Grants

The Mondriaan Fund is the public fund for visual arts and cultural heritage. All grant opportunities can be found on this page. For an overview of all extra measures concerning Covid-19 click here. Click here for an overview of grant opportunities of policy plan period 2017-2020.

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Acquisitions

The Individual Acquisitions Grant is intended for Dutch museums and other cultural heritage institutions, possibly in collaboration with other heritage institutions, which want to acquire special items or partial collections in any field, ranging from…

Art Commission

Do you want to commission an artist to create new work or works that will be visible to everyone, in a publicly accessible space, for example in a hospital, museum or shopping centre? Or would…

Art Connection

Are you organising an initiative – an event, festival, website, or other public activity – that sparks a special connection between the public and visual art? Are you looking to present visual art in an…

Art Heritage Presentation

Are you planning an exceptional project, for example an exhibition, event or festival? The Art Heritage Presentation grant may be able to help. For this grant, the project could be part of an existing…

Art Platform Programme 2025-2028

Do you represent a visual art institution whose core activity is presenting contemporary visual art? Do you have plans for a publicly accessible programme lasting 2 to 4 years? Are your plans innovative or experimental…

Artist Basic

Do you want to expand your oeuvre, make your work more visible, carry out research or conduct experiments? If so, you may be eligible for an Artist Basic grant.

Artist Project

Do you want to complete a concrete plan within a specific working period? Are you contemplating an apprenticeship or a working period in the Netherlands or another country? If so, you may be eligible for…

Artist Start

Are you at the beginning of your career as a visual artist and do you have plans for new work? If so, you may be eligible for an Artist Start grant from the Mondriaan Fund.

Collection Mobility

The grant Collection Mobility is intended for museums and other cultural heritage institutions that wish to select, discard or relocate parts of their collections in order to increase the quality of those collections, raise their…

Curator Researcher

Do you want to research or develop an exhibition, event or presentation? Do you want to do this, for example, by investigating a particular theme, or through an apprenticeship, travel or working period in the…

International Art Fair

Will you be taking part in an international art fair or art book fair? Do you want to present living visual artists or publications about contemporary visual arts from the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part…

International Art Presentation

Will you, as an artist in the Netherlands, be presenting your work in another country? Or, as an internationally recognized art institute outside the Netherlands, do you want to present art from the Netherlands, possibly…

Protected Cultural Heritage

The Protected Cultural Heritage grant is intended for owners and managers of objects and collections that are registered as protected in the Register, within the meaning of the Heritage Act (Erfgoedwet).

Publication

Are you planning on making a special and innovative publication about the work of a living visual artist from the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom? Or an oeuvre publication as an artist’s…

Voucher Development

Are you a visual artist and do you want to develop and/or deepen your practice? You may be eligible for the Voucher Development.

Voucher International

Are you a visual artist, curator, art critic or art observers based in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom who is keen to quickly respond to an invitation from an internationally renowned…

Acquisition Programs

Are you a museum with a collection of art and/or design created after 1945 and desire to make structural purchases based on your collection programs and acquisitions plans? If so, you may be eligible for…

Art Media

Are you a publisher looking to stimulate the discourse of visual art within the professional field? Are you a curator with an idea for a series of articles about contemporary visual art for a wider…

Art Platform Programme 2022

Are you a contemporary visual arts organization without a collection, with the presentation of visual arts as your core activity? Do you have plans for a publicly accessible art venue programme? Whether your plans are…

Art Platform Programme 2023

Are you a contemporary visual arts organisation without a collection, with the presentation of visual arts as your core activity? Do you have plans for a publicly accessible art venue programme? Whether your plans are…

Caribbean Art Heritage

Are you affiliated with a museum, cultural heritage or visual arts related organisation in Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius or Sint Maarten? Does your organisation contribute to the visibility of the visual arts and/or…

Heritage Innovation

Are you working to develop new visions or narratives about our cultural heritage, for example through an exceptional presentation, a new presentation arrangement, layout or structure, or a thematic collaboration that is relevant to society…

Heritage Starting Professionals

As a publicly accessible heritage or visual arts institution, do you want to contribute to the development of starting professionals within the sector? You may be eligible for the Heritage Starting Professionals grant.

Heritage Volunteers

Heritage institutions that (want to) work with volunteers may be eligible for the Open Call for Heritage Volunteers. Applications can be made for plans that promote the commitment and involvement of volunteers within (in)tangible cultural…

International Collaborative Projects with Heritage Institutes

The grant for International Collaborative Projects with Heritage Institutes is intended for cultural heritage institutions from the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom that collaborate with foreign cultural heritage institutions in research projects…

KunstKoop for galleries

If you are a gallery that wants to give art buyers the chance to purchase works of art by paying in instalments with no interest, you may qualify for the KunstKoop.

Open Call Slavery Memorial Year

Do you have a plan for a project that will make a lasting contribution to the knowledge and awareness about the history of slavery? Are you a creator or curator in the disciplines of visual…

Open Call Van Doesburghuis

In autumn 2024, the Mondriaan Fund is offering a remarkable residency at the Van Doesburghuis in Meudon, Paris.

Residency

Visual artists, curators, art critics and art observers who wish to deepen their professional practices and expand their networks are eligible to apply for a working period in the Netherlandsor another country at one of…

Voucher Bienal de São Paulo

Are you a visual artist with international ambitions? Are you keen to become better acquainted with the international art world? And expand your international network? If so, you may be eligible for the Voucher Bienal…

Voucher Venice Biennale

Are you a visual artist with international ambitions? Are you keen to become better acquainted with the international art world? And expand your international network? If so, you may be eligible for the open call…