Mondriaan Fund: International Art Presentation

Mondriaan Fonds: Kunstpresentatie Internationaal

Funding for visual artists to showcase their work abroad

The Mondriaan Fund is one of the 6 national cultural funds, and supports and promotes the visual arts and cultural heritage in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

With International Art Presentation, the Mondriaan Fund stimulates the knowledge and international appreciation of relevant contemporary visual art from the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, so that the international position of visual artists from the Kingdom of the Netherlands is strengthened.

Destination

Worldwide

Discipline(s)

Visual Arts

Who can apply

Individuals

Organisations

Artists who are artistically active in the visual arts and in that capacity are embedded in the professional contemporary visual arts practice in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius) who want to present work abroad (outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands).
Internationally recognised contemporary art institutions outside the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom that want to show current work by living visual artists from the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.

The artist whose work is shown

has worked as a professional visual artist for at least 1 year and is registered with the chamber of commerce, or
has completed at least 3 years of higher professional education as a visual artists and as worked as a professional visual artist for at least 1 year, or
has worked as a professional visual artist for 3 years or more.

For what

Travel

Project

Research

Costs that enhance the visibility of the work and are not otherwise in the regular budget of a presentation. This can include a guest curator, travel and lodging expenses for participating artists and/or curator, transport and related insurance costs, production costs and/or translation costs;
Costs for the production of new work.

How much

Travel costs (return) for the artist(s) and/or (guest) curator for a single production trip and a single trip to be present at the opening of the presentation;
A maximum of € 1000 per person for the participating artists and/or guest curators from the Netherlands, towards lodging;
Transport and insurance expenses during transport of the work being presented;
A maximum of 50% of the production costs of new (site-specific) work commissioned by the non-Dutch art institution;
A maximum of 25% of costs of the publication associated with the presentation;
A maximum of 50% of the translation costs of subtitling a film.

Requirements

See 'who can apply'
If the application relates to the production of new work, the international institution is expected to include a realistic fee for the artist in the budget, with an explanation of how the amount of the fee was determined. This cost item falls under production costs, but must be paid by the institution to the artist and/or guest curator
If a foreign institution involves a guest curator from the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom in the project, then he or she has been professionally active as a curator in the field of contemporary visual arts for at least 2 years. This must be demonstrated by means of a curriculum vita.
Not eligible are
- Exhibitions that takes place at a commercial gallery;
- Exhibitions for which the artist has to pay a participatipon fee.
For the assessment the following criteria will be taken into account:
- The importance of the international reputation of the presenting institute
- The quality and the development of the oeuvre of the artist
- The quality of the artist’s cultural entrepreneurship
- The quality of the presentation plan

When to apply

Apply anytime

At least 3 months before travel.

More information

Mondriaan Fund: International Art Presentation

Mondriaan Fonds: Kunstpresentatie Internationaal

Deelregeling Kunst Presentatie Internationaal

Last updated

22 May 2024