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The Dutch And Flemish Canon: Stuck Within National Frameworks
25 March 2024
Historian Rolf Falter compares the attempt of the Flemish Government to formulate a so-called historical canon – a list of what is essential to remember of history – to a similar attempt in the Netherlands. He concludes that both canons are a collection of standalone stories, whereby contemporar
Our Top History Stories of the Year
12 December 2023
Join us in bidding goodbye to 2023 with some of the most surprising stories we have published this year about the history of Flanders and the Netherlands. They are worth reading again. Sit down by the fireplace. Relax with a glass of wine and enjoy the stories.
Finally, the “Flemish Canon” Has Been Launched
9 May 2023
More than 15 years after its Dutch counterpart, the ‘Canon of Flanders’ is a fact: a list of events, people and traditions that, according to the expert committee, define today’s Flanders. Here is a selection of the topics with background information from articles from our archive.
Canon Book ‘100 Dutch and Flemish Masterpieces’ in 2021
1 December 2020
By April next year, CODART will publish its canon list of masterpieces in book form. The CODART Canon consists of 100 Dutch and Flemish artworks dating from before 1750 that are of particular importance to the history of art. The list was compiled in 2019 and can be found on canon.codart.nl.
More Women, More Colour, More Voices: The Netherlands Overhauls the Canon of Dutch History
30 June 2020
The Netherlands has recalibrated its historical Canon: more women and more diversity, less “Holland”, more of the provinces. And an expanded timeline of the nation’s history. New figures found in the fifty “windows” include, among others, Mary of Burgundy, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Sara Bu
These Are the 100 Most Important Dutch and Flemish Works of Art
16 December 2019
CODART, the international network of curators of Dutch and Flemish art, has announced the CODART Canon. The Canon consists of 100 Dutch and Flemish works of art dating from before 1750 that are of particular importance to the history of art. The list can be found on canon.codart.nl.