Grants

The Mondriaan Fund is the public fund for visual arts and cultural heritage. All grants can be found on this page. The grants belonging to the cultural plan period 2021-2024 can be found in the archive here. Are you looking for a grant from the cultural plan period 2017-2020  or a covid-19 grant? Please get in touch.

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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).

Collection Mobility (2021-2024)

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…

Publication (2021-2024)

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…

Mobile Heritage Restoration

The Mobile Heritage Restoration grant is intended for the restoration and repair of mobile heritage, with a focus on its preservation.

Artist Basic (2021-2024)

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 (2021-2024)

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 (2021-2024)

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.

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…

Curator Researcher (2021-2024)

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 (2021-2024)

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…

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…

International Art Presentation (2021-2024)

Are you an artist and are you going to present your work abroad? Or do you, as an internationally recognised art institution want to show contemporary art from the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of…

International Collaborative Projects with Heritage Institutes (2021-2024)

Are you a cultural heritage institution from the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom and would you like to collaborate with foreign cultural heritage institutions on research projects in shared collection areas? If…

Acquisition Programs (2021-2024)

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…

KunstKoop for galleries (2021-2024)

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.

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 (2021-2024)

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…

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…

Art Media (2021-2024)

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…

Voucher Venice Biennale 2023

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…

Voucher International (2021-2024)

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…

Artist’s Fee

Are you organising an exhibition as a visual arts institution and would you like a contribution towards the costs of the artist’s fee? And do you apply the guideline for artists’ fees? You may be…

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…

Residency (2021-2024)

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…

WIELS – Brussels, Belgium

For whom: visual artists What: 2 working periods of 6 months each When: 5 January – 30 June 2026 or 6 July – 31 December 2026  …

Delfina Foundation – Londen, UK

For whom: visual artists and curators What: 1 working period of 3 months When: 22 September to 14 December 2025…

ISCP – New York, United States of America

For whom: visual artists What: one 11-month working period When: 23 February 2025 – 31 January 2027…

Instituto Buena Bista, Curaçao

For whom: visual artists, curators and observers What: 3 working periods of 3 months each When:1 January 2026 – 31 March 2026 & 1 April 2026 – 30 June 2026 & 1 September…

Atelier Holsboer – Paris, France

For whom: visual artists, curators and art observers What: 2 working periods of 6 months When: 3 February 2026 – 28 July 2026 or 3 August 2026 – 27 January 2027…

AIR Berlin Alexanderplatz – Germany

For whom: visual artists, curators or observers What: 3 working periods of 4 months each When: 1 January 2026 – 30 April 2026, 1 May 2026 – 31 August 2026 or 1 September…

ZERO Foundation – Dusseldorf, Germany

For whom: curators and observers not over 35 years of age For what: 1 working period of 3 months When: 1 April 2025 – 31 June 2025…

Arts Initiative Tokyo – Japan

For whom: artists, curators and observers What: 1 work period of 3 months When: 1 February 2026 – 29 April 2026…

MMCA Residency Changdong – Seoul, South Korea

For whom: visual artists What: 1 work period of 4 months When: 1 April 2026 – 31 July 2026…

Cemeti Institute for Art and Society – Yogyakarta, Indonesië

For whom: visual artists What: 1 work period of 3 months When: 1 March 202 – 31 May 2026…

Creative Residency Arita/Saga – Japan

For: visual artists (designers can apply via the Creative Industries Fund NL) What: 1 work period of 3 months When: 1 June – 31 August 2025 & 15 September – 15 December…

Make Eindhoven

For whom: visual artists What: 1 work period of 3 months When: 1 March – 31 May 2025 & 1 September – 30 November 2025…

Drawing Centre Diepenheim

For whom: visual artists interested in drawing What: 1 work period of 3 months When: 01 April to 30 June 2025 & 01 September to 30 November 2025…

Het Lage Noorden – Marrum

For: visual artists What: there are 2 spots available for 1 working period of 3 months When: 15 February to 15 May 2025…

Pompgemaal, Den Helder

For whom: visual artists, curators and critics What: 1 work period of various lengths When: between 1 January 31 December 2024…

Het Luceberthuis in collaboration with Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen

For: multidisciplinary visual artists What: 1 work period of 6 months When: 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2024…

Odapark – Venray

For whom: visual artists What: 1 work period of 3 months When: 01 September to 30 November 2025…

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…

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…

Think Tanger, Morocco

For whom: visual artists, curators and observers (designers should apply to the Creative Industries Fund NL) What: 1 work period of 2 months When: 5 May 2026 – 5 July 2026  …

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…

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…

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.

Open Call Van Doesburghuis

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

Billytown – The Hague

For: visual artists What: 2 work periods of 4 months When:  01 March to 30 June 2025 & 01 September 2025 to 04 January 2026.

F/stop, festival for photography – Leipzig

For whom: Visual artist in the field of photography For what: 1 work period of 3 months When: February – April 2024, participation in the f/stop Festival: May 31 until June 16, 2024…

VierVaart – Groede, Netherlands

For: visual artists What: one work period of two months; research & experimentation and creation of new work When: 01 October to 01 December 2025…

Artist Residencies Enschede (ARE)

For whom: visual artists interested in cultural diversity For what: one work period of three months When: 1 September to 30 November 2024…

Tembe Art Studio – Moengo, Suriname

For whom: visual artists What: 2 work periods of 3 months When: 1 February – 30 April 2026 or 1 April – 30 June 2026…

FACT – United Kingdom

For whom: visual artists and curators What: 1 work period of 3 months When: 1 September 2026 – 29 November 2026…

Deveron Projects – Schotland

For whom: visual artist What: 1 work period of 3 months When: 1 May 2026 – 31 July 2026…

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…

Voucher Artisan

Are you a visual artist and do you want to hire an artisan for your research or the production of your work? You may be eligible for the Voucher Artisan.

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 Lyon Biennale 2024

Are you a visual artist with international ambitions? Would you like more insight into the field of international visual arts? And would you like to broaden your international network? Maybe you can benefit from the…

Orientation Trip 2024

Are you a curator, researcher or visual artist with international ambitions? Would you like more insight into the international visual arts field? And broaden your international network? Maybe the orientation trip to Ghana and Ivory…

Voucher Co-creation

Do you work in a museum or another heritage institution which functions for the public and for presentations? Do you want to stimulate public involvement in historical stories that belong to the Kingdom of the…

Voucher Artist with Child

Are you a visual artist with the responsibility of caring for a child who is not yet of compulsory school age, and do you have to make additional costs to care for your child(ren), for…

Greylight Projects – Heerlen

For: visual artists What: 1 work period of 3 months When: 01 September to 30 November 2025…

Caribbean Heritage Employees

Are you affiliated with a publicly accessible heritage or visual arts institution in Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius or Sint Maarten? And do you want to employ a heritage or visual arts professional to…

Villa Kamogawa – Kyoto, Japan

For whom: visual artists, curators and observers What: 1 working period of 3 months When:  16 January – 15 April 2025, 8 May – 5 Augustus 2025 or 11 September – 9 December…

American Academy Rome

For whom: visual artists, curators and observers What: 1 working period of 8 weeks When: 8 September to 30 October 2025…

Digitising Heritage

Has your institution’s collection not yet been digitised, or do you have a plan to (further) digitise your heritage collection? Perhaps the open call for Digitising Heritage will offer a solution.

Voucher Aichi Triennale 2025

Are you a visual artist with international ambitions? Would you like more insight into the field of international visual arts? And would you like to broaden your international network? Maybe you can benefit from the…

Voucher Liverpool Biennial 2025

Are you a visual artist with international ambitions? Would you like more insight into the field of international visual arts? And would you like to broaden your international network? Maybe you can benefit from the…

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…

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.

Collection Mobility

Do you represent a museum or other cultural heritage institution? Are you interested in selecting, discarding or relocating parts of a collection in order to improve the quality of the collection, make it more visible…

International Art Presentation

Are you an artist and are you going to present your work abroad? Or do you, as an internationally recognised art institution, want to show contemporary art from the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of…

Artist Basic

Have you been working as a visual artist for 4 years or longer and would you like to expand your oeuvre, boost your visibility, experiment and/or conduct research? If so, you may be eligible for…

Art Fair International

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…

Artist Project

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

Voucher International

Are you a visual artist, curator or art observer who is keen to quickly respond to an invitation to participate in a public programme outside of the Netherlands? Voucher International may be able to help.

Curator Researcher

Are you an independent curator or art observer interested in conducting preliminary research for an exhibition, event, article or a presentation? For example, research into a theme, or through travel or a working period in…

Art Media

Do you represent a platform that stimulates 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…

Residency

If you are an artist, curator or art observer interested in deepening your professional practice with a residency in the Netherlands or abroad, you may be eligible for one of the residencies offered by the…

Publication

Are you a visual artist or publisher planning on making a publication? For example, about the work of a visual artist from the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom? Or an oeuvre publication…

Heritage Media Digital

Do you work for a museum or other publicly accessible heritage institution? Do you have a plan for a digital heritage presentation that contributes to historical awareness? If so, you may be eligible for the…

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…

Acquisition Programs 2026-2027

Do you work at a museum with a collection of visual art and/or design created after 1945? Are you keen to expand the collection, based on a collection programme and acquisition plan? If so, you…

International Collaborative Projects with Heritage Institutes

Do you work at a Dutch heritage institution, and are you looking to collaborate with international partners on research projects in shared areas of collection focus? If so, your institution may be eligible for a…

Art Heritage Festival

Are you organising a festival, biennale, triennale or similar event focused on visual art and/or heritage? Or would you like to present art and/or heritage in a different context, such as a pop music or…

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