Conference
Nexus Conference 2023 -
Saturday 17 June 2023
National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam
Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization
Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss the Future of Western Civilization
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Van Gogh Museum
On Saturday 17 June 2023, a group of renowned artists, thinkers and writers from around the world gathered for the Nexus Conference 2023, to reflect – in the wake of Nietzsche and Van Gogh – on our times and our world. Do greed and the will to power reign today, or can we still believe in other ideals? What gives our lives meaning? Where do we find wisdom and knowledge about it: in the cloud, in libraries, in art? And has Western culture degenerated into a tomb of tourist attractions or is it still a rich treasury offering hope?
Photos: Jan Reinier van der Vliet
Full videos
Introductory essay

Tomb or Treasure? Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss The Future of Western Civilization
Program
- 10:00
- Welcome
- 10:15
- Roundtable 1
- 12:45
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Lunch
- 13:30
- Roundtable 2
- 16:00
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Book signing
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Speakers

Laurence des Cars

Katherine E. Fleming

Emilie Gordenker

Béla Tarr

Andrey A. Tarkovsky

László Nemes

Brian Greene

Robbert Dijkgraaf

Antonio Scurati

Lisa Appignanesi

Tomáš Halík

Georges Didi-Huberman

Leon Wieseltier

Stephen Farthing

Valentina Vapaux
