, photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, actor Jude Law, Historian Simon Schama, auteur Olivia Laing, journalist Peter Pomerantsev, artist Tino Sehgal, historian Peter Frankopan, artist Julian Hetzel, auteur Natalie Haynes and many, many more. Click this link watch back the programmes of the 2023 edition.