Koen Kleijn

(Harderwijk, 1963) is deputy editor-in-chief and heads the cultural desk of the Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer. He studied art history and co-wrote a number of books on the architectural history of Amsterdam and the history of Dutch architecture. Right now he is busy writing a book on Soestdijk Palace and a book on cultural entrepreneurship in Amsterdam. For De Groene Amsterdammer he wrote among others articles on the globalisation of visual arts in Peking, Vilnius, Istanbul and Liverpool as well as film reviews. Kleijn used to work for IdtV and was responsible for documentaries and made programmes on 19th and 20th centruy classical music.