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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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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Mobile Heritage Restoration

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

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).

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 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…

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 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 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.

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 (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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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